Originally Posted by
aceinthehole
That's not 100% accurate. First, LIU is the NEC and Harford is the AE, so you're mixing 2 examples.
I can't speak for the America East revenue distribution process, but I'm quite certain in the NEC, the school that represents the league in the Tournament gets a small "bonus" amount. As an example, let's assume the NEC is distributing approx. $1M in NCAA revenue to the members. Each of the 10 NEC members schools would get $100k, but the team that that went to the NCAAs (this year it was Mount St. Mary's) would get an "extra" $10,000. Again, it is not a lot of money, but it is a financial reward for winning the league.
Also, while the NEC does distribute its NCAA revenues to its members schools like a dividend, I think that it does keep some money off the top for conference operations. Otherwise, league members are paying annual dues to the conference for operations, which is basically deducted from their NCAA revenue distribution.
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