http://www.cbssports.com/collegefoo...22083904/secs-network-with-espn-a-fans-primer
* Sports involved: Likely all of them, from calling cards such as football and men's basketball to swimming and track and field.
* $28.5 million per team before factoring in bowl game earnings or NCAA credits.
* "Conference realignment appears to be in a holding pattern as the ACC navigates a lawsuit with Maryland over a $52 million exit fee."
The big 3 (Pac, Big Ten, SEC) are pulling away from everyone else. The big dogs in the Big 12, Texas, and to a lesser extent Oklahoma) are able to monetize their brand by the LHN (basically Texas' version of the BTN or the new SEC network, Oklahoma with local RSN).
The article mentions the ACC's desire for their own network. The problem for them is they own very few footprint states., not to mention if you're espn why buy the cow when you get the milk for free?
As for UConn, the gap between the haves and have nots will yawn sometime around 2016. By then BTN will probably be $30 m plus, the PAC 12 will have found complete distribution and maturation, and the SEC network will be implemented. That's three years away. By then the new playoff and bowl money bumps the big guys up by $6-10 million each. UConn's revenues are about $66-68 million, and out of the starting gate UConn will be looking at about a $30 million deficit to peer institutions, assuming $5-6 million for media rights and playoff revenue. Just winning won't be enough, but healthy doses of luck, pluck and persistence.
