Since your table is for illustrative purposes only, my comment may seem offbase. You used 2020 football revenues. The pandemic year. Where the SEC played a full season, the Big Ten a slightly abbreviated one, and the the Pac 12 essentially a half season. Attendance at games was limited by Covid rules that varied widely between conferences. So the football revenues for 2020 are not reflective of actual revenues. But an accurate table like yours could be used by recruiters to literally buy recruits, turning my favorite sport into a replay of Steinbrenner's Yankees in their heyday. A second thought, given human nature. Does anyone believe the star players would be satisfied with an equal split?
My understanding is that there are a lot of other college athletes that are subsidized by the big two of football and basketball. Track and Field, Swimming, Tennis, Golf, Softball, Soccer, Volleyball ( these last 3 often for women only in order to balance scholarships to comply with Title IX) would all suffer if the money went to the football players. The college programs for some of these sports are the primary developer of Olympic team members. While I understand where this is coming from in terms of fairness, I think there would be some serious implications if this was implemented.
Since your table is for illustrative purposes only, my comment may seem offbase. You used 2020 football revenues. The pandemic year. Where the SEC played a full season, the Big Ten a slightly abbreviated one, and the the Pac 12 essentially a half season. Attendance at games was limited by Covid rules that varied widely between conferences. So the football revenues for 2020 are not reflective of actual revenues. But an accurate table like yours could be used by recruiters to literally buy recruits, turning my favorite sport into a replay of Steinbrenner's Yankees in their heyday. A second thought, given human nature. Does anyone believe the star players would be satisfied with an equal split?
My understanding is that there are a lot of other college athletes that are subsidized by the big two of football and basketball. Track and Field, Swimming, Tennis, Golf, Softball, Soccer, Volleyball ( these last 3 often for women only in order to balance scholarships to comply with Title IX) would all suffer if the money went to the football players. The college programs for some of these sports are the primary developer of Olympic team members. While I understand where this is coming from in terms of fairness, I think there would be some serious implications if this was implemented.