It is good to be in the SEC

[MJWilliamson]

If you’re the SEC, pleading poverty isn’t easy to do.

From the latest chapter of “Miz Scarlett, howevah could the poah schools find the money to pay those greedy student-athletes?” comes this financial tidbit:

The return, which the conference provided Thursday in response to a request from USA TODAY Sports, also shows that SEC had $527.4 million in total revenue for a fiscal year that ended Aug. 31, 2015. That was the first fiscal year in which the conference began receiving money from the formation of the SEC Network and from the new College Football Playoff.​

Over half a billion dollars. In one year. That’s a 60% increase over the preceding fiscal year. In six years, SEC revenues have more than trebled.

I asked sarcastically in the comments how SEC schools could afford to get in an arms race over COA stipends. At this point, does anyone really wonder about that?

 

[GatorGray]

 

[PacoGator19]

Insane. The SEC is dominating both on and off the field. With the kind of revenues the SEC is pulling in I would expect the SEC to continue dominating the college football landscape.

 

[Nolebra Kai]

Dont you mean Alabama is dominating?

 

[PacoGator19]

The SEC just went 9-2 in bowls. The most wins ever by a conference. The SEC also has won 8 of the last 10 national championship with 4 different programs. Obviously no other conference is close to that accomplishment.

 

[GatorGray]

Dont you mean Alabama is dominating?

Over the last three years (not counting the current school year since it is not complete), the SEC has won 17 National Championships by eight different institutions. So the answer to your question is no.

 

[SeaPA]

Insane. The SEC is dominating both on and off the field. With the kind of revenues the SEC is pulling in I would expect the SEC to continue dominating the college football landscape.

It's because you guys have modern-day slaves.

 

[MJWilliamson]

It's because you guys have modern-day slaves.

Not sure what you mean?

 

[Ghost of Spaceheater]

It's because you guys have modern-day slaves.

So all those kids that play for the Noles are actually white guys in black face?!?!

 

[SeaPA]

Not sure what you mean?

Jalen Tabor made that comment today after hearing about the amount of revenue generated by the SEC, complaining that the players get none of it.

http://www.tampabay.com/blogs/gator...college-sports-modern-form-of-slavery/2261917

 

[Ghost of Spaceheater]

Jalen Tabor made that comment today after hearing about the amount of revenue generated by the SEC, complaining that the players get none of it.

http://www.tampabay.com/blogs/gator...college-sports-modern-form-of-slavery/2261917

Only a matter of time before the NCAA loses this in court badly.

It's coming too. There's already another lawsuit up and running now that the O'Bannon lawsuit has finished its appellate process (where the ninth ruled that the cap the trial judge imposed was not rationally related to any legitimate purpose and struck it down).

Soon players are going to be to negotiate with their schools for how much of the money is being generated is theirs based on their popularity and performance on the field. Then college sports as we know it will end.

 

[SeaPA]

Likely true all counts Ghost. I'm surprised they've not lost the issue in the courts in the past, and fully expect them to lose it at some point.

And when they do, it will certainly change things drastically - and could well end college athletics for many schools.

 

[46885]

how fitting all of Bama and LSU's juniors are coming back

 

[PacoGator19]

how fitting all of Bama and LSU's juniors are coming back

That's not true

 

[oozie7]

I've always said I don't need to be paid, just allow me to work like anybody else. People have all these rationalizations as to why scholarship players shouldn't work yet other students who are at school on scholarships, academic or otherwise, can not only work but profit off their work outside the classroom. How does that make any sense? We had a kid at school who was on a music scholarship working with Luke Bryan the whole time he was at GSU. But I can't go down the street and get a job without going through a million hoops.

 

[Nolebra Kai]

The SEC just went 9-2 in bowls. The most wins ever by a conference. The SEC also has won 8 of the last 10 national championship with 4 different programs. Obviously no other conference is close to that accomplishment.

Also in the last five years only one school from the SEC has won the notional title. I'm just tired of the conference piggy backing and slapping themselves on the back for one school doing most of the heavy lifting. At least you guys, LSU and Auburn have contributed but I hate lumping in the other 10 schools who have done thing to garner the respect.

