I'm still not convinced that adding teams (outside of Notre Dame) can make 12, 14 or 16 better than 10. Whoever we invite will need to bring more to the table than $20M per or its a bad deal for the conference. Does adding Clemson really allow other Big 12 teams to suddenly make $22M instead of $20M? The numbers don't add up for me.
Plz STFU. BITB was saying today that there are provisions in the TV contract that allow for major increases in dollars if we extend the footprint into a state with certain populations. Florida has over 20 million people. South Carolina has more than 6 million. Georgia, if we were to look there at GT, will have 10 million in the next year. Adding Florida with the smaller of those two options STILL equals adding another Texas, which has 25 million. The numbers add up if we choose the right teams.
It's simple.
Based on the values above, FSU + Clemson ~ $40 million a year. Plus CCG game revenue for the conference (Big Ten's is $24 million a year for six years - $2 million per team annually). Assuming we can get that kind of deal, We're looking at, roughly, a $22 million payout per team if you go by the breakdown above.
If we get $22 million per year, that's a $3.4 billion contract over the life of the 13 year deal, and that would make us the most profitable conference, revenue wise, in the nation. And that doesn't include what we can get for Tier 3 rights.
