SEC Commissioner Greg Sankey confirms the SEC will be moving over to the Disney family after the current deal with CBS ends in 2023.
The deal between the SEC and ESPN will be a 10-year deal woth over $300 million a year, which is more than six times what the SEC currently gets from CBS.
The deal will begin in 2024 and will run through the 2033-2034 season.
The Sports Business Journal originally reported on the deal, which will have every SEC football or men’s basketball game on ABC or an ESPN network.
Beginning in 2024, a late Saturday afternoon SEC game will be played and titled ”SEC on ABC.”
“One of our primary goals through this agreement was to improve the television scheduling process in ways that benefit our student athletes, our fans, alums, people around our programs,” SEC Commissioner Greg Sankey told SBJ. “Rather than trying to adapt on six days or 12 days, people can plan their travel accordingly, and our athletics departments can plan their presentation, their marketing, what groups they want to engage around those games.”