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I was a little surprised to see Andrea Adelson, ESPN BE Blogger, asking how the BE money will be divided. Is this actually an open item? I had assumed from previous reports that UConn, Cincinnati and USF would get the 'lion's share', while the new joiners would get little.

http://espn.go.com/blog/bigeast/post/_/ ... it-revenue

As noted in the article, it has not been determined. The article she links to quotes the UCF athletic director directly saying they have not discussed it.

incoming CUSA schools should at least get enough to offset entrance fees because this isn't what anyone thought they were joining

Grant Carter wrote:As noted in the article, it has not been determined. The article she links to quotes the UCF athletic director directly saying they have not discussed it.

Ucf dude is too busy talking to Tulane

RGV Pony wrote:

Grant Carter wrote:As noted in the article, it has not been determined. The article she links to quotes the UCF athletic director directly saying they have not discussed it.

Ucf dude is too busy talking to Tulane

Turner must be so jealous. He had it on good authority that he was the only big east president that had a personal relationship with the Tulane president.

Water Pony wrote: I had assumed from previous reports that UConn, Cincinnati and USF would get the 'lion's share', while the new joiners would get little.

of future revenue or the lump sum from the lawsuits and exit fees? If it is of future revenue, that is just silly.

SMU2007 wrote:

Water Pony wrote: I had assumed from previous reports that UConn, Cincinnati and USF would get the 'lion's share', while the new joiners would get little.

of future revenue or the lump sum from the lawsuits and exit fees? If it is of future revenue, that is just silly.

We are assuming this relates to the exit fees paid by departing members and which we be divided up someway. I assume future revenues will be divided proportionally to all.

I couldn't agree more that entrance fees should be waived/paid off. We are entering conference that gets tv revenue comparable to MWC (at least big east is slightly better thx to Boise) but we are no where near the lowest of real BCS conferences (ACC) therefore our fees should be waive since we aren't really entering into something substantially better.

There is no question in my mind that SMU and the new schools should be given sufficient shares of the outgoing schools' exit fees to cover the entrance fees they paid to join. I would love to peruse the contracts at issue here but I would suggest that if we really wanted out (and I don't think we should) we could get out of this without paying a dime.

It appears to me that the remaining old Big East schools (UConn, USF & Cincinnati) are trying to milk the conference's assets for all they can grab. They figure that they will be gone soon so why not take advantage of the opportunity. They appear to not exercise a fiduciary approach to the conference's assets, which I would assume is a serious issue for the new schools.
It is sad how college football run by non-profit schools are really run by profit greedy ESPN and other sports networks. It will only change when some of the power colleges get together to improve the whole instead of only looking after their situation.

What UConn, Cincy, and USF need to realize at this point is that they need the new members just as much as the new members need them. It would behoove them to work with the new schools so that everyone walks away from this deal feeling like they got their fair share.

They only rationale for the cancellation fee division of interest is thinking the conference as a partnership. The oldest members typically have the most stake in the conference and they are taking the biggest hit from where they were to what they are now so it makes sense they have a higher percentage. The amount of the percentage though is another thing entirely. Like I said before waive the entrance fees. And also give us a small share. This conference needs to know that they are now competing with the MWC and that conference could snag a few (moron) teams if they felt like they are rubbed the wrong way on this..

Let's say there is $110 million to split. I think all teams have been hurt equally, no extra sympathy for the 3 "original" BE guys. They were the unchosen. Give UC, UCONN, and USF $10 mil each, waive all entrance fees for the rest and apportion by entrance date. $4.5 to Temple, $4.0 to SMU, Houston, UCF, Memphis, $3.5 to Tulane and ECU, $3 million to Navy and #12. That makes $46.5 mil left. Put it in the bank and pay out an additional $1 mil/ year to each team so long as they stay in the Conference. That would make us the 6th highest paid Conference, better than MWC. This is a NEW conference and previous rules do not apply.

Not a surprise but today's Orlando Sentinel wants to evenly spilt the Break-up Fees. I suspect that Cincinnati, UConn and USF will get extra consideration, while new joining should not be charged Entry Fees. In any case, here is their argument:

http://articles.orlandosentinel.com/201 ... n-big-east