STrib: An uncertain future, yet hope for Gophers coach Ben Johnson, who foresees a program with more resources

[BleedGopher]

Per Marcus:

“This is an opportunity now with rev share to be in the position I’ve never been in,” Johnson said. “That’s the part that for sure is positive. I’ve never been in a space where because of the rev share, [we’ve] been able to look at a different lens when it comes to [the transfer portal]. The possibility of getting and obtaining players.”

Gophers athletics director Mark Coyle previously stated that his department expects to pay the maximum of $21 million to its athletes, but it’s unclear how much shared revenue will be allocated to men’s basketball. Georgia reportedly will give 75% ($13.5 million) of its shared revenue to football and 15% (about $2.7 million) to men’s hoops.

An uncertain future, yet hope for Gophers coach Ben Johnson, who foresees a program with more resources

The fourth-year coach says soon-to-come revenue share payments for players will create a new picture, but the key is raising NIL money, too.

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Go Gophers!!

 

[bga1]

oh my....

 

[Rocksoldier]

oh my....

Well said

 

[Drake University Gopher]

This might be our best chance to lure in a coach, before Football takes all the $ (rightfully so in my eyes at this juncture). Give some assurances that we’ll be able to compete from an NIL perspective and see what happens!

 

[ShushPush]

We won't see if NIL dollars matter until the end of April. The team needs many transfers to fill the loss of players eligibility. I believe we need 5 more players.

 

[Unregistered User]

Are we the only team to get the rev share?

How does this move the needle?

 

[Ewert86PC]

Are we the only team to get the rev share?

How does this move the needle?

No.

It doesn't.

 

[bmb5270]

Are we the only team to get the rev share?

How does this move the needle?

It doesn't help against other Big Ten teams or SEC but other leagues will not have as much to spend.

 

[howeda7]

Are we the only team to get the rev share?

How does this move the needle?

It doesn't really. But it's narrative Doogie and Marcus have decided/been told to push to justify another year for Ben.

 

[howeda7]

It doesn't help against other Big Ten teams or SEC but other leagues will not have as much to spend.

All of the power 5 will do the $21 million. And the Big East will probably give their basketball teams at least as much as the other conferences. It might help if we're recruiting against the Mountain West or St. Thomas.

 

[bmb5270]

All of the power 5 will do the $21 million. And the Big East will probably give their basketball teams at least as much as the other conferences. It might help if we're recruiting against the Mountain West or St. Thomas.

I believe schools can pay out a maximum of 22% of gross revenues with a cap of 20.5 million. That would mean total athletic revenue of around 93 million to be able to spend up to the cap. Because of much lower media deals some ACC schools and virtually all Big 12 schools revenue falls below 93 million. Schools may be able to fund basketball at a higher percentage but they would be taking from football or non revenue sports. Also these rules are final yet from what I understand and I haven't seen any numbers posted yet for Big East with no football.

 

[scools12]

Find yourself a head coach who will put that revenue sharing money to good use.

That head coach is not Ben Johnson.

 

[ShushPush]

It doesn't really. But it's narrative Doogie and Marcus have decided/been told to push to justify another year for Ben.

There you have it. Another narrative where Adam Smith rises out of the grave to speak. Just when did you last see this invisible hand guiding those scribes? Can you describe the apparition for us?

 

[ShushPush]

I believe schools can pay out a maximum of 22% of gross revenues with a cap of 20.5 million. That would mean total athletic revenue of around 93 million to be able to spend up to the cap. Because of much lower media deals some ACC schools and virtually all Big 12 schools revenue falls below 93 million. Schools may be able to fund basketball at a higher percentage but they would be taking from football or non revenue sports. Also these rules are final yet from what I understand and I haven't seen any numbers posted yet for Big East with no football.

Talk about collusion! If that is the case, one more Supreme Court decision will end this cap as being anti-competitive. Where will the U be then? What would it take to make it happen? I would venture in this judicial climate as 'not much'.

 

[bga1]

I believe schools can pay out a maximum of 22% of gross revenues with a cap of 20.5 million. That would mean total athletic revenue of around 93 million to be able to spend up to the cap. Because of much lower media deals some ACC schools and virtually all Big 12 schools revenue falls below 93 million. Schools may be able to fund basketball at a higher percentage but they would be taking from football or non revenue sports. Also these rules are final yet from what I understand and I haven't seen any numbers posted yet for Big East with no football.

Creighton and Marquette are going to do really well under this system. No football.

 

[EG#9]

Agree with what has already been said. The missing piece here is Ben sucking in year 1 (no NIL anywhere) and year 2 (by his own admission NIL wasn't nearly the thing it was in the year 2 offseason that it was in year 3). We finished last for the first time in 30 years in Ben's first year and followed that up with one of the worst seasons in program history. Telling your fans to "embrace the suck" was probably not the best way to drum up NIL funds either. If Ben had the start to his tenure that Otzelberger or Smart did, he would have been in a much better spot for NIL. Even last season, he finished the year losing 5 of 6 Big Ten games with the one win being a very shaky home W over Penn State. We had the Big Ten tournament in Minneapolis and went out in our opener. "Given me money to keep a team together" Doesn't sound too appealing when you finish the year in that fashion and your overall conference winning percentage is south of Todd Lickliter's.

 

[EG#9]

Creighton and Marquette are going to do really well under this system. No football.

Opinions are mixed on this. They won't have the same level of revenue to split as B1G/SEC teams do that have huge football TV contracts and bigger basketball TV contracts too. Pitino wants the Big East to merge with the ACC which I don't think he'd advocate for if the Big East was going to have a revenue share advantage.

 

[bga1]

Opinions are mixed on this. They won't have the same level of revenue to split as B1G/SEC teams do that have huge football TV contracts and bigger basketball TV contracts too. Pitino wants the Big East to merge with the ACC which I don't think he'd advocate for if the Big East was going to have a revenue share advantage.

I get your thinking, however I think that the math likely works out differently. At MN we have 120 million in revenue and a 20 million cap. But basketball will be lucky to get 15% or 3 million (still a lot). At Creighton or Marquette total revenue might be in the 40 million range for each so perhaps a 8 million cap. But there the men's basketball team is the crown jewel and likely will get as much as 75% of the pool or $6 million. Just a guess...