Missouri is almost certainly going to be looking for a basketball coach soon. But despite horrific ticket sales and a level of fan apathy I never thought I’d see, money ... shouldn’t be an obstacle.
The SEC generated over $639 million in total revenue for the 2015-16 fiscal year, an increase of more than 21 percent from the previous year. [...]
The total revenue includes $584.2 million divided among the 14 member schools, of which $565.9 million was distributed from the conference office and $18.3 million was retained by schools that participated in 2015-16 football bowl games to offset travel and other related bowl expenses.