Don't do the "if I can't comprehend" nonsense. You know that I know my shit here. It's math. For UNC and Duke to contribute enough to earn a $100 million share, they would have to generate hundreds of millions that are split 18 ways. Even then, they can't earn a $100 million share. Do the math for us if you think it's so obvious.
You have no idea what you are talking about with regard to Duke and UNC fans vs. Alabama fans. Here are the numbers for the UNC v. Duke game a few weeks ago:
ESPN drew 3.2 million viewers for the game, behind only the same matchup in March 2022 (Mike Krzyzewski's finale at Cameron Indoor Stadium) as the network's second-best men's college hoops game since the Zion Williamson-fueled campaign of 2019 (each UNC-Duke game in 2019 was over 4 million).
North Carolina's win over Duke gave ESPN a strong Saturday of college basketball numbers.
www.sportsbusinessjournal.com
They didn't even reach 4 million viewers for the biggest game of the year, the biggest in many years. Only in 2019 did their games get over 4 million viewers. Basketball numbers are so far lower than football numbers it's not even close. You should know by now that the 4 million views mark is what they are shooting for, and they didn't even hit that for the biggest game of the year. Imagine how low the numbers are for all the other games. Oh, wait, we don't have to imagine ... here they are:
College basketball TV ratings for the 2023 season. Will be updated weekly throughout the season, typically on Tuesdays.
www.sportsmediawatch.com
Duke/Clemson - 1.3 million
UNC/FSU - 1.1 million
These are the highest rated games of the week. These aren't numbers that generate enough revenue to earn a $100 million share.
You want more? UNC generates 31 million a year in basketball revenue. That's great, right? No, Alabama 20 million, Auburn 19 million, Arkansas 19 million, UGA 12 million, Kentucky 32 million, UTjr 21 million, UT 23 million. Duke is private, but it will be far less as they have a small fieldhouse. So it's not like UNC is way ahead of the SEC schools in hoops. How is that going to make up for not generating any football revenue that is relevant?
Sportico is maintaining an interactive, real-time database that tracks the official balance sheets of public FBS university athletic departments.
www.sportico.com
So, please, save the nonsense about me doing my research, and you can't help me if I don't see something you haven't come close to proving. The simple fact is that hoops do not drive enough revenue to add teams that don't drive football revenue.