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Survey Year Institution Name Basketball Men's Team Revenue Football Men's Team Revenue
2010 Duke University $28,917,329.00 $18,243,589.00
2010 University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill $19,672,012.00 $26,385,760.00
2010 University of Maryland-College Park $10,965,638.00 $13,886,493.00
2010 North Carolina State University at Raleigh $10,490,494.00 $21,856,742.00
2010 University of Virginia-Main Campus $9,170,281.00 $16,775,871.00
2010 Georgia Institute of Technology-Main Campus $8,543,269.00 $22,557,020.00
2010 Wake Forest University $8,261,666.00 $9,433,418.00
2010 Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University $7,858,609.00 $35,083,799.00
2010 Clemson University $7,705,630.00 $31,730,042.00
2010 University of Miami $7,394,396.00 $26,205,317.00
2010 Florida State University $5,959,659.00 $35,870,789.00
2010 Boston College $5,535,773.00 $20,529,424.00

Great article!

I will just leave this here

#Hokies AD Jim Weaver says there "may be potential interest" in talking with the #SEC about future membership. Defers comment otherwise.

Being in the SEC is a serious advantage in several ways. I cannot recall a recruit of worth saying, "I want to play football in the ACC!!" That quote does not happen if the recruit has offers from Florida, Georgia, LSU or Bama. Now fsu does well with recruiting players, but the continual lack of development of the players and success on the field once they are there points to habitual underachievment. That eventually catches up to you. Being a member if the SEC affords you a recruiting advantage for those that want to play the best of the best. And it IS an advantage. Other schools recruit well that are not in the SEC, because we just can't get them all. fsu recruits well because of famu and the allure from the 1990's and early 2000's. Today's kids are less likely to remember that success from so long ago. That allure has lost luster. Today's kids remember Tim Tebow's Promise and five years of total SEC dominance in the BCS. This season, UF has done well to outrecruit the school in Tallahassee. We need to see a few more years of this, but I think it is the beginning of a trend.

There is serious value in being in the SEC. Playing the likes of Maryland, Duke, NC State, Wake Forest, Boston College, Pitt, Syracuse, Virginia, Georgia Tech... ehh... Not exactly what kids from the South dreamed about.

Florida/Georgia, LSU/Florida, LSU/Bama, Tenessess/Bama, Bama/Auburn, Georgia/Tennessee, Florida/Tennessee those are matchups that everyone from coast to coast turn the TV on for. It is football at its finest. Any discerning eye can see the difference in the level of play. The caliber of players on the field (both sides) is truly unmatched. The talent on draft day is SEC first and everyone else second. Don't think that High School kids don't see that...

Secondly, the SEC will command the largest financial payout for TV rights. Being a member of the SEC will afford a HUGE financial influx. Schools like fsu are miles behind us financially, why bring a rival back into a race they long since lost? As the Major Conferences finish out this expansion, the SEC, Pac12, Big10 and it looks like the Big12 will pick over the carcasses of the Big East, Notre Dame, and the ACC to select the final positions in the elite 64. It will be the SEC and Big10 and then everyone else (at least financially) and a whole new ball game will begin with the ability to pay major money for coaches, facility upgrades, etc. The only spot left for a school like fsu would be the Big12. Frankly, that is where they would fit best. Academic standards are lower, membership in the AAU is not a big deal and it would bring a market they covet to their TV package and expand the Big12's natural recruiting area. But in the end, the money will never be the same as SEC and Big10 money. There will be a greater separation of the haves and the have nots.

The SEC is in a position to dictate a great deal here moving forward. New alliances for the SEC will be based on increased TV revenue and improved Academic standing. For those "out west", their school brings neither.

The ACC is currently "in the Florida market" with FSU and Miami. What's the difference if it just switches to the Big 12 being "in the Florida market?" Ho-hum. That's not a reason to invite FSU. If anything it could hurt recruiting as now FSU will be playing road games way out in Texas, Oklahoma, Kansas, and Iowa. Think parents will be thrilled about that? At least in the ACC they had games in Georgia, South Carolina, Miami, and North Carolina.

I'd have to agree. And the real question is "Is Florida enough for the SEC to be able to demand a subscriber fee from every cable company in Florida for the eventual SEC network?" It is. So the SEC does't need FSU. The SEC needs to expand into new markets --- NC and VA. If it's smart, FSU will go to the Big 12 now and join forces with MD to litigate te 50m fee they didn't vote for. The ACC's TV rights / network possibilities are poor; the Big 12s are huge in comparison.

If a new SEC Commish is named then FSU has a chance but as long as Slive is in Bham he will never go against UF. PERIOD

This made my day.

What is the ACC interested in doing by adding Syracuse,Pitt obviously not rabid fan bases.New markets in the northeast with good basketball programs.

That is FSU wives' tales. UF has supported FSU at every turn to get in to the SEC going back decades and multiple attempts. ...that is...until the TV deal changed recently. AS it stands today, I can not imagine any conference member in the SEC, including UF, supporting the entry of Clemson or FSU.

Not that I totally disagree - but I'm more repeating the rumors are constantly be discussed. I could definitely see UVA and UNC in the Big 10; both are AAU institutions and would be greatly appreciated by the Big 10. I think both are excellent fits and would bolster the elite "thought" of the conference. If the ACC begins to crumble, there is no doubt those two would be heading to the Big 10 - it makes sense.