Kentucky is believed to be dedicating 45% of its $20.5 million revenue-sharing budget to men’s basketball for 2025-26

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Kentucky is believed to be dedicating 45% of its $20.5 million revenue-sharing budget to men’s basketball for 2025-26.

Norlander said Kentucky is believed to be dedicating 45% of its $20.5 million cap for the 2025-26 season on men’s basketball. If you do the math, that’s $9.225 million, compared to the $3 million most SEC teams are giving to men’s basketball.

Mitch Barnhart has not disclosed how Kentucky will split up its $20.5 million of revenue-sharing across all sports for the 2025-26 season; according to a new report, men’s basketball will be getting a significant piece of the pie, maybe even triple that of its SEC counterparts.

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 ,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.