re: If Oklahoma comes to the SEC, who else comes with them?

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ESPN has lost a few million subscribers over the past couple of years and this is expected to continue and possibly even accelerate. ESPN is the driver of these huge athletic department budgets at Power 5 schools but that gravy train has hit a speed bump and those TV rights payments may have peaked.

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That is the exact dynamic that could bring an OU to the SEC. If the B1G model of cable bundling as a the main driver of revenue dies out due to cord cutting, then the SEC Network changes from being a channel on the dial to being a streaming service you pay good money to access because you are a fan. In such a model a program like Oklahoma with a national fanbase but shite geography suddenly is very valuable.