(09-24-2015 04:23 PM)JRsec Wrote:  

(09-24-2015 10:36 AM)5thTiger Wrote:  

(09-24-2015 09:04 AM)SuperFlyBCat Wrote:  

(09-22-2015 10:42 AM)5thTiger Wrote:  

(09-22-2015 10:16 AM)SuperFlyBCat Wrote:  Is there no GOR in the SEC?

No, there is not.

Is there also no exit fee? Not suggesting Mizzou should take a BIG invite but just curious.

There is no exit fee either I don't believe. If any school wants to leave, they can leave and lose nothing (monetarily speaking).

It is both the biggest strength of the SEC, and its biggest weakness.

There is no exit fee. There is no GOR with the Conference. There are obligations to ESPN with regards to the SECN. And there may be some loans that need to be repaid. But tell me how it is a weakness? We are the best paid conference in the nation and before you chirp about the Big 10's future media deal understand that our payouts balloon another 9 million plus beginning in 2017 because that is when all overhead is cleared for the network. Considering that contributions, gate, concessions and licensing are fairly lucrative the SEC is considered by Forbes and others to be the best paid sports conference in the NCAA.

If somebody wants to leave that then fine. But other than Georgia Tech and Tulane and Suwanee nobody has left. It didn't work out very well for any of those three economically. I don't think that trend will change and to date the CIC hasn't doled out any extra money for research. They just reshuffle what's already there, which by the way is why North Carolina, Virginia and Duke continue to raise the middle finger to both the Big 10 and SEC. They don't live for sports and the CIC can't really add to their coffers.

Jr,
Now you know that raising our middle fingers to anyone is not really "our" style, but your point is well taken.