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[QUOTE="Lou_C, post: 1104673, member: 3201"]
Don't get me wrong, the SEC network is off to a phenomenal start, the most successful of any cable start-up I've seen in my life.

But let's keep the powder dry on some of those revenue estimates.  When they say "according to Fox", that's quoting Clay Travis.  His calculations have not been confirmed officially.

I for one don't necessarily believe that a 50/50 split is very likely.

That means that ESPN, after accounting for expenses, is giving the SEC the lion's share.

Keep in mind...the SEC wasn't a free agent, able to work out it's best deal with anybody.  They were bound to a long term contract with ESPN...they had almost no leverage.  My guess is that the terms are not nearly so favorable to the SEC.

Don't get me wrong...the SEC is going to make serious cash off this...probably $10-15M a year per school right off the jump.  But $30M a year, just for the network?  That seems pretty absurd.  The B1G is just now distributing $10M.  It's hard to imagine ESPN cutting the SEC a deal that gives them triple the market value of the established leader in the market.  They just wouldn't have to...the SEC couldn't do a thing about it.  I imagine they guaranteed them $X per school, with a certain amount of profit sharing after a certain point, similar to the LHN.

I could be wrong, but I just don't see that you can make some of the assumptions Clay Travis is making.
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