 

[oozie7]

Also in the last five years only one school from the SEC has won the notional title. I'm just tired of the conference piggy backing and slapping themselves on the back for one school doing most of the heavy lifting. At least you guys, LSU and Auburn have contributed but I hate lumping in the other 10 schools who have done thing to garner the respect.

You're right. The dominance has just been Bama, UF, LSU, and Auburn. But I think in general the SEC has more schools with legitimate potential to win a title than any other conference. Georgia and Tennessee off the top of my mind have legitimate chances to be in the title discussion every year with a good coach. They're two of the winningest college football programs of all time. For most conferences there are usually only two schools like that. The Big 12 for example is OU and Texas. The other schools can have a good or great season once in a while, but only those two have the resources to legit have a shot at a title consistently.

 

[alaskanseminole]

Dont you mean Alabama is dominating?

LINK:
SEC continues to live off Saban’s greatness

 

[PacoGator19]

You're right. The dominance has just been Bama, UF, LSU, and Auburn. But I think in general the SEC has more schools with legitimate potential to win a title than any other conference. Georgia and Tennessee off the top of my mind have legitimate chances to be in the title discussion every year with a good coach. They're two of the winningest college football programs of all time. For most conferences there are usually only two schools like that. The Big 12 for example is OU and Texas. The other schools can have a good or great season once in a while, but only those two have the resources to legit have a shot at a title consistently.

That is exactly what makes the SEC such a dominating football conference. Their are literally 6 programs that have proven they can win National championships and also have huge national brand recognition. No other conference is close.

 

[oozie7]

LINK:
SEC continues to live off Saban’s greatness

LOL. Inaccurate article is inaccurate.

 

[MJWilliamson]

Also in the last five years only one school from the SEC has won the notional title. I'm just tired of the conference piggy backing and slapping themselves on the back for one school doing most of the heavy lifting. At least you guys, LSU and Auburn have contributed but I hate lumping in the other 10 schools who have done thing to garner the respect.

The National Championship that Tennessee won over FSU does not count?

That makes 6 of the 14 SEC programs that have won 11 NCs inside the last 25 years. That says that the SEC is powerful and deep.

 

[MJWilliamson]

LINK:
SEC continues to live off Saban’s greatness

11 National Championships in the last 25 years. Only four have been won by Alabama.

 

[PacoGator19]

Also in the last five years only one school from the SEC has won the notional title. I'm just tired of the conference piggy backing and slapping themselves on the back for one school doing most of the heavy lifting. At least you guys, LSU and Auburn have contributed but I hate lumping in the other 10 schools who have done thing to garner the respect.

I'd have to throw UK in there is basketball, and oh, by the way, the SEC is dominating in baseball, too...and in the ACC it's FSU and Clemson and no one else, the "other 10" in the ACC come no where close to the "other ten" in the SEC. In basketball its Duke and NC in basketball and no one else. Your argument holds no water, the SEC is not only the most dominant it is the deepest. BTW, it would have been fine with me if Clemson had beat Bama.

 

[alaskanseminole]

11 National Championships in the last 25 years. Only four have been won by Alabama.

I'm collecting the rebuttal data for my email to the author.

I got this!

 

[46885]

I've always said I don't need to be paid, just allow me to work like anybody else. People have all these rationalizations as to why scholarship players shouldn't work yet other students who are at school on scholarships, academic or otherwise, can not only work but profit off their work outside the classroom. How does that make any sense? We had a kid at school who was on a music scholarship working with Luke Bryan the whole time he was at GSU. But I can't go down the street and get a job without going through a million hoops.

I don't know when I would have had time to fit in a part time job playing ball in the SEC.

 

[Dannygator1989]

The National Championship that Tennessee won over FSU does not count?

That makes 6 of the 14 SEC programs that have won 11 NCs inside the last 25 years. That says that the SEC is powerful and deep.

Over the last 25?

The SEC has won 12 titles, 5 by Bama.

Right?

Bama- 92, 09, 11, 12, 15
FloridA- 96, 06, 08
LSU- 03, 07
Auburn- 10
Tennessee- 98


Not to mention SEC teams being right there for a title in 93, 95, 2001, 2004, 2013, and 2014.

 

[MJWilliamson]

Yep. My bad. I gyped Bama of one

 

[Dannygator1989]

Yep. My bad. I gyped Bama of one

They're used to it.

If you ask them, they've been robbed half a dozen times.