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Originally Posted by eazyb81
No worries here, Stewie has assured me the new Tier 1 deal will surpass the SEC's.
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Yeah, that's one thing I don't get.
Will the Big 12's new tier 1 deal surpass what the SEC currently gets when it is renegotiated?
Yeah, it probably will.
But to assume that means it will be better than the new deal the SEC negotiates for those same rights, the next time the SEC does it, is just foolish.
The SEC has added almost 60 percent of its current footprint without hurting the brand at all in football. It has an out and will be able to re-negotiate its tier 1 deal soon, too.
If there's one thing to know about college sports, it's that Mike Slive is the big kid on the block. He wouldn't expand this freshly into a Tier 1 deal unless he was confident he could renegotiate.