That's just wrong. Broyles has lead Arkansas to one of the most lucrative programs in the SEC. He doesn't make a lot of bad business decisions.
The SEC needs a better local regional tv deal than Jefferson Pilot. Every SEC game should be on television in some way shape or form. The big ten which has five conference games almost every week and sometimes 11 for non-conference has every conference game on tv somehow. You have ABC picking up a game or two and ESPN and ESPN2 showing games and ESPN+ showing the rest in local markets. 10/8/2005 Wisconsin at Northwestern Evanston, Ill. ESPN 11:00 AM CDT 10/8/2005 Illinois at Indiana Bloomington, Ind. ESPN Plus 11:00 AM CDT/EST 10/8/2005 Minnesota at Michigan Ann Arbor, Mich. ABC Sports 1:00 PM EDT 10/8/2005 Iowa at Purdue West Lafayette, Ind. ESPN 3:30 PM CDT/EST 10/8/2005 Ohio State at Penn State State College, Pa. ESPN (HD) 7:45 PM EDT 10/15/2005 Michigan State at Ohio State Columbus, Ohio ABC Sports 12:00 PM EDT 10/15/2005 Wisconsin at Minnesota Minneapolis, Minn. ESPN (HD) 11:00 AM CDT 10/15/2005 Indiana at Iowa Iowa City, Iowa ESPN Plus 11:00 AM CDT 10/15/2005 Northwestern at Purdue West Lafayette, Ind. ESPN2 12:00 PM CDT/EST 10/15/2005 Penn State at Michigan Ann Arbor, Mich. ABC Sports 3:30 PM EDT Indiana-Iowa Television Clearances Outlets broadcasting the game Oct. 15, 2005 Market Channel Network Chicago IL WCIU IND Philadelphia PA WPSG UPN Boston-Manchester MA NESN RSN Dallas-Ft. Worth TX KFWD IND Atlanta GA CSS RSN Detroit MI WKBD UPN Houston TX KNWS IND Cleveland OH WUAB UPN Denver CO ALTITUDE RSN St. Louis MO CHARTER - ST LOUIS RSN Pittsburgh PA WNPA UPN Indianapolis IN WTTV WB Kansas City MO METRO SPORTS - KC RSN Milwaukee WI WMLW IND Columbus OH WBNS CBS Grand Rapids-Kalmzoo-B. Crk MI WXSP UPN Harrisburg-Lncstr-Leb-York PA WLYH UPN Louisville KY WFTE UPN Dayton OH UPN 17 UPN Tulsa OK COX-TULSA COX Flint-Saginaw-Bay City MI WSMH FOX Green Bay-Appleton WI WFRV CBS Toledo OH WNGT UPN Des Moines-Ames IA KDSM FOX Omaha NE COX2-OMAHA RSN Champaign & Sprnfld-Decatur IL WCIA CBS Madison WI WISC CBS South Bend-Elkhart IN WHME IND Cedar Rapids-Waterloo & Dubq IA KGAN CBS Waco-Temple-Bryan TX TW-WACO RSN Davenport-Rock Island-Moline IA KWQC NBC Evansville IN WAZE WB Youngstown OH WYTV ABC Lansing MI WLNS CBS Traverse City-Cadillac MI WFQX FOX Peoria-Bloomington IL WAOE UPN La Crosse-Eau Claire WI WLAX FOX La Crosse-Eau Claire WI WEUX FOX Rockford IL WTVO ABC Sioux City IA MEDIACOM-SC RSN Sioux City IA CABLE ONE RSN Sioux City IA SPENCER UTILITIES RSN Sioux City IA NW IOWA TELEPHONE RSN Sioux City IA CITY OF HAWARDEN RSN Sioux City IA PREMIER COMMUNICATIONS RSN Wheeling-Steubenville OH WTOV NBC Rochestr-Mason City-Austin MN KXLT FOX Lafayette IN WLFI CBS Ottumwa-Kirksville IA KYOU FOX
I actually think the SEC has a better marketing arm/TV contracts than the Big 10, the Big 10 just has incredibly huge markets. With the SEC getting a little more revenue every year I think it's amazing to tell you the truth. look at the size of the tV markets for Big 10 teams compared to those of the SEC.
Cities in Big 10 market in the top 70 of TV homes: 3 Chicago 3,430,790 4 Philadelphia 2,925,560 11 Detroit 1,936,350 15 Minneapolis-St. Paul 1,652,940 16 Cleveland-Akron (Canton) 1,541,780 22 Pittsburgh 1,169,800 25 Indianapolis 1,053,750 32 Columbus, OH 890,770 33 Milwaukee 880,390 34 Cincinnati 880,190 39 Grand Rapids-Kalmzoo-B.Crk 731,630 54 Wilkes Barre-Scranton 588,540 59 Dayton 513,610 65 Flint-Saginaw-Bay City 475,500 70 Toledo 426,520 SEC market area's: 9 Atlanta 2,097,220 12 Tampa-St. Pete (Sarasota) 1,710,400 17 Miami-Ft. Lauderdale 1,522,960 20 Orlando-Daytona Bch-Melbrn 1,345,700 30 Nashville 927,500 38 West Palm Beach-Ft. Pierce 751,930 40 Birmingham (Ann, Tusc) 716,520 43 New Orleans 672,150 44 Memphis 657,670 52 Jacksonville 624,220 57 Little Rock-Pine Bluff 531,470 58 Knoxville 516,180 62 Mobile-Pensacola (Ft Walt) 501,130 63 Lexington 478,560 66 Ft. Myers-Naples 461,920 81 Shreveport 382,080 89 Jackson, MS 328,350 96 Baton Rouge 305,810 Heck, most of the SEC's big markets are in Florida and the ACC has two big Florida teams while the SEC has only one. The ACC is going to get huge dollars in the future with the markets they have.
Yup, the SEC does well with its markets. I've always wondered about the national ratings with CBS. I wonder if CBS makes enough money with the SEC tv contract when it has to go against weekends where Penn. State is playing Michigan and Ohio State is playing Michigan State. Plus, Wisconsin and Minnehaha is on ESPN and ND is playing USC on NBC. Still I think the SEC is not getting the best deal with local tv. Let's say there's a weekend where there are six SEC games with CBS getting 1 and ESPN and ESPN2 getting 1 each and JP getting 1. What about the other 2 games? JP should do 2 games a week and regionalize the telecasts.
