OT: The SEC made a little money this year
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There must be a bubble somewhere. I'm wrong all the time but this growth doesnt feel sustainable. With these debts, insolvency could be sudden.
That's crazy.
Asside from the $20 Trillion in National Debt (it's guaranted to go that high by 2017) there's no reason to believe that any bubble in sports could ever burst.
Signed just ask the Colisem in Athens Greece & The Roman Empire
I'm actually curious how many "white elephants" that pro sports will have at the time the bubble does burst, NFL especially.
All I can say is for now this is why the SEC exit fee is I think $1 million. It's also why NC State & VPI will go when invited. Then the fun starts again.
Asside from the $20 Trillion in National Debt (it's guaranted to go that high by 2017) there's no reason to believe that any bubble in sports could ever burst.
Signed just ask the Colisem in Athens Greece & The Roman Empire
I'm actually curious how many "white elephants" that pro sports will have at the time the bubble does burst, NFL especially.
All I can say is for now this is why the SEC exit fee is I think $1 million. It's also why NC State & VPI will go when invited. Then the fun starts again.
most of us contributed to it..I get the SEC network as well as Texas U stations and I don't watch either..but they get some of my money anyway.
I have to admit I do watch the SEC every time it's on (talking football here) provided I'm not at a WVU game. I watch BIG XII games, and I love them.
In my opinion though the SEC Does have it figured out. The history an fan passion is at the top. Plus Paul FINEBAUM gets me through withdrawal in the waiting for football season which just started.
Could care less about the ACC, too many empty stadium in those big cities.
The B1G is just boring outside of Michigan, TOSU, & Michigan State.
The Pac 12 is on too late at night to watch.
In my opinion though the SEC Does have it figured out. The history an fan passion is at the top. Plus Paul FINEBAUM gets me through withdrawal in the waiting for football season which just started.
Could care less about the ACC, too many empty stadium in those big cities.
The B1G is just boring outside of Michigan, TOSU, & Michigan State.
The Pac 12 is on too late at night to watch.
That's a $31.2 million payout per school, which is excellent. Now let's see how much the Big 12 pays out to it's members this year, then add third tier income and make a comparison. WVU will be in the neighborhood and Texas will surpass it with the LHN. Agree?
Last year the Big 12's average payout per school was $25.3 million. Add in WVU's IMG payout of $6.6 million and that's $31.9 million. This year will be higher and WVU finally gets a full share. That tops the SEC per team, does it not?
Its going to be awhile. As DVR, streaming television, on demand, Netflix, and Amazon all continue to provide commercial free entertainment, the market and necessity for live sports becomes more crucial. The winners are going to be the leagues (literally every single sports entity imaginable is claiming record TV contracts), the losers will be the cable networks (ESPN and their layoffs come to mind) who have to overpay for inventory, and the primary networks like Fox, NBC, and ABC who are not making as much on their traditional programming.
The only danger to college sports I could see is if cable bundles became a thing of the past and most people opt not to include a University of Texas network in their package.
People already are opting out in record numbers and younger (new) consumers aren't signing up. ESPN is carrying serious long term obligations.
