NEW SEC TV Contracts - $34 million per team

[1984Gator]

$34 million each
$55 million per team if UNC and va Tech join...

http://www.usatoday.com/story/...reases/1836389/

[theghost]

Wow!

Would love to see those two added....especially Va Tech.

[stpgator]

link here

http://www.usatoday.com/story/sports/college/2013/01/16/sec-conference-money-increases/1836389/

[Gatorrick22]

I'll bet Texas A&M and Missouri are happy they said yes to the SEC.

[Gatormb]

I can just picture FSU fans seething.

[grant1]

I can just picture FSU fans seething.

Yup, that would could about half of their athletic budget.

[ETGator1]

I read the article twice and couldn't find any mention of UNC or VTech. Maybe I'm having reading comprehension problems this morning?

[rivergator]

I read the article twice and couldn't find any mention of UNC or VTech. Maybe I'm having reading comprehension problems this morning?

Apparently I am, too. And why would VT and UNC bring an additional $21 million per team when all 14 current teams only bring $34 million?

[IowaGator]

TV sets of Virginia, Maryland, DC, and NC.

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[gators8]

What happens if we keep adding teams ? No more OOC games ?

[orangeblueorangeblue]

What happens if we keep adding teams ? No more OOC games ?

16 would be the absolute limit. You won't see anything exceed that.

[lurkingator1]

It would be a huge blow to the ACC if UNC were to leave, but I really don't see it.

[ACCecil]

For $34 or more per year? VT and UNC would leave for sure. That is serious cash.

[RayGator]

$34 million each
$55 million per team if UNC and va Tech join...

http://www.usatoday.com/story/...reases/1836389/

I saw that article in the USA Today and was also going to post about it. Just didn't have time. Just amazing I think how the SEC more and more separates itself from the other conferences. If the BCS didn't have that limit of only 2 teams per conference in the major BCS Bowls recently we would have seen the SEC more dominant than they were.

[qwghlmgator]

It would be a huge blow to the ACC if UNC were to leave, but I really don't see it.

Not really. The ACC already blows.

[qwghlmgator]

Yup, that would could about half of their athletic budget.

Ummmm...yes? :huh:

[Gator_in_TX]

I too don't see anyting in this article about UNC and VT. Where are you getting these numbers from?

[atlantagator86]

Those numbers for UNC and VT can't be right. I could see maybe an additional $2.1 million per team but not $21 million.

[tilly]

Those numbers for UNC and VT can't be right. I could see maybe an additional $2.1 million per team but not $21 million.

Exactly. If VT were that big of a draw, they would go independent and start a network of their own.

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[demosthenes]

Those numbers for UNC and VT can't be right. I could see maybe an additional $2.1 million per team but not $21 million.

Agreed. Wonder where the OP came up with those figures?

[oxymoron]

I read that the ACC is considering an ACC TV Network. I'd rather watch a Three Stooges Marathon then watch their crappy football teams.

[tilly]

I read that the ACC is considering an ACC TV Network. I'd rather watch a Three Stooges Marathon then watch their crappy football teams.

But lets be honest. That network would live and breathe on college hoops.

Also, if you google: "UNC VaTech SEC" it sends back zero results to this rumor. Also I've heard nothing about it...and I live 2 hours from Chapel Hill.

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[demosthenes]

Exactly. If VT were that big of a draw, they would go independent and start a network of their own.

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You're forgetting UNC. Big alumni base and huge national following in basketball. I think UNC is more valuable than VT.

[tilly]

You're forgetting UNC. Big alumni base and huge national following in basketball. I think UNC is more valuable than VT.

No..I get that. I live in Tarheel country. *sigh*...Just saying those numbers put VaTechs worth to the SEC higher than UF or Bama. I was being somewhat sarcastic in saying that VaTechs worth could not possibly be what the OP stated. UNC would make at least some sense basednon the reasons you cite.

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[atlantagator86]

You're forgetting UNC. Big alumni base and huge national following in basketball. I think UNC is more valuable than VT.

UNC is definitely more valuable than VT.

