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05-29-2007, 09:08 PM
BATON ROUGE — The Southeastern Conference is preparing for its 75th anniversary season, which will be the 2007-08 campaign. Before it does that, though, it will have to count its money. The 12-team league has dealt with NCAA violations and sanctions perhaps more than any other league, but it also remains among the nation's richest. "I expect each school to get about $10.2 million this year," said LSU associate athletic director Verge Ausberry, who will be part of LSU's contingent at the four day meetings that begin today at the Marriott in Destin, Fla.
Cracking the $10 million mark in profit distributions for each school will be a first. Each school got $9.7 million last year. How to make even more money through a football playoff system instead of the oft-criticized Bowl Championship Series will be among the major discussions involving the 12 football coaches, 12 athletic directors, 12 presidents and commissioner Mike Slive. Florida president Bernard Machen, whose football team won the 2006 national championship through the BCS system not long after coach Urban Meyer criticized it, will head up these discussions. The current BCS agreement lasts through the 2009 season. (Source Credit: Gannett.com)
Cracking the $10 million mark in profit distributions for each school will be a first. Each school got $9.7 million last year. How to make even more money through a football playoff system instead of the oft-criticized Bowl Championship Series will be among the major discussions involving the 12 football coaches, 12 athletic directors, 12 presidents and commissioner Mike Slive. Florida president Bernard Machen, whose football team won the 2006 national championship through the BCS system not long after coach Urban Meyer criticized it, will head up these discussions. The current BCS agreement lasts through the 2009 season. (Source Credit: Gannett.com)