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[QUOTE="sutomcat, post: 5037018, member: 27"]
I agree.

My opinion only here.

I think the days of 20% or more revenue increases year by year for the B1G and SEC are coming to an end.

I think when these incredibly lucrative contracts with ESPN and Fox expire, the Big Two are going to be very fortunate to get what they are getting right now.

The cable model is changing and all those people who have been paying really high prices for live sports (and don't care about them) are not going to be there.

Yes, these conferences have large passionate fan bases who do care and will pay to see their teams.  But even ESPN/Disney is not going to be able to keep the SEC Network distribution close to where it is today.  The same with the ACCN, the B1GN, ESPN, ESPN2, etc.

The next 4-6 years are going to be the high point for these conferences (and really all college conferences).

If Chancellor Sveryud is right and the NCAA loses the cases pending and athletes are going to need to share in TV revenue (and get back paid for abuses in the past), the good times will end shortly after those cases close and the courts find in favor of the athletes.

Agree, ESPN and Fox are going to need to be supportive of this.

My hope is that when the contracts come up, ESPN and Fox are going to have bad news.  But it might be the same bad news if they stay in their bloated post expansion states or go back to how things used to be.

If the SEC and B1G are going to get the same money regardless, maybe they will opt in.  They get a lot of big benefits and won't have to pay a price for doing it.

I haven't read Eric's argument closely on why moving to this quickly will help in the lawsuits but hope that is true as well.  Then maybe there is hope we can get to a better place for college sports and not have to wait 5 or 6 more years to get it.
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