(12-18-2015 07:35 PM)JRsec Wrote:  As to North Carolina, Virginia, Duke, and Georgia Tech, if they did join the SEC the bump in revenue would place one, possibly two, of them in the 100M club as well.

As to the creation of another P conference out of the remnants that is possible and might allow a way for B.Y.U., Cincinnati and Connecticut to find a way into the P5.

So a realistic number might be 28 if ESPN is truly serious about storing their best properties in one league...

Let's say...

SEC West: Texas, Texas A&M, Baylor, Oklahoma, Oklahoma State, Kansas, Missouri
SEC Central: LSU, Arkansas, Ole Miss, Mississippi State, Alabama, Auburn, Florida State
SEC South: Florida, Georgia, South Carolina, Clemson, Tennessee, Vanderbilt, Kentucky
SEC East: Georgia Tech, North Carolina, Duke, Virginia, Notre Dame, Louisville, Pittsburgh

I threw Pitt in there because 1) new market 2) AAU school 3) potential rival for ND 4) potential basketball content

All the $100 million ESPN properties are now under one roof.

The B1G takes Syracuse and Virginia Tech to add solid brands and markets.

Leftover league(I'll call it the Big American) maintains Power status, but doesn't cost the networks nearly as much to keep. A few undervalued G5 teams get in as well to better secure markets and provide content.

West: BYU, Texas Tech, TCU, Houston,
Central: Kansas State, Iowa State, Memphis, Cincinnati
North: West Virginia, Boston College, UConn, Temple
South: Miami, UCF, NC State, Wake Forest

So the top dollar products are the SEC and the B1G. The PAC 12 holds down the middle tier, but is limited due to geography. The Big American rounds out a P4, but is filled with the lower tier programs that can't demand big money.