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Here is the problem with future expansion..

Each SEC school will be making about $60 million per year in 2022 and about $75 million per year in 2025 & forward. In order to bring two teams in, they would have to be worth a combined $150 million per year just to keep everyone at the 2025 payout.

Is it worth it to add more teams without an increase in payout? I’m assuming the answer is no, but perhaps there are other factors in play there.

Realistically, I would think the SEC would only do it for an increased payout. 10% seems reasonable.. $7.5 million x 18 teams = $135 million extra

That would mean the two new teams needed to be worth $285 million or more combined.

There are likely only four teams that could bring that kind of value..

Notre Dame
USC
Ohio State
Michigan

One or more of those paired with Clemson and/or Florida State might get there.. but likely not just the two of them by themselves.

Just my opinion.

Please say more of your fanbase is like you and not like a majority of the folks we saw last week. It's always nice to see people who seem to do their research.

That being said, I really hope we don't expand again, because we'll just split off into divisions/"pods" and essentially find ourselve dealing so many that it would a scheduling nightmare. What's the point of having a super conference of 18 or 20 teams if you are only going to see some of those teams every 3 or 4 years? I get the money aspect of it, but damn... 16 is enough

This post was edited on 8/2/21 at 2:39 pm