As I am about to post my viewpoint on the future of the SEC and the role ESPN will have rather we like it or not will be at times we will be saying we should have seen this coming. But in my viewpoint the
future of the SEC and ESPN will be like one coach said it will be between the haves and the have nots. First of all in 2025 is when the new contract with the SEC and ESPN comes into play. With that contract
as it stands now each member school of the SEC will be receiving on an annual basis of between $90m - $100m. That was before Texas and Oklahoma were added and will join in 2025. (Maybe sooner). So
with those two schools added to the mix it is estimated that each SEC member school will get between $125m - $150m. After research the ACC has a contract with ESPN that runs through 2036 with each
member school getting 35m. The only other conference to come close to the SEC would be the BIG10. With that being said the difference between the SEC and the ACC for all the schools will be staggering.
Sooner or later the season ticket holders and boosters can only pay so much. That is just a fact of life. So take in consideration the postponement of the expanded CFP to 12 teams that was going to add for
each conference probably about 20m for their conference. Now that the expansion has been put on hold that is lost revenue for everyone. But like someone told me in the long run this is not going to hurt
the SEC. But like an article in Saturday Down South all it takes is a majority of the power 5 schools to vote for an expanded playoff to 12 teams. With or without the ACC it is going to happen. I promise you that
is going to happen. The ACC went into panic mode when it was announced that Texas and Oklahoma were going to join the SEC, because they felt like the CFP would be dominated by the SEC. It was already
agreed upon for a 12 team CFP playoff until this happened. So again this is lost revenue. Lastly after talking with a friend who is in the broadcasting profession it appears that in the future the major schools
will be going to a pay for watch like the NFL does, sign up for a package on a yearly basis. The power 5 schools are looking into this scenario where if you want to watch your favorite school you can sign up to
watch them for an annual fee. This is going to happen as I was told that ESPN has to get additional revenue to pay these schools for the high media rights for each school in their conference. This is going to
happen in the future. A lot of smaller schools that support football will have to drop it in the future because they cannot keep up with the large schools who have all these resources. This is going to happen
because of the financial resources that the power 5 schools are getting. Combine this along with NIL,transfer portal makes it harder for the smaller schools to compete. Right now as we all know the elite
athletes are going to the highest bidder. Happening every day. This is just the way things are in college football. Do I like it? No but noone is going to turn back the hands of time. We will have to get used to it.
future of the SEC and ESPN will be like one coach said it will be between the haves and the have nots. First of all in 2025 is when the new contract with the SEC and ESPN comes into play. With that contract
as it stands now each member school of the SEC will be receiving on an annual basis of between $90m - $100m. That was before Texas and Oklahoma were added and will join in 2025. (Maybe sooner). So
with those two schools added to the mix it is estimated that each SEC member school will get between $125m - $150m. After research the ACC has a contract with ESPN that runs through 2036 with each
member school getting 35m. The only other conference to come close to the SEC would be the BIG10. With that being said the difference between the SEC and the ACC for all the schools will be staggering.
Sooner or later the season ticket holders and boosters can only pay so much. That is just a fact of life. So take in consideration the postponement of the expanded CFP to 12 teams that was going to add for
each conference probably about 20m for their conference. Now that the expansion has been put on hold that is lost revenue for everyone. But like someone told me in the long run this is not going to hurt
the SEC. But like an article in Saturday Down South all it takes is a majority of the power 5 schools to vote for an expanded playoff to 12 teams. With or without the ACC it is going to happen. I promise you that
is going to happen. The ACC went into panic mode when it was announced that Texas and Oklahoma were going to join the SEC, because they felt like the CFP would be dominated by the SEC. It was already
agreed upon for a 12 team CFP playoff until this happened. So again this is lost revenue. Lastly after talking with a friend who is in the broadcasting profession it appears that in the future the major schools
will be going to a pay for watch like the NFL does, sign up for a package on a yearly basis. The power 5 schools are looking into this scenario where if you want to watch your favorite school you can sign up to
watch them for an annual fee. This is going to happen as I was told that ESPN has to get additional revenue to pay these schools for the high media rights for each school in their conference. This is going to
happen in the future. A lot of smaller schools that support football will have to drop it in the future because they cannot keep up with the large schools who have all these resources. This is going to happen
because of the financial resources that the power 5 schools are getting. Combine this along with NIL,transfer portal makes it harder for the smaller schools to compete. Right now as we all know the elite
athletes are going to the highest bidder. Happening every day. This is just the way things are in college football. Do I like it? No but noone is going to turn back the hands of time. We will have to get used to it.
