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The SEC Title Game and Venues: Thoughts About Rotating
Posted on 9/20/11 at 1:34 am
Posted on 9/20/11 at 1:34 am
I know it's been touched on in other places, in regard to expansion, but I thought it might be fair game here, because it is a question that also impacts existing SEC member institutions.
Presuming that the SEC will not stand pat, it strikes me that there are four very solid venues for an SEC Title game in the future.
#1 The Georgia Dome- It's done a solid job so far.
#2 The Superdome - It's good enough for national championships, it should be up to hosting a more important event like the SEC CG
#3 JerryWorld- Like it or not, it is a one of a kind venue for big games.
#4 LP Field at Adelphia Coliseum
I personally am in favor of these entering into a rotation; with an expanded SEC footprint, it makes sense to try to exploit the Texas market, while not neglecting traditional SEC territories.
Contractually, I don't know the terms of how much longer the game is formally tied to the Georgia Dome, but giving it this year and next, and perhaps the year after should hopefully satisfy most of any existing arrangement; a yearly rotation among these four venues would, I believe, enhance the overall brand of the SEC, and take advantage of the opportunities that seem to be driving the league's look forward.
I'm open to thoughts and critiques of such a move, and would like SECR's thoughts on why such an idea isn't viable or might be a bad idea.
Thoughts?
Presuming that the SEC will not stand pat, it strikes me that there are four very solid venues for an SEC Title game in the future.
#1 The Georgia Dome- