I don't know if new subscriber-ship would really change that much. A good percentage of XII games are on FOX, requiring the same cable platform that the SECN is on. So, while viewership may increase some, those folks already subscribe to the SECN. The same dilemma exists for hypothetically adding Florida State to the SEC. They might increase viewership in the State of Florida, but I doubt they would drive additional subscribers to cable and dish.

In contrast, take the states of North Carolina and Virginia. All subscribers that get the SECN are paying the outside the footprint rate.
If they suddenly paid the in footprint rate, that would be significant. Probably enough so to add teams from those states, because the increase in revenue would offset the additional payouts. It is simply a function of population and is why those two states are so important.

In reality, Texas A&M moving to the SEC really helped out the league on subscriber footprint, but it also fricked OU, OSU, and Texas royally. And what really sucks for OU is that they would have been #14 instead of Missouri but were unable and unwilling to separate with OSU. Now that the SECN is in place and dependent on Missouri's population, that ship has sailed for them.

This post was edited on 5/10/16 at 10:18 am