Sec, Acc, And Conference Realignment

[NT80]

Would adding a U.Texas really add 25 million TV sets?

http://southcarolina.scout.com/a.z?s=184&p=10&c=968203&refid=4781

[GrayEagle]

Would adding a U.Texas really add 25 million TV sets?

http://southcarolina.scout.com/a.z?s=184&p=10&c=968203&refid=4781

If you had the entire state of Texas that would only amount to less than 9 million TV sets (households). It is ridiculous to think that UT has 100% of the TV households in the entire state.

The entire article is so full of flaws it defiles belief. For instance, he decries the addition of Florida State (Tallahassee/Jacksonville), Miami (Miami/Ft. Lauderdale), Georgia Tech (Atlanta) and Clemson (Greenville/Spartanburg). All but Tallahassee are Top 50 markets.

There is no way to tell what percent of a market that any university can command.

[adman]

If you had the entire state of Texas that would only amount to less than 9 million TV sets (households). It is ridiculous to think that UT has 100% of the TV households in the entire state.

The entire article is so full of flaws it defiles belief. For instance, he decries the addition of Florida State (Tallahassee/Jacksonville), Miami (Miami/Ft. Lauderdale), Georgia Tech (Atlanta) and Clemson (Greenville/Spartanburg). All but Tallahassee are Top 50 markets.

There is no way to tell what percent of a market that any university can command.

The article didn't say UT has 25 Million viewers in Texas. It said it had a potential 25 million. Granted that will never happen BUT if all 25 million had a TV with basic cable that would put that number X .70 into the coffers of the Big Ten per their Comcast contract. Or with your numbers that is 9 Million X .70. They don't have to be watching the game for the Big Ten to get paid.

[forevereagle]

The article didn't say UT has 25 Million viewers in Texas. It said it had a potential 25 million. Granted that will never happen BUT if all 25 million had a TV with basic cable that would put that number X .70 into the coffers of the Big Ten per their Comcast contract. Or with your numbers that is 9 Million X .70. They don't have to be watching the game for the Big Ten to get paid.

So they are saying that UT commands almost 10% of the entire US population? You can call me a skeptic.