Posted by srr50 on August 4th, 2009 under Football
the ACC, Big 10, Big East and the Pac 10.
Heading into the 2009 football season, the Southeastern Conference is begining a 15-year deal with ESPN and CBS that makes the conference "A First Among Equals" in the BCS. While the numbers are staggering in terms of money flowing to SEC schools, the ramifactions of the contracts reach beyond the bottom line. But first and foremost, it is the money that catches your attention.
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Scipio has already lamented over the lack of holding calls in the Big 12 and how it seems to an a league decision to add zip to the offense.
At last week's spring meetings, the Big 12 announced that they would be distributing a record $130 million in revenue to it's members. That almost a 15% increase over the previous high.
Missouri AD Mike Alden added that the increase was due to "a combination of
Posted by srr50 on November 5th, 2008 under Football
The ABC/ESPN conglomerate recently made a billion dollar deal with the SEC to lock up a large part of that conference's TV rights through 2014. They also may be getting ready to jump back into the BCS Championship Bowl Series.
Right now ABC is enjoying a ratings jump of 33% for their Primetime College Football on Saturday nights. They can thank the Texas-Texas Tech game for boosting those ratings.
Last Saturday's game averaged 8,590,000 households, which