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re: A 9-Game SEC Schedule?
Posted on 5/7/13 at 12:35 am to Sheetbend
Posted on 5/7/13 at 12:35 am to Sheetbend
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Actually, the number of games remains the same
No it doesn't. Example:
Say OOC team X comes to Neyland on week 7 and the same week, OOC team Y comes to Jordan-Hare. That's two games the SEC network has to show.
Now suppose we move to a 9 conference game schedule so instead of those two games, AU now plays Tennessee instead. Now the network has only 1 game to show.
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More cross-divisional games means more quality games for CBS to choose from = higher ratings = more money to the SEC.
This is false. CBS isn't just going to give the SEC more money out of the goodness of their hearts. The payout is determined by the current contract which doesn't expire until 2023.
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CBS’s landmark 15-year deal for football and basketball rights to the Southeastern Conference will pay the conference an average of $55 million annually, industry sources said. On the front end, the deal is expected to pay the SEC about $50 million a year and increase each year to a high of $60 million by the end of the term, according to multiple sources.
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Posted on 5/7/13 at 1:34 am to LA kid but AU fan
quote:I don't think so!
Say OOC team FURMAN comes to Neyland on week 7 and the same week, OOC team ALABAMA STATE comes to Jordan-Hare. That's two games the SEC network has to show.
A nine game SEC schedule, along with scheduling tweaks, ensures that CBS will have a choice game every week.
The weekend before Thanksgiving has been notoriously weak. Slive can juice the schedule in a way to make it more appealing to the conferences network broadcast partner by making sure there are no "dogs" on the schedule.
Matchups such as Missouri vs. Murray State Racers or Toledo Rockets would almost never be considered worthy of an SEC Network or CBS broadcast. So the actual inventory of potential games for broadcast would typically increase with a 9th game.
More games between the Perennial SEC powers such as: Bama, LSU, vs. Georgia, Florida, or S.Car and the biggest TV markets in the SEC such as: TAM vs. Missouri, Florida, and Georgia, would be available more often; not to mention second tier SEC program matchups, which could still have strong regional attraction in their respective states.
If the networks need the 9th game for the deal to work, they will get it. Money talks in college football.
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