Monday, August 15, 2011

12 Million Reasons the SEC Should Expand

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I am a proponent of Texas A&MOklahomaFlorida State and Louisville joining the SEC and I will provide you with 12 million reasons.




If in fact, you always follow the money, then I think it important to follow the TV advertising.  If you understand Advertising, you understand that eyeballs on ads equals revenue and the more eyeballs, the more revenue.

As the SEC presently sits spread out over the South Eastern United States largely in smaller population Metropolitan areas, in smaller population states.

Here is a table I made listing present SEC cities and their population, and the growth to 16 Teams from 12 with the addition of Texas A&M, Oklahoma, Louisville, and Florida State.







SEC Cities



Population

Est. pop within 100 miles
Possible New School Cities



Population


Est. pop within 100 miles
Florida
Gainsville, FL
125,000
200,000
Texas A&M
Houston
2.4 Million 4 Million
Arkansas
Little Rock, AR
193,000
250,000
DFW 2 Million 3 Million
South Carolina
Columbia, SC
129,000
175,000
San Antonio 1.3 Million 1.5 Million
Vanderbilt
Nashville, TN


601,000
750,000
Corpus Christi 300000 350000
Kentucky
Lexington, KY
295,000
350,000
Florida St.
Tallahassee
Jacksonville


181,000
822,000




1.25 Million
LSU
Baton Rouge/New Orleans
229,000
343,000
700,000
Oklahoma
OK City
Tulsa


550,000
591,000




1.25 Million
Mississippi State
Starkville, MS


24,000
30,000
Louisville
Louisville
Cincinnati


740,000
331,000




1.25 Million
Auburn
Auburn, AL
Columbus, GA
53,400
190000
300,000



Total Population



9,100,000
MSA Area Population

12,600,000
Georgia
Atlanta/
Gainsville, GA
40,000
420,000
600,000






Alabama
Tuscaloosa, AL
Montgomery, AL
Birmingham, AL

179,000
225,000
21,200
750,000






Tennessee
Knoxville, TN

185,000

250,000






Ole Miss
Jackson, MS
Memphis, TN

130,000
647,000

900,000
















Total Population





2,750,000
MSA Area Population



5,000,000
Total League
Population
After Adding 4 Teams
















11,800,000
Total MSA Service Areas
After Growth




17,600,000


As you can see, this is a huge Revenue Boost from CBS and ESPN.  The Eyes on Ads just went up by 252% by adding these 4 Teams.... I would estimate TV Payout for Football alone to be upwards of $30 Million per Team.

In this market of reduced Donations from Alumni, this money cannot be ignored.  The SEC has won the last 5 National Championships in Football, the last 3 in Baseball, Texas A&M has won the last 3 National Titles in Track and Field with the last 11 Champions coming from the new SEC, and the Basketball Tournament Revenue from SEC with Louisville, OK, in the mix would be staggering.

SEC plus 4 makes HUGE Economic Sense.

I believe a 16 Team SEC is in the works, like all things this size and momentum, the ship doesn't turn on a dime.  I believe the SEC is getting all the pieces in place to make one large announcement.   Texas A&M is blazing the trail and laying down smoke screen for the other 3 teams to get things in place behind the scenes.  I look for an announcement around the labor day weekend and the start of College Football.

All the attention will shift to the SEC and College Football....  Cannot wait for The Football Season to get underway.

Kevin Overton
kevinoverton@gmail.com



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