Kentucky men’s basketball is the standard when it comes to college hoops, so it’s no surprise to see the program will get preferential treatment with revenue sharing.
According to CBS Sports’ Matt Norlander, UK is believed to be dedicating 45% of its $20.5 million revenue sharing cap to the men’s basketball team for next season.
Advertisement
That comes out to about $9.2 million.
The consternation stems from most SEC teams operating below $3 million in revenue sharing for the upcoming year, according to a variety of sources. One expected exception is basketball-crazed Kentucky, which is believed to be at a 45% rev share of its $20.5 million cap for 2025-26. There was talk of all SEC programs agreeing to an equal rev-share cap, but similar to the Big East situation, if Kentucky wants to put more emphasis on its basketball program (and sacrifice for less on the football side) than the likes of Alabama, Auburn or Tennessee, that’s Kentucky’s prerogative.
This comes after a report emerged in June that UK fought against the SEC putting a cap on how much money could be spent on each program.
There’s no question Mark Pope’s team deserves a larger piece of the revenue than most, if any basketball program in America. However, you have to think some of the other programs at UK and their coaches — namely Mark Stoops — won’t be happy to see this figure.
What do you think about this reported figure? Let us know in the comments!
More from aseaofblue.com:
