SBC delivering for ESPN...

https://www.dnronline.com/sun_belt_e...92869648e.html

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SBC commissioner Keith Gill was the only Group of Five conference head to boast about his league’s total viewership from last season at this month’s media days. According to Gill, 35 million people watched Sun Belt football in 2022, doubling the previous season and continuing a series of exponential increases the past three years.


Perhaps most interesting, by announcing the 35 million total, Gill tipped his hand that the league averages more than 100,000 viewers per game on the streaming ESPN+ platform....

Based on games with complete ratings data, both the AAC and Sun Belt averaged about 700,000 viewers on linear TV, comparable or better than leagues such as the NHL, MLS and WNBA....

An ESPN executive, who demanded anonymity to even discuss the most basic aspects of these media deals, confirmed the network is quite happy with how its relationship with the Sun Belt is developing

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This is the reason why our championship game will flex between ESPN and ABC.

Great news for the SBC. Kinda funny the PAC<12 was going for the Apple deal.

WNBA…needs to go to the OCHO weekend on the mothership.

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Originally Posted by CajunNation

https://www.dnronline.com/sun_belt_e...92869648e.html



This is a big reason why our championship game will flex between ESPN and ABC.

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Averaging the same amount as AAC on linear TV. Guess our TV deals should be equalizing sooner than later.

I'd bet that the more established brands of the SBC in the footprint of SEC territory get as many eyes on games as less popular "big market" AAC teams.

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Originally Posted by RedTails

Averaging the same amount as AAC on linear TV. Guess our TV deals should be equalizing sooner than later...

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They already are. The last group of schools added to the AAC will be getting roughly the same revenue as SBC schools. Only the legacy AAC members are getting the larger share, and that will end once they negotiate the next deal.

This is also the reason why schools like Tulane, Memphis, SMU, Rice and South Florida will take ANY offer from the PAC4 if they get one.

Will they increase our cut then? Will they stop talking about other conferences during our games?

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Originally Posted by CajunNation

This is also the reason why schools like Tulane, Memphis, SMU, Rice and South Florida will take ANY offer from the PAC4 if they get one.

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It might sound good on the surface, but I think that would really hurt all none football sports. They really need to be careful what they wish for.

This mess is going to crush practically every sport that isn't football or men's basketball.

They will probably increase our fans espn+ subscription price, thus taking more $ away from rcaf

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Originally Posted by RougaWhite&Blue

They will probably increase our fans espn+ subscription price, thus taking more $ away from rcaf

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……Time for some Big, new, good, and Happy Cajun news!…….Doc Fun???…..how is enrollment and the Ape farm doing? How is the stadium? Where are the hurricanes? Who is the super surprise of Summer practice?

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Originally Posted by RougaWhite&Blue

They will probably increase our fans espn+ subscription price, thus taking more $ away from rcaf

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From a poster who subscribes or donates to neither

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Originally Posted by fanof71

From a poster who subscribes or donates to neither

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Source?

Raise your hand if someone told you rcaf was a cash grab....

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Originally Posted by Big Buds

It might sound good on the surface, but I think that would really hurt all none football sports. They really need to be careful what they wish for.

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There was some talk on Full Ride about the PAC 4 circumstance. They suggested that possibly there will possibly be just football conferences and Olympic sports playing other conferences. We currently have the SBC sponsoring some sports that include teams from some P5 and G5 conferences.

The only problem is all the schools mentioned are in conferences that require football to be played in the conference. Then there’s no guarantee that they get the same money from tv networks in the current situation.

troy highest ranked sun belt team according to the coaches.

https://www.espn.com/college-football/rankings

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Originally Posted by Sonsissymia

troy highest ranked sun belt team according to the coaches.

https://www.espn.com/college-football/rankings

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USA getting votes as well

Cool. Give us more TV money!!!!

I guess they ARE thrilled. SBC is one of the few products upon which ESPN isn't overspending. The PAC-12 fell apart when Apple told them exactly what they are worth. Oregon and Washington to the Big 10 at half money is still a good deal for those universities. They're all probably getting paid more than their product is worth, but the networks are up against the wall. They need content that makes them relevant and they're leveraging their existence on it.

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Originally Posted by MountainDew

Cool. Give us more TV money!!!!

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Don't hold your breath

But we have no major markets

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Originally Posted by ultracajun

But we have no major markets

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Like at Atlanta or the largest city in Virginia like va beach.

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Originally Posted by RaginDave

Like at Atlanta or the largest city in Virginia like va beach.

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Add Charlotte too...San Antonio...

https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.cnb...september.html

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Add Charlotte too...San Antonio...

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I meant the current markets we have today (Georgia State is in Atlanta, like I mean downtown Atlanta which has a metro population of almost 7 million people and the Va Beach/Norfolk/Newport News area (ODU) which as a population of roughly 2 million people, at one time and I am not sure if this is still the case, but the Chesapeake area (VB, Norfolk, Newport News and Chesapeake) was the largest market in the US not to have any major league sports teams. Not to mention San Marcos, Texas which is literally dead smack between Austin, Texas (the fastest growing city in the US - 42 minutes away) and San Antonio (51 minutes away), which are both huge markets.

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Originally Posted by RaginDave

I meant the current markets we have today (Georgia State is in Atlanta, like I mean downtown Atlanta which has a metro population of almost 7 million people and the Va Beach/Norfolk/Newport News area (ODU) which as a population of roughly 2 million people, at one time and I am not sure if this is still the case, but the Chesapeake area (VB, Norfolk, Newport News and Chesapeake) was the largest market in the US not to have any major league sports teams. Not to mention San Marcos, Texas which is literally dead smack between Austin, Texas (the fastest growing city in the US - 42 minutes away) and San Antonio (51 minutes away), which are both huge markets.

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I'm looking at what DMAs contain SBC schools...but we're tracking along the same lines...

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I'm looking at what DMAs contain SBC schools...but we're tracking along the same lines...

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….As we hear about the flight of folks from Louisiana to other states, wondering about the Acadiana area or just Lafayette…..anybody in the know?

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Originally Posted by Boomer

….As we hear about the flight of folks from Louisiana to other states, wondering about the Acadiana area or just Lafayette…..anybody in the know?

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Guillory recently said on KPEL morning news, Acadiana is the only area in the state experiencing population growth. And it’s at a pretty substantial rate in the suburbs of Lafayette (Scott/Carencro/Milton/Youngsville)