Not just the Clemson football program, but the entire Clemson Athletic Department could receive a boost from the newly-launched ACC Network.
While most fans won’t see a great deal of change when the ACC Network is launched later this summer, the revenue is expected to give the Clemson football program- and the entire Athletic Department- an added money boost.
From the fans’ perspective, there will only be a couple of differences when the ACC Network is launched. First, there will be more content shifted over to that network, which will include live games. Second, it will give fans more opportunities to watch different sports on live television without streaming due to it being an actual cable/satellite channel on their television.
Of course, there could be a small raise in cable/satellite packages for those that have the ESPN family of networks as part of their subscriptions.
With that being said, the Athletic Programs will see a major rise with the network.
For reference, the SEC Network paid out $43.1 million to each program in the conference last season. Likewise, the ACC’s average distribution to its full-time members was $26.6 million. Clemson made the most, in terms of revenue, with $30.8 million.
Not having that extra revenue source certainly hasn’t helped the conference- or Clemson football for that matter. Though there is plenty of money to go around at Clemson, the revenue is was still $13 million left than what each SEC school made. That hurts the football program, in some ways, but it also hurts the other sports like basketball, baseball, softball and the Olympic sports.
Adding the ACC Network- though it may not generate as much revenue as the SEC Network- is going to be a big help to the Tigers’ athletic department. Upgrades for facilities and raises for budgets will both be things that happen due to the extra revenue.
Though it may not seem like a big thing, the ACC Network is going to help provide revenue for the Tigers and the rest of the conference unlike anything we’ve seen before.