Olde Hornet
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http://www.usatoday.com/story/sport...ball-power-five-chasing-big-ten-sec/89111786/
Right now, it’s really more like a Power Two.
For the foreseeable future, the Big Ten and the SEC are going to make significantly more money for their members than the ACC, Pac-12 and Big 12. Likewise, the next 10 years of college football are likely to produce more titles for those leagues — and by a significant margin — than any others.
The SEC has already hit the the $30-plus million per year range in its per school distribution, with a high likelihood (if not certainty) that the numbers will get significantly bigger over the next few years as the SEC Network’s profits increase. The Big Ten is also just above $30 million but recently agreed to a series of new TV deals that should push its revenue toward $50 million per school going into the next decade.
And though the other leagues are all close enough for now in the $25 million range — and the Big 12 distributed $30.4 million per school last year — the concern is whether they have as many ways to grow the revenue pie going into their next contracts with the cable television environment looking more and more questionable.
Right now, it’s really more like a Power Two.
For the foreseeable future, the Big Ten and the SEC are going to make significantly more money for their members than the ACC, Pac-12 and Big 12. Likewise, the next 10 years of college football are likely to produce more titles for those leagues — and by a significant margin — than any others.
The SEC has already hit the the $30-plus million per year range in its per school distribution, with a high likelihood (if not certainty) that the numbers will get significantly bigger over the next few years as the SEC Network’s profits increase. The Big Ten is also just above $30 million but recently agreed to a series of new TV deals that should push its revenue toward $50 million per school going into the next decade.
And though the other leagues are all close enough for now in the $25 million range — and the Big 12 distributed $30.4 million per school last year — the concern is whether they have as many ways to grow the revenue pie going into their next contracts with the cable television environment looking more and more questionable.
