SPARTANBURG, S.C. -- The Southern Conference has reached a deal to show league football games on public television systems in Georgia, North Carolina and South Carolina.
The agreement runs for the next three seasons and includes Georgia Public Broadcasting, UNC-TV and South Carolina ETV. Those systems will begin the eight-game TV schedule October 1 with Appalachian State at Wofford and runs through the end of the regular season.
The league made the announcement Monday. It says the distribution platform will reach nearly 11 million homes through 32 affiliates. League commissioner John Iamarino (Eye-mor-ee-no) says the move increases the conferences' TV reach by 2 million households.
The league's nine football members compete in the Football Championship Subdivision.