The AJC is reporting that the SEC is about to announce a blockbuster deal with ESPN that will pay the league $150 million a year until 2023. This will lock out Raycom, much to the Chagrin of Clay Travis and College Football humorists throughout the South.
[A recent photo of SEC Commissioner Mike Slive.]
When you combine this with the $55 million per year the league is going to get from CBS the grand total is a staggering $205 million per year. That works out to a little over $17 million for each school per year. The last reported Notre Dame-NBC deal was worth about $9 million per. There are rumors that the current contract is worth around $12 million. So, see post title above.
The only downside to this deal? Our whole ESPN hates the SEC argument becomes even more specious.
Posted under College Football (aka God's Special Gift to You and Me)
This post was written by Raleigh Urbain on August 25, 2008
The SEC is the best football conference, why not pay top dollar to see the most exciting football games. This is a great deal, the best football teams being broadcast on the number one sports network.
I think it’s still ok to say Chris Fowler hates the SEC. But his management? Yeah, not so much.
” Ole Miss, or Mississippi Football” is redundant. You’d think an Atlanta sports person would know that.
We do, in fact, know that. It was supposed to say Mississippi State. Corrected. Thanks for letting us know in the most nicest possible way.
I dont think that picture is actually of Mike Slive. It’s Rich Uncle Pennybags from the board game Monopoly. I would think someone with a blog referencing the urban growth patterns of Atlanta would have at one point played that game or at least be familiar with it.