re: SEC Network: Friend or Foe

I was more commenting that without the contract look-ins forced by expansion, the SEC would have been stuck with a crappy 2009 deal that pays less per team than what the B1G, Big 12 or PAC gets in their newer contracts.

The PAC contract after expansion really exploded the market for college football. The SEC made a 15 year deal right before the boom, which was a huge mistake. Expansion look-ins are contractually forcing market value for at least what ESPN has (tier 2 and now tier 3) and ESPN intends to pay that via a 50-50 split on the SEC Network. CBS didn't want to pay more, so they gave up rights after expansion they once had before expansion which will help the SEC Network.

Bottom line without expansion the SEC was kinda fricked when it came to money. The SEC Network will fix that and put the league above the B1G in five years I think.