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BYU Football: 3 biggest takeaways from BYU Media Day.

By Adam Gibby

NEW ORLEANS, LA - SEPTEMBER 02: D.J. Chark #7 of the LSU Tigers catches a pass over Dayan Ghanwoloku #5 of the Brigam Young Cougars during the second quarter at Mercedes-Benz Superdome on September 2, 2017 in New Orleans, Louisiana. (Photo by Sean Gardner/Getty Images)
NEW ORLEANS, LA - SEPTEMBER 02: D.J. Chark #7 of the LSU Tigers catches a pass over Dayan Ghanwoloku #5 of the Brigam Young Cougars during the second quarter at Mercedes-Benz Superdome on September 2, 2017 in New Orleans, Louisiana. (Photo by Sean Gardner/Getty Images) /
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OKLAHOMA CITY – MARCH 20: A detail of a NCAA logo decal is seen at center court as the Kansas State Wildcats play against the Brigham Young Cougars during the second round of the 2010 NCAA men’s basketball tournament at Ford Center on March 20, 2010 in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma. (Photo by Ronald Martinez/Getty Images)
OKLAHOMA CITY – MARCH 20: A detail of a NCAA logo decal is seen at center court as the Kansas State Wildcats play against the Brigham Young Cougars during the second round of the 2010 NCAA men’s basketball tournament at Ford Center on March 20, 2010 in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma. (Photo by Ronald Martinez/Getty Images) /

1. Money in Independence isn’t that bad…at all!

For years it has been assumed that if a team is in a Power Five Conference they make a ton of money while teams in the Group of Five schools make about half as much or less. The general belief around Cougar Nation was the BYU did a bit better than the G5 schools, however was a mile behind the P5 schools.

Not true.

BYU actually made more money than some P5 schools last year. The Cougars brought in $80 million dollars ahead of teams like Texas Tech, Iowa State and Washington State. And when compared to teams in the G5 it wasn’t even close. Boise State brought in $38 million and UNLV brought in $42 million.

Perhaps the most interesting part is Utah was at $82 million. So they can’t really claim to be doing that much better than BYU. Finally, these numbers were run before BYU made a huge deal with Nike going into next season, so that $80 million is going to be much higher in the 2019-2020 season.

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