re: The Big 12 is in better condition than we think

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There was never any real customer demand for "conference networks". This is merely an "arms race" bullshite thing created by conference chiefs for marketing purposes. Conference networks can't and won't survive on their own in the TV market. Period.

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You're gonna have to explain this one a little better to me.

The SEC network just cut checks to every school in the conference for over $10M apiece.

Before the SEC network I couldn't even watch every LSU football game on TV let alone other sports, now every major sport is broadcast. I can stream midweek baseball games, something that was laughable three years ago. You could potentially argue that streaming will eventually end the need for conference networks, but without a network deal with the conference for coverage even that never gets off the ground. The content these network/conference deals make possible is the future of sports TV, bite sized packages for a collection of small markets without the bulk of marketing a single channel to everyone in the country.

Bevo fricked you.

Texas has been and will continue to be the downfall of the big 12. They alone dictate the conference and that's why alot of teams left for other conferences. Texas is very contolling and it's their way or the highway, because in all honesty, without texas the big 12 wouldn't exist and it definitely wouldn't be a power 5 league. This is why oklahoma is looking to leave the conference sometime in the near future. Texas is going to ruin that conference more than it already has and I think the writing is on the wall for the big 12 to fall apart and texas will go independent like notre dame. Texas thinks a lot of themselves and will not sacrifice it's fair share of the money for some of the small programs in the big 12. It's going to fall apart it's just a matter of time imo.

In great shape if reality isn't reality... or they have a 30 year plan.

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That being said I think OU and KU end up in the B10 within 5-6 years

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kansas, yes.

OU...no.

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Big 12 made 313 million in revenue and paid out 317 million in expenses. They paid out 4 million more than they made. Call that whatever you want, but it's not a good thing.

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because they had about +$33 million in reserves at the time.

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The SEC made 17 million last year, and increased its reserve fund from 66 million to 83 million. Depleting your fund is not the goal.

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Neither is accumulating a large reserve.

League is healthier than it's ever been.

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quote: The SEC Network is the 5th most valuable sports network, worth over half the value of Fox Sports Network. From cable bundling. You're gonna meet the same fate that the LHN did. Reduced to a regional viewership. It's coming. Accept it.

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All channels are cable bundled. When the values of networks are figured, the price the networks can demand from cable companies, and the ad revenue they can generate, are extremely important in the valuations.

The SEC network has a demand that has allowed it to demand fantastic rates from the cable companies. The cable companies don't just give money away. You can tell this by the failure of other conference networks. But the SEC is different, and your arse is on the outside looking in, bitch.

Why did you change the conversation to talk about a national brand? You said there was no demand for the SEC Network, and that's a fricking retarded thing to say.

As for national brand, the SEC network gets more money per subscription in Maine than the network of your frickbuddy with chaps gets in their home state.