From Purely a Business Perspective Who Might Be the SEC's New Prospects?:
Let us make two proposals here. Your 4 to 20. Your 8 to 24. Emphasis is on 20. Here are mine (B1G excluded, PAC excluded).
1. Notre Dame:
#6 Revenue: $165,660,298
Attendance: 76,288
WSJ Valuation: $913,401,562
My reasoning: Best remaining prospect in the nation and historic program.
2. Florida State:
#10 Revenue: $155,658,855
Attendance: 54,019
WSJ Valuation: $289,776,745
My reasoning: Next best prospect in the nation and gives SEC ad leverage in FL.
3. Clemson
#26 Revenue: $122,263,031
Attendance: 80,868
WSJ Valuation: $298,051,865
My reasoning: Solid fan support when losing & hottest school in nation outside SEC
4. North Carolina
#34 Revenue: $107,842,595
Attendance: 50,500
WSJ Valuation: $155,246,919
My reasoning: Blue blood hoops & avg football, academics and WSJ value with BB & large new market.
5. Virginia Tech
#45 Revenue: $98,885,805
Attendance: 58,293
WSJ Valuation: $278,315,358
My reasoning: Competitive in all sports. Best draw in large new market.
6. Louisville
#15 Revenue: $140,867,112
Attendance: 49,913
WSJ Valuation: $175,765,264
My reasoning: Competitive in all sports. Blue blood hoops. Solid numbers.
7. Kansas
#33 Revenue: $108,107,369
Attendance: 33,875
WSJ Valuation: $208,020,519
My reasoning: Historic BB, Academics, New Market, WSJ Value in BB doubles total value
8. Miami:
#28 Revenue: $115,360,535
Attendance: 52,829
WSJ Valuation: $193,474,341
My reasoning: Best remaining overall numbers. No school in S. FL. Everyone wants to schedule a FL school.
Overall my thoughts are go to 20 with Notre Dame and FSU to 18 and UNC and Virginia Tech to 20. It doesn't really add after that unless the network covers it.
These picks don't take into consideration what ESPN might want, which schools could head to the Big 10 in order to close out the ACC, etc.
(This post was last modified: 07-31-2021 10:22 PM by JRsec.)
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