Hearing that within the ESPN-SEC agreement there is a guarantee that the SEC will receive a full pro-rata revenue increase for any "heavyweight" school it adds. The ESPN money is guaranteed to be there from day 1 when the SEC chooses to expand.
The B1G is also working on negotiating this new member full-revenue share term into its new media deals. Right now only the SEC has this contractual guarantee.
As for timing, I expect Notre Dame will make their decision first (by Labor Day), plus the Tier 2 conference media battles between the ACC/PAC/Big 12 needs to be worked out before the SEC will be "publicly" ready to expand.
Lots of noise and turbulence out there, but will try to share more when I can sift through it all...
The B1G is also working on negotiating this new member full-revenue share term into its new media deals. Right now only the SEC has this contractual guarantee.
As for timing, I expect Notre Dame will make their decision first (by Labor Day), plus the Tier 2 conference media battles between the ACC/PAC/Big 12 needs to be worked out before the SEC will be "publicly" ready to expand.
Lots of noise and turbulence out there, but will try to share more when I can sift through it all...
