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SEC has another record distribution

By David Paschall May 31, 2014 2 min read

SEC Southeastern Conference

GROWING RAPIDLYSEC revenue distribution in recent years:2009: $165.9 million2010: $233.3 million2011: $248.1 million2012: $256.9 million2013: $304.7 million2014: $309.6 million

The Southeastern Conference’s spring meetings drew to a close Friday afternoon in Destin, Fla., with league commissioner Mike Slive announcing another record jackpot.

A record take that could seem minuscule in a few years.

Slive said that approximately $309.6 million will be distributed for the 2013-14 fiscal year, with each school receiving roughly $20.9 million. The distributions are calculated based on the revenue sharing plan for the current fiscal year, which ends Aug. 31.

The $309.6 million is the largest distribution in SEC history, topping the $304.7 million in 2012-13. This year’s total includes $292.8 million distributed from the league office as well as $16.8 million of contracted revenue retained by institutions that participated in 2013-14 bowl games.

David Paschall

David Paschall has covered sports at the Chattanooga Times Free Press since 1999 and wrote for the Chattanooga Free Press in the nine years before that. David has mostly covered college athletics, with a focus on the University of Georgia from 2000 to 2019 and the University of Tennessee since 2020. He grew up in Chattanooga and is a graduate of the Baylor School and Auburn University. David has received multiple writing awards and has served as a Heisman Trophy voter since 2003. He has also worked in radio in Chattanooga and has been on the SEC Network's "Classic Rewind" series since 2014. David and his wife, Kelly, have three children — Conner, Emily and Spencer.

Contact David Paschall at dpaschall@timesfreepress.com or 423-757-6524.