Comments on: TV Viewers Dig The SEC

By: Homepage | MrSEC

Homepage | MrSEC — Mon, 14 May 2012 14:08:17 +0000

[...] a huge media deal recently (the brand name value of Texas and Oklahoma was another). In 2011, the Big 12 actually drew fewer TV viewers per game than the ACC did. The Big 12 got big cash for its five-state product because the networks didn’t want to have [...]

By: Andy

Andy — Thu, 01 Mar 2012 20:14:24 +0000

@John at MrSEC
Also remember basketball teams play 30+ games per year, football teams only play 12.

By: MoKelly

MoKelly — Wed, 29 Feb 2012 23:38:27 +0000

@John at MrSEC Well — now-a-days you can watch football on your smart phone and still be at the beach, or on the mountains or even at the blackjack table in Vegas. Those Left Coasters are just not passionate enough!

By: John at MrSEC

John at MrSEC — Wed, 29 Feb 2012 22:47:41 +0000

MissouriAlum…

Since Missouri and Texas A&M didn’t play in the SEC in 2011 these numbers do not include their games.

John

By: John at MrSEC

John at MrSEC — Wed, 29 Feb 2012 22:47:07 +0000

oreo…

Someone must be rounding. We provided the link to the full numbers. Not sure what other numbers are floating around or who’s floating them, but I think the gist is pretty clear here.

John

By: John at MrSEC

John at MrSEC — Wed, 29 Feb 2012 22:45:58 +0000

AGator…

Just remember, football stadiums seat 60-90 thousand. The biggest basketball arenas seat 20 thousand. Football’s the A1 sport.

John

By: John at MrSEC

John at MrSEC — Wed, 29 Feb 2012 22:45:05 +0000

MoKelly…

Between beaches, mountains and Vegas nearby, there’s a lot more to do in California than just sit around and watch sports on TV.

John

By: MissouriAlum

MissouriAlum — Wed, 29 Feb 2012 22:31:23 +0000

Are these numbers with or without Missouri and Texas A&M? I assume without sine they’re not official SEC conference members yet. Assuming that’s the case, those numbers will only go up, a good thing for the SEC and their television “look in” negotiations.

By: oreo

oreo — Wed, 29 Feb 2012 22:00:44 +0000

john, fwiw, the numbers I’ve seen several different places are 4.45 million sec football and 3.27 million big 10

By: AGator

AGator — Wed, 29 Feb 2012 21:55:21 +0000

I’m surprised ACC and Big East basketball aren’t higher. I spent a few years at an ACC school and fans there were fanatical about basketball. ESPN announcers are always raving about the Big East and commenting about the SEC being just a football conference yet more people watch SEC basketball games.

By: AndrewMartin

AndrewMartin — Wed, 29 Feb 2012 19:15:11 +0000

These numbers are interesting. It shows why the Big 10 likes all of the football bowl games against SEC teams and why they have formed an alliance with ACC in basketball. I hope the SEC will work on forming some strategic alliances to capitalize even better. They should consider doing more with ACC (even though their geographies clash some) and maybe Big 12 a little more.

By: MoKelly

MoKelly — Wed, 29 Feb 2012 19:10:14 +0000

Wow. The PAC 12 numbers are amazingly low given 4 schools in California and 2 in LA. I woul dhave thought USC and UCLA alone would generate better numbers.