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Posted on 1/21/10 at 2:18 pm
Posted on 1/21/10 at 2:18 pm
The Big Ten is of course looking to expand into new television arkets and could potentially offer very lucrative packages to three teams.
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The article above lists; UConn of New York TV market, Kansas because of the Basketball program, and Nebraska becuase their fans would eat up the Big Ten Network, as the main targets of expansion.
IF the Big 10 were to expand to 14 teams with two big 12 teams, I can see the opportunity being presented to the SEC to strike into the Texas media markets and pick up Texas ATM and an addional team. Texas and ATM can keep their annual matchup like UGA/GATech.
The Big 12 and the Pac Ten both have the weakest tv contracts in the country. But the Pac Ten has much more clout than the Big 12 and will be able to expand via Colorado / texas / Utah...
Tv contracts are becoming a daily tradition in college football. what do you think about this potential set of dominoes.
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The article above lists; UConn of New York TV market, Kansas because of the Basketball program, and Nebraska becuase their fans would eat up the Big Ten Network, as the main targets of expansion.
IF the Big 10 were to expand to 14 teams with two big 12 teams, I can see the opportunity being presented to the SEC to strike into the Texas media markets and pick up Texas ATM and an addional team. Texas and ATM can keep their annual matchup like UGA/GATech.
The Big 12 and the Pac Ten both have the weakest tv contracts in the country. But the Pac Ten has much more clout than the Big 12 and will be able to expand via Colorado / texas / Utah...
Tv contracts are becoming a daily tradition in college football. what do you think about this potential set of dominoes.
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Posted on 1/21/10 at 2:20 pm to cjared036
The Big 12 will not lose any significant team anytime soon. If anytime gets da boot it will be Baylor for TCU or Houston.
Posted on 1/21/10 at 2:26 pm to cjared036
The SEC will not expand beyond 12. That would mean less money to each school.
Posted on 1/21/10 at 2:48 pm to cjared036
For the SEC to expand it would have to mean adding major media markets... because otherwise it would significantly dilute the money payout each school gets from the sweetheart television deals
Geography dictates that only a few states would seem to make sense IMO... most likely a Texas school and then maybe something like southern florida, north carolina school or maybe stretch it to virginia i guess
Geography dictates that only a few states would seem to make sense IMO... most likely a Texas school and then maybe something like southern florida, north carolina school or maybe stretch it to virginia i guess
Posted on 1/21/10 at 4:10 pm to cjared036
I can't stand that dork Jim Delany(B10 Commish)..
But, it would be funny to see their desperation to chase the SEC, and for the Big10/Add1 to become the Big 10 with fourteen schools, yet not change their name again.
It's gonna be a sad day in sports, when the few BCS Conferences cherry-pick the last of the great schools/programs for their own greed by prestige or for media markets..say Kansas or UConn for Hoops..Nebraska for Foots..etc..
And the rest of America will resent the three or four mega-conferences even further for hogging everything.
A day and age, where only three or four conferences win the Football, Basketball, and Baseball titles every year..99+% of the time.
10 is plenty, 12 actually too many..14 is obscene!
But, it would be funny to see their desperation to chase the SEC, and for the Big10/Add1 to become the Big 10 with fourteen schools, yet not change their name again.
It's gonna be a sad day in sports, when the few BCS Conferences cherry-pick the last of the great schools/programs for their own greed by prestige or for media markets..say Kansas or UConn for Hoops..Nebraska for Foots..etc..
And the rest of America will resent the three or four mega-conferences even further for hogging everything.
A day and age, where only three or four conferences win the Football, Basketball, and Baseball titles every year..99+% of the time.
10 is plenty, 12 actually too many..14 is obscene!
Posted on 1/21/10 at 4:18 pm to cjared036
you probably don't realize that BOTH texas and texas A&M were damn close to being in the SEC the last time we expanded. after bobby bowden screwed up FSU entering the two texas schools were invited. they were still the southwest conference and that was really a loser conference. the texas legislature, in yet another display of "blind ego" threatened to take away funding if either school bolted. so arkansas got the nod. south carolina got the nod to make it 12. bobby bowden was bigger than the school he represented. their recent problems was nothing but "justice" in my view. they deserved their agony because they gave bowden the university and his ego drug them through the sewers. the fallout will take a long time to heal and they are stuck with the ACC forever because of his arrongance.
Posted on 1/21/10 at 4:24 pm to cjared036
It's my studied opinion that the economics of major college sports are about to be changed dramatically, and not for the better (if by 'better' you mean 'more $$$$$$ for everybody').
The traditional advertiser-driven business model is on the verge of collapse. If that happens, those big TV contracts go the way of the evening newspaper.
Not to mention increased travel costs. Sure, it would make economic sense for the football team in Columbia SC to make the 1073-mile trek to College Station TX, and vise versa, every six years or so - but what about the women's basketball team making that same trip every other year?
Back in 1933, they named it the SOUTHEASTERN Conference for reason.
The traditional advertiser-driven business model is on the verge of collapse. If that happens, those big TV contracts go the way of the evening newspaper.
Not to mention increased travel costs. Sure, it would make economic sense for the football team in Columbia SC to make the 1073-mile trek to College Station TX, and vise versa, every six years or so - but what about the women's basketball team making that same trip every other year?
Back in 1933, they named it the SOUTHEASTERN Conference for reason.
Posted on 1/21/10 at 9:26 pm to cjared036
we just need to trade vandy for Georgia Tech
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