I have stated several times that Texas A&M has the resources to become an overall sports program comparable to UF. I think they are already seeing the positive effects from being in the SEC. Within a few years, I expect Texas A&M to become the dominant overall program in the SEC West, like UF is in the SEC East. Keep in mind, I'm talking overall athletics, not just football.

If there is one other realistic SEC expansion candidate who has the resources to become an elite program (maybe not quite to the level of UF or Texas A&M), it's UNC, but really only if they leave Duke and NCSU behind and become the only SEC school in the state.

If they do that, UNC has the financial and alumni resources to absolutely explode! And NC is a big enough football recruiting base, which they should then dominate, that they could become a pretty significant player in the SEC. If Duke or NCSU were to come with then, that effect would be somewhat diluted.

[Gatorrick22]

I read that the ACC is considering an ACC TV Network. I'd rather watch a Three Stooges Marathon then watch their crappy football teams.

Aren't they the same thing.

[1984Gator]

TV sets of Virginia, Maryland, DC, and NC.

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And vastly improves our basketball competition. UNC has a huge following...

[RayGator]

We have enough teams now in the SEC, We don't need anymore. Besides, more teams just means we have a much smaller piece of the TV revenue pie!

[luciaboy]

unc is the acc i don't believe they are going anywhere

[GatorAvatar]

Pac12 teams get $20 million I think.

[tilly]

Pac12 teams get $20 million I think.

Thats actually the salary cap at USC. I think you misread.

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[1984Gator]

We have enough teams now in the SEC, We don't need anymore. Besides, more teams just means we have a much smaller piece of the TV revenue pie!

The A&M and Mizzou additions clearly did us a great deal of good because the TV revenue pie expanded enough to allow us to grow payouts by 50% per team to $34 million. I wouldn't encourage the sprawling expansion that the B1G has undertaken. That will probably result in a watering down of competition and tradition but very selective expansion in good TV markets make sense. SEC and Mizzou were good adds that fit well in our conference. Football, basketball, track, baseball and other SEC sports will benefit from this expansion. UNC and VaTech would bring large contiguous TV markets, good academics and strong football and basketball competition to our league. Both are large schools that fill stadiums. Adding UNC to SEC vbasketball would be a tremendous improvement in competition.

I received an inside bit of information last year that indicated our recent additions would bring $35 million and that the addition of UNC and a Virginia team (most luikely VaTech would increase value to $50- $55 million per team. That information has now been confirmed in our latest TV contract negotiation. That leads me to believe that the second prediction may well be on track too. For those that can't believe the size of that impact, just check out the current impact of adding A&M and Mizzou. Independently they were not worth that kind of money but in conjunction with SEC membership, the added viewers and the increased quality of league games made them quite valuable. The addition of A&M is comparable to VaTech. UNC would provide great value to SEC basketball. I don't think the estimate is out of line at all.

[GatorAvatar]

Thats actually the salary cap at USC. I think you misread.

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I am confused:

The Southeastern Conference's 12 current schools each stand to add about $8 million a year in revenue under soon-to-be-renegotiated television agreements, but they will be well short of what Pacific-12 Conference schools might get from the combination of their recent TV deals and new conference-owned networks, according to an estimate prepared for USA TODAY Sports by a college sports rights-valuation firm.

http://usatoday30.usatoday.com/sports/college/story/2012-05-20/Pacific-12-schools-will-see-big-payday-from-TV-deals/55095542/1

[KronoGator]

16 would be the absolute limit. You won't see anything exceed that.

No reason at all 16 should be the limit, it will depend on the teams.

[theghost]

The ACC network would also have a good following for men & woman's lacrosse...which is huge up here (but not like that would carry the network).

I hope we do add 2 more teams...and Va Tech being one of them.

[rpmGator]

Even NC gets more money from football than basketball. Football is the money maker in college sports.

Adding them give's us a new state and an expanded fan base. But Virginia does the same thing as does Oklahoma and other states.

We may be done, which is fine with me also.

[kellgator]

Can the estimates for the SEC Network be correct? Article says about 1.2 million per school. That would be a terrible deal for us. We make way more than that from our partnership with the Sunshine Network.