SECNetwork finances,, you

so yesterday in this post I linked what looks like power point slides used to sell the concept of the SEC Network to the execs at Disney, by ESPN.

A few of those slides had some rather interesting figures regarding data about sports, networks, and ratings. My conclusion was that selling this network to Disney was not a difficult task, the only real question was if the returns from the gold mine would require Fort Knox,, or something bigger..

The data they had presented (see for yourself)shows that not only are college sports second only to the NFL in mass fan appeal and loyalty, but that far and away the largest sector of the college market is football and further that the SEC has garnered massively better ratings than non SEC teams.

Lo and behold today Clay Travis has posted a new article revealing he believes his initial estimations of the value of the SECN were considerably BELOW the actual value, in fact he's revised his estimation of the SECN to be as much as the combined value of both the PAC and B1G networks combined!

This falls in line with the conclusion I posted, that the SECN could eventually rival not just the NFL network, but the most valuable channels ESPN has to offer, including the big boys, EPSN' and the Deuce. I know that may seem ludicrous at first, but it really isn't, consider for example the relatively low valuation of the early in market subs at a $1.40 per month that today's numbers are calculated from. These could easily be worth 4 to 5 times that, just realize you would only be paying around 55 dollars a year for the luxury and convenience of seeing practically any SEC game you want from the comfort of your living room. Then add the additional SEC programming that ESPN has barely even had a chance to scratch the surface of yet.

The value of the SECN alone is already pushing the top end of the market and the contracts for the first tier CBS/ESPN games have yet to be reworked, those numbers will increase in value and even if they don't get rolled back into the SECN, those games figure into the true value of what the network is worth.

Right now we may be looking at roughly high 40's (48 million approx)for a team's yearly share of SEC Network plus other revenue streams, but before long even that number won't seem like very much. We're already looking at a network more valuable than MLB, NBA and any other college conference can dream of. Trucks won't be big enough, it'll take box cars to move the cash.