re: SEC Network: Friend or Foe

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SEC program take more than half the top tier talent in the country

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SEC is seen all over the nation so the word gets out. With the new playoff (to ensure no 2 SEC teams make the Final Four and a PAC and B1G team does) it will limit that SEC exposure. If recruits outside the footprint grow up watching the local teams because SEC will not be free in their footprint they will stay home and play for the teams they saw growing up on TV.

All the money in the world is not the same as owning your own product and keeping it under your control. The B1G and PAC figured out that much when they took ownership stakes in their future. In 10 years not sure if I would count on the SEC making 10 million more than everybody else. Making more than the B12 and ACC I can buy, but not so sure about the other 2.

There are 2 sides to the conference networks. First is the money from carriage which goes to the SEC and ESPN in the SECTV deal. The second part is the advertising revenues. SEC gets none of that, and that is where the growing profits come from. ESPN aka Disney keeps that in the SEC deal. B1G schools get about half of the ad revenues of the BTN. That is what will not allow that 10 million extra you seem to think the SEC will get.