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Message: [QUOTE="WickedOrange, post: 446612, member: 915"] [url]http://espn.go.com/college-football/story/_/id/8736544/sec-big-ten-big-12-pac-12-acc-average-91-million-new-playoff-format-sources-say[/url] [FONT=Verdana][COLOR=#333333][SIZE=12px][I]It leaves an average of $345 million annually, which the commissioners have decided to split in two ways: 75 percent ($258.75 million) divided equally among the SEC, Big Ten, Big 12, Pac-12 and ACC, and the remaining 25 percent ($86.25 million) divided among the Big East, MWC, MAC, C-USA and Sun Belt.[/I][/SIZE][/COLOR][/FONT] [FONT=Verdana][COLOR=#333333][SIZE=12px][I]That alone gives the SEC, Big Ten, Big 12, Pac-12 and ACC an average of $51.75 million annually. The SEC, Big 12, Pac-12 and Big Ten also each will receive an additional $40 million annually for their contract bowl deals with ESPN: Allstate Sugar (SEC, Big 12) and Rose Bowl Game presented by Vizio (Pac-12, Big 12).[/I][/SIZE][/COLOR][/FONT] [FONT=Verdana][COLOR=#333333][SIZE=12px][I]The ACC also will earn at least an additional $27.5 million annually for its ESPN contract bowl deal with the Orange. The ACC's opponent will be either Notre Dame or a team from the SEC and Big Ten. If the SEC or Big Ten places a team in the Orange Bowl, that league would earn another $27.5 million, increasing the SEC or Big Ten's playoff revenue share to $118 million.[/I][/SIZE][/COLOR][/FONT] [FONT=Verdana][COLOR=#333333][SIZE=12px][I]Notre Dame's exact compensation for playing in the Orange Bowl during the ESPN deal is not known, but sources told ESPN it would be "substantially less" than the $27.5 million payout to an ACC, SEC or Big Ten team.[/I][/SIZE][/COLOR][/FONT] [FONT=Verdana][COLOR=#333333][SIZE=12px][I]In the new playoff format, Notre Dame is expected to receive an average of about $4 million during the 12-year contract, sources said. If the Irish play in the national semifinals or one of the six major bowls, Notre Dame would receive a great deal more than the $4 million.[/I][/SIZE][/COLOR][/FONT] [/QUOTE]

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