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The gap between the Big Ten and SEC and the rest of the Power Five is set to widen even with new deals, per research firm Navigate.
07/25/2021 As with the last round of NCAA conference realignment, the current discussions about Texas and Oklahoma leaving the Big 12 for the SEC are almost entirely financially-driven. There aren’t firm details out there yet on what the SEC is offering the Sooners and Longhorns to join, but the details of what the SEC currently gives its members and what it was planning to give its current members under its new (announced in December, taking effect in 2024-25) ESPN deal are out there. If the SEC is able to keep that distribution with these new schools, that would make this move make a lot ...
07/23/2021 With Texas and Oklahoma reportedly close to joining the SEC, and discussions of ESPN’s role in making this happen and the benefits they could see from it, it’s worth looking at why they might make that move and why the SEC (barring Texas A&M, which appears likely to vote no) would be willing to accept them. The obvious reason is money, which has been the number-one reason behind most of the conference realignment of the last decade-plus. But it’s worth looking at just how much money might be needed to make this at least a revenue-neutral move for the other SEC members, if not...