re: BCSNC Picture: The BCS runs through Atlanta

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How is that affected by money? Not, do you think it is. How is it?

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If you don't think money plays into the BCSNC picture then you are naive.

2012
Attendance 78,237
Payout US$21.2 million
Nielsen ratings 14.01 (24.1 million viewers)

2011
Attendance 78,603
Payout US$21.2 million
Nielsen ratings 16.1 (27.3 million) Cable TV Record

2010
Attendance 94,906
Payout US$31 million (estimated)[2]
Nielsen ratings 17.2 (28.5 million)[4]

2009
Attendance 78,468
Payout US$17,500,000 per team to each conference[2]
Nielsen ratings 15.8 (26.8 million viewers)

2008
Attendance 79,651[2]
Payout US$17,500,000 per team
Nielsen ratings 14.4

2007
Nielsen ratings 17.4