Greg Byrne Expands on How Tide will Use Revenue Sharing

Last week, Alabama Athletic Director Greg Byrne joined Ryan Fowler on The Game, mentioning the revenue-sharing model approved by Judge Claudia Wilkin. Byrne put out a statement the next morning, indicating that Alabama would fully fund the $20.5 million for the university in revenue sharing.

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Byrne told Fowler, "Football pulls the train," and that the Tide's revenue-sharing model would reflect that. When asked for further details, Byrne declined to comment on the specifics of Alabama's model.

On Wednesday, Byrne joined the Crimson Tide Sports Network, where he shared some more details about Alabama's revenue-sharing model.

"We have taken the approach that it is based off revenue generation," Byrne told CTSN. "We think that's a solid approach; we think that's one that makes sense for our program. As you've heard me say many times, football is the engine that pulls the train, and at the same time, our two sports that turn a profit are football and men's basketball. So they will have the highest percentage of that rev sharing, then we're splitting up the remaining dollars with our sports who are ticketed."

The four other ticketed sports for the Crimson Tide are baseball, softball, women's basketball, and gymnastics. Those six schools, according to Byrne, are the only six that will receive money from the $20.5 million revenue-sharing model.

"We have a plan," Byrne continued. "I've told our coaches, it's fluid. We're doing the very best we can to make the decisions that we are with the information that we have right now."

"I do think we've put ourselves in a good position - not only for the individual sports but the department as a whole - to make sure we're staying healthy long-term. We have tried to look at it, not only as a short-term decision, but as a long-term, and the financial impacts of this are significant."

"We're fortunate we are a program that is in much better shape than 99 percent of other programs out there, and what we want to do is make sure we can still say that three, five, eight, and 10 years down the road, not just today."

Wyatt Fulton is the Tide 100.9 DME and Brand Manager, primarily covering Alabama Crimson Tide football and men's basketball. For more Crimson Tide coverage, follow Wyatt on X (Formerly known as Twitter) at @FultonW_.