Revenue data for college athletics conferences during the 2022 fiscal year is now available, per USA TODAY Sports. Once again, it’s good to be a part of the SEC.
The league made $802 million in revenue last year, ranking second among all Power Five conferences behind only the Big Ten, which made just shy of $850 million in revenue. LSU and other SEC schools each received a payout of around $49.9 million.
SEC Commissioner [autotag]Greg Sankey[/autotag], meanwhile, made a salary of $3.7 million.
High-level college sports — with football as the bell cow — are only going to become more profitable in the coming years. Conferences expanding into new media markets paired with new, lucrative television rights deals that will come into effect over the next few years will continue to increase revenue totals.
For now, LSU will come away with a nice chunk of change after the 2022 fiscal year.
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