re: Why is SEC Basketball so bad

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The NCAA tournament contract is in the billions. That's just the tournament. Football makes money. It has more viewers. The stadiums are huge. We get it


I'm just saying people care more about basketball than you think. It makes money too. Kentucky does fine. So does Duke. Basketball are huge money makers for those schools

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The tournament and contract and ratings are in the billions for the whole country and a hell of a lot of teams and conferences split that as they do. The SEC football contract for cbs is billions and so is the one with espn. Big 10 football even makes more, but so does their basketball i bet. Football is the priority in the sec and most conferences. UK bball does make money but peanuts compared to the revenue Bama football brings the conference. I don't even think we are really arguing here. I know basketball is profitable and you seem to know football is more profitable. Uk and Duke both make money for their conferences through basketball, but both of their conferences make much more through football. I wish the rest of the SEC would make basketball a higher priority, but as time passes it keeps falling more behind football in revenue. That is why football is a higher priority in southern culture. Not everywhere in the South but most places. The thread os why is SEC basketball so bad. The answer I gave is thatit takes a backseat to football in most of the SEC schools. The schools would rather invest in football facilities and use their time and energy and resources because it pays off better in the long run.