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Minnesota Gophers 2012-2013 Part II: Mmmm, Iron City Beer!

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HarleyMC said:
I think your right and even Lucia is now publicly adding his support to the formation of a B1G hockey team at Nebraska:



The B1G draw will be $$$. The Big Ten is notably the most profitable college athletic conference in the NCAA with a relatively large and widespread fanbase throughout the US and Canada. Once schools that currently have high quality club hockey teams (e.g. Nebraska, Illinois, Iowa) begin to crunch the numbers on the unprecedented growth in Big Ten profit margins that can be directly attributed to the Big Ten Network, I think they'll take a hard look at generating revenue for a D1 program.

That's exactly why former Nebraska Athletic Director Tom Osborne said the Big Ten Network was a draw to the B1G and the alliance would be mutually (financially) beneficial. BTN profits have increased by nearly $50M/year since its inception in 2007 and has now more than doubled its initial 2007 revenue to over $230M. The Big Ten footprint has grown to an estimated 75M viewers covering 35% of the United States and plans are to recruit at least 60 million more subscribers over the next five years. In addition to current income, the BTN could over the next five years realistically generate more than a quarter of a billion dollars for the Big Ten conference. That would more than double aggregate revenue distribution to member schools. The BTN delivered $8M to Big Ten schools in 2010, an increase of 20% from the previous year.

For those interested:

References

Dosh, Kristi. (2011, January 30). How the Big Ten Stacks Up Against the SEC in Sports Revenue, Sport Money Blog, Forbes.
Drape, Joe. (2010, October 1). Big Ten Network Alters picture of College Sports. New York Times.
Jones, David. (2010, March 7). How the Big Ten Network Makes Expansion More Likely. The Patriot News.
Marek, Lynn. (2010, July 6). Big Ten Network Defies Early Skeptics as Audience and Profits Rise. Crains Detroit Business.
Cabot, Jeff. (2008, December 19). Shaw Launches New HD Sport Channels. HD Report.
Sansirino, Micheal. (2010, May 23). Big Ten Changes Could Have Seismic Effect. Pittsburgh Port Gazette.
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How does the BTN generate money for hockey schools? It's a myth.
 
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JDUBBS1280 said:
My father past away for cancer. Thanks for taking things to a personal and inappropriate level.
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I'm not sure that was necessary, Dubbs. My father also died of cancer and in fact my wife and I were both diagnosed and treated for cancer four years ago at the same time (radiant couple, though bald). Most of us have experiences with things like that, either personally or through family, but you needn't assume that goldy meant to say anything inappropriate. In fact, it was the kind of kidding that is done all the time on this board.

I too am sorry about your father (and for you and your family), but goldy meant no harm.
 
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dxmnkd316 said:
How does the BTN generate money for hockey schools? It's a myth.
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Myth???? Speaking of Myth, who is down for Florida Georgia Line on April 11th ;) And it is not a Myth that the BTN will bring in more money with hockey. With the option of having your ad money go to either having your ad during cuddling (wrestling) and hockey? People will pay more to advertise during hockey than said cuddling event.
 
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gopher wes said:
I hope NO ONE that is a fan of the team this thread is dedicated to is doing anything but watching a very important hockey game on that date...
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I am hoping the Gophers will be in the First Semifinal.... Otherwise you are right... totally forgot the Semis were that day
 
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Happy said:
didn't you kill yourself after losing to a horrible Penn State team?
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My dog killed himself. Thanks for taking things to a personal and inappropriate level.
 
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GopherBigGuy911 said:
Myth???? Speaking of Myth, who is down for Florida Georgia Line on April 11th ;) And it is not a Myth that the BTN will bring in more money with hockey. With the option of having your ad money go to either having your ad during cuddling (wrestling) and hockey? People will pay more to advertise during hockey than said cuddling event.
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You think hockey generates more ad revenue than wrestling? You're delusional.

The amount of money the BTN generates from hockey doesn't go back to the hockey schools. It gets added into the aggregate and it's divided out amongst the schools. A school starting up a program has to start up both a men's and women's team (Title IX). Balance that with the fraction of a percent the school will earn more in revenue. It's a money pit.
 
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The era is almost over Minnesota please work hard and show some huge effort along the rest of the way. Unless thing improve the only championship we are going to see this year will be the women's club.
 
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I think that was their worst performance yet. Hopefully that is bottom and they wake up.
 
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state of hockey said:
I think that was their worst performance yet. Hopefully that is bottom and they wake up.
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Take the M's and the names off the Jerseys.... They played with ZERO pride tonight. They played like a Gopher team from the lost years.
 
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I would love to see Lucia pull a Herbie and run the bat **** and vomit out of them. Tomorrow is a lost cause (cup is gone) might as well get their mind right for BSU and the Playoffs....
 
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