FAYETTEVILLE — The Southeastern Conference increased its average payout to member schools by 1.4 percent in fiscal year 2017, according to figures released Thursday by the conference office.
Each SEC program received an average payout of more than $40.9 million from the conference, up from an average of $40.4 million per program the year before.
An additional $23.1 million was distributed to programs that played in a 2016 bowl game to offset bowl trip expenses. That includes Arkansas, which lost to Virginia Tech in the Belk Bowl on Dec. 29, 2016.
Including bowl reimbursements, the revenue shared with SEC teams in 2017 totaled $596.