🏈 SEC revenue set to jump 50% with playoff, new TV deals

[planomateo]

http://www.usatoday.com/story/sports/college/2013/01/16/sec-conference-money-increases/1836389/

Est $34m per school 2014-2015.

 

[Crimson14Tide]

But there's no money in a playoff & it "ruins" the regular season!

 

[0LDSCH00L]

Some believe the playoffs will hurt the SEC's chances of getting into the Championship game because they will have to play their way into the finals. I see it just being just the opposite considering that the SEC has won 8 out of the last 10 games and is undefeated in every BCSCG they have been allowed to participate in since the BCSCG was created. In fact I expect 2 SEC to be in position to make the playoffs each year. This year's it would have likely been Alabama and Florida.

One of the biggest concern I have may be the fact that any SEC team will have to play in the SECCG prior to the teams even being picked by "The Committee" which will essentially eliminate one SEC team by virtue of a loss in the SECCG who might have otherwise qualified for the "committee's" selection process to play in the semi-finals, (example) Georgia this year.

Not to mention the fact that these teams that must play in the SECCG come out of that game with many injuries and banged up when other conferences can just sit back a smile.

Therefore the SEC should either drop the SEC Championship Game, which I would really hate too see, or demand that all participating conferences hold a Championship (playoff) Game as well.

Another concern I have may be the fact that two SEC could easily end up being matched against each other in the semi-finals thus eliminating one SEC team's chances from the very start.

Is there a rule that addresses two teams from the same conference being pair in the semifinals such as Ohio State vs Michigan or USC vs UCLA? On the other hand separating two SEC teams in the playoffs could lead to another all SEC Championship Game which I know the rest of college football never wants to see take place again.

And then there is Notre Dame factor? I am sure the Irish enjoyed watching Alabama's great players like Jesses Williams and Barrett Jones being helped off the field while they leaned back in their recliners visualizing their otherwise healthy team facing our second string or our beat up team due to the extra game that we were required to play in while they sat at home.

No, the new playoff format will not give the other conferences a better shot of winning the National Championship, the proof is that if the SEC chose to eliminate the SECCG this year the four teams selected would or at least should have included Alabama, Georgia and Florida.

Eventually I believe this new playoff format is headed toward what the other conferences are really after in the first place and that is the top teams from each of the conferences facing off in the 4 to 8 team playoff. But before it gets to that point the powers-that-be with still have to deal with the fact that the SEC still dominates the top of the food chain in college football and any selection committee will have to come up with a way to justify eliminating a team like Georgia or Florida over a team like Stanford or Oregon, but trust me, they will find a way...

~0LDSCH00L~

 

[TerryP]

But there's no money in a playoff & it "ruins" the regular season!

I don't recall anyone, anywhere, mentioning that as an argument against the playoff.

 

[Crimson14Tide]

I don't recall anyone, anywhere, mentioning that as an argument against the playoff.

Well, it still happened a few thousand times. I didn't take the time to type it because it didn't happen.

 

[BamaFan615]

Well, it still happened a few thousand times. I didn't take the time to type it because it didn't happen.

I think the argument that I had heard about this was not necessarily that having a playoff wouldn't generate as much revenue, but that if they had a playoff AND did away with the bowl games there would be a significant decrease in revenue.

However, they have obviously included the bowls and incorporated them in to the playoff. Ultimately we're adding games, and therefore increasing the revenue pie.

Now, I do remember there also being discussion at one point about how having multiple post-season games in neutral locations. I think the thought on this was that fans would be hard pressed financially and less likely to travel two weeks, or however it might be, in a row due to the whole expense of it.

But, I think the way they have set up this playoff, it was pretty obvious that it was going to send revenue skyward. Or, lets be honest, they wouldn't have agreed to do it in the first place.

 

[TerryP]

Well, it still happened a few thousand times. I didn't take the time to type it because it didn't happen.

I'm not insinuating you didn't see it. I'm saying I didn't see it anywhere.

I'd love to read over someone mentioning that just to see IF I can follow their reasoning.