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Message: [QUOTE="NashvilleOrange, post: 1043368, member: 2750"] Big Ten makes about a few million more a year right now (20 vs 17 million) but their projections are where the difference starts to increase. As others have mentioned, in all likelihood the cable companies around their new markets aren't going to bend over backwards to put a network (Big Ten) on basic cable that has very small niche audience. Also, the projections on their new main contract (ESPN or Fox Sports) are probably a little too optimistic. Overall, I'd expect most conferences to be similar in pay-out, the ACC has look-ins in their TV contract which should be pretty useful. The SEC most definitely will surpass the Big Ten in revenue once their network is rolling and will end up being a good ally for scheduling purposes if/when the ACC gets their network off the ground. [/QUOTE]