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<blockquote data-quote="wbgvwbgv" data-source="post: 129286834" data-attributes="member: 1417056">. . . . . . It’s unfathomable to me that three years after the fact, there are those still arguing that the school’s move to the Big 12 was somehow the worst thing that has ever happened. It’s argued by those with a completely blind eye to reality.. . . . . . According to the NCAA, the Big 12’s share of revenue from the first CFP was $64,700,801. Of the five power conferences, that was just above the average. The Pac-12 made the most at roughly $69.3 million, the ACC the least at $58.2 million. The Big Ten was just shy of $64 million and the SEC was at about $65.6 million.. . . . . . .The American Athletic Conference lost almost $12.7 million from the last year of the BCS to the first year of the CFP. It went from a share of $27.9 million as an automatic qualifier in the BCS to $15.2 million as a Group of Five member of the CFP.Even of the five Group of Five conferences, it ranked just third in total payout.And that’s the pie from which West Virginia would have drawn its share had it not fled the coop.All the facilities upgrades in the works now at WVU? Forget them. As a member of the AAC, which would have been the school’s lot without the move to the Big 12, none of that would be happening.. . . . . . <a href="http://www.wvgazette.com/article/20150520/GZ02/150529866">http://www.wvgazette.com/article/20150520/GZ02/150529866</a></blockquote>

[QUOTE="wbgvwbgv, post: 129286834, member: 1417056"] . . . . . . It’s unfathomable to me that three years after the fact, there are those still arguing that the school’s move to the Big 12 was somehow the worst thing that has ever happened. It’s argued by those with a completely blind eye to reality. . . . . . . According to the NCAA, the Big 12’s share of revenue from the first CFP was $64,700,801. Of the five power conferences, that was just above the average. The Pac-12 made the most at roughly $69.3 million, the ACC the least at $58.2 million. The Big Ten was just shy of $64 million and the SEC was at about $65.6 million. . . . . . . . The American Athletic Conference lost almost $12.7 million from the last year of the BCS to the first year of the CFP. It went from a share of $27.9 million as an automatic qualifier in the BCS to $15.2 million as a Group of Five member of the CFP. Even of the five Group of Five conferences, it ranked just third in total payout. And that’s the pie from which West Virginia would have drawn its share had it not fled the coop. All the facilities upgrades in the works now at WVU? Forget them. As a member of the AAC, which would have been the school’s lot without the move to the Big 12, none of that would be happening. . . . . . . [URL]http://www.wvgazette.com/article/20150520/GZ02/150529866[/URL] [/QUOTE]

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