Good overview here with the thoughts of various journalist from across the country..
www.stltoday.com
This was interesting to me as I have assumed that TEXAS & OU to the SEC was mainly about the money?
Dennis Dodd, CBSSports.com: “This is more than a money play by the SEC. Sure, Texas and Oklahoma might get a nice bump in revenue by changing conferences. One conservative estimate put their share in the SEC at $64 million per year, up $20 million from what SEC teams are earning now. But unless ESPN is in the business of tearing up monster contracts in the middle of their terms, the existing 14 SEC schools will continue making the same revenue (approximately $44 million) through 2032. ESPN has all the leverage here. It owns have half the rights (with Fox) for Texas and Oklahoma. Why should it pay any more for this move? Why should they pay even $1 more for this move?
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This was interesting to me as I have assumed that TEXAS & OU to the SEC was mainly about the money?
Dennis Dodd, CBSSports.com: “This is more than a money play by the SEC. Sure, Texas and Oklahoma might get a nice bump in revenue by changing conferences. One conservative estimate put their share in the SEC at $64 million per year, up $20 million from what SEC teams are earning now. But unless ESPN is in the business of tearing up monster contracts in the middle of their terms, the existing 14 SEC schools will continue making the same revenue (approximately $44 million) through 2032. ESPN has all the leverage here. It owns have half the rights (with Fox) for Texas and Oklahoma. Why should it pay any more for this move? Why should they pay even $1 more for this move?
