SEC......Sunday Night Football?

[RammerJammer]

The SEC Network, operated by ESPN as part of a 20-year deal, will make its debut Aug. 14. The network has already made some waves in the television arena, hiring national championship winning quarterbacks Tim Tebow and Greg Mcelroy as analysts for its Saturday morning pre-game show, which starts with the college football season. Now, it appears that the network is making some other strategic moves.

SEC commissioner Mike Slive had a press conference with reporters Monday morning. During it, Slive said the network would be doing something to compete with the NFL television market.

The NFL owns the Sunday night television market. NBC’s “Sunday Night Football” is consistently one of the most watched programs in the country. Could the SEC make inroads in that timeframe? It’s doubtful, but if that Sunday night game on the SEC Network features Alabama, LSU, Florida, or another top tier program, it would certainly get good ratings.

In 2013, there were 15 NFL games that had more than 25 million viewers, and four of those games took place on Sunday night. College football games don’t get nearly as many viewers. An average college football game gets three to five million viewers, based on games that took place in 2013. The SEC gets more viewers than any other conference, though, averaging 3.8 million viewers per game last season.

 

[jadillac]

but don't the student-athletes have class on Monday?

 

[malbaker86]

but don't the student-athletes have class on Monday?

 

[RammerJammer]

but don't the student-athletes have class on Monday?

Student-Athletes

 

[Big Blue]

It will get crushed by the NFL. Slive isn't that arrogant.

 

[Rekkapryde]

ESPN aint that fukkin dumb to try and cross the NFL on Sunday.

 

[Heelmatic]

This will be like TNA going up against Raw on Mondays.....shyt just wouldn't work.

The NFL will outdraw any Sunday night college game every Sunday

 

[Silkk]

Just Stupid

 

[Swagnificent]

walking dead beat SNF a couple of times this year. if people are gonna watch a show about dead people rising from the grave, i'm sure there's a space of college football.

 

[jadillac]

walking dead beat SNF a couple of times this year. if people are gonna watch a show about dead people rising from the grave, i'm sure there's a space of college football.

Doesnt mean WD fans are football fans, or vice versa....

 

[MikelArteta]

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but don't the student-athletes have class on Monday?

lol like they don't already play games on tuesday, wed, thursday

 

[RoCKetSity256]

Yall nikkas underestimating the SEC fanbase as a whole. You give me the choice of a shytty nfl game or no tv ill choose the nfl game but you give me a choice of shytty nfl game vs SEC game and I aint even thinking about nfl.

 

[Lucky_Lefty]

Yall nikkas underestimating the SEC fanbase as a whole. You give me the choice of a shytty nfl game or no tv ill choose the nfl game but you give me a choice of shytty nfl game vs SEC game and I aint even thinking about nfl.

fukk their fanbase

 

[RoCKetSity256]

fukk their fanbase

And your mother also friend!

 

[RammerJammer]

Yall nikkas underestimating the SEC fanbase as a whole. You give me the choice of a shytty nfl game or no tv ill choose the nfl game but you give me a choice of shytty nfl game vs SEC game and I aint even thinking about nfl.

It'll have to be a really big SEC game though, basically the Iron Bowl or Alabama/LSU. The problem with that is, we don't know if those games will be #1 vs #2 or #1 vs #4 like previous years. Last year they could've flexed Bama/A&M or Bama/AU cause those were big enough games to even have a remote chance of competing with the NFL. It's not a good idea long term, treating it as if it's a Semi-Pro league.