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re: Slive's love affair with Atlanta
Posted on 3/15/14 at 1:07 pm to CrazyTigerFan
Posted on 3/15/14 at 1:07 pm to CrazyTigerFan
I would agree with you if you were arguing in favor of Memphis but I'm not buying your logic for Shreveport. Hoover is more convenient to Mississippi State and Ole Miss than Shreveport. New Orleans is an easy drive to Hoover not to mention 9 more SEC fanbases. In essence your argument for Shreveport would be to appease LSU and Arkansas fans and no one else.
Memphis is a much much much better argument and the only location with a better combination of proximity to biggest fanbases, better facility, and entertainment options than Hoover.
Memphis is a much much much better argument and the only location with a better combination of proximity to biggest fanbases, better facility, and entertainment options than Hoover.
This post was edited on 3/15/14 at 1:10 pm
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Posted on 3/15/14 at 1:22 pm to Govt Tide
Did anyone else see Slive's interview with Nokah?
He said he is wanting to turn the SEC tournament into like the SECCG and Hoover. They want to make it a destination, where you know where it will always be. I think if Nashville hammers these next few tournaments it will get put there indefinitley, unless the FF is in ATL or NOLA. SEC bylaws dictate that if the FF is there the SECT has to be there.
He said he is wanting to turn the SEC tournament into like the SECCG and Hoover. They want to make it a destination, where you know where it will always be. I think if Nashville hammers these next few tournaments it will get put there indefinitley, unless the FF is in ATL or NOLA. SEC bylaws dictate that if the FF is there the SECT has to be there.
This post was edited on 3/15/14 at 1:23 pm
Posted on 3/15/14 at 2:06 pm to Govt Tide
quote:I said Shreveport or Memphis. This was without looking up numbers and just generalizing the map in my head. Looking at numbers, LSU, TA&M, and Missouri are the only ones which Shreveport is a faster trip (Memphis is actually a quicker trip for Arkansas), so go ahead and throw Shreveport out.
I would agree with you if you were arguing in favor of Memphis but I'm not buying your logic for Shreveport.
Based on Cheese Grits' argument about proximity to fanbases, Memphis is closer than Hoover for the top 6 baseball attendance fanbases. Hoover is a 4-minute-shorter for the top 7 baseball attendance fanbases, so if you assume that Florida fans will be driving six and a half hours for baseball then this is where the argument for Hoover over Memphis could be made.
After the top 7, Alabama and Auburn come in, which obviously shifts the average travel times. However, considering that both team's total attendance combined doesn't crack the top 5 for the league, we're probably at the point where Cheese Grits' argument kicks in and those fanbases can be disregarded, just as the non-UK and non-UT basketball fanbases can be disregarded.
ETA: These are just driving travel times. This is not addressing the issue of airport access and media access (which was made by another poster in regards to the football championship), which I'm going to assume is greater in Memphis than in Birmingham.
Move the baseball tournament to Memphis.
This post was edited on 3/15/14 at 2:20 pm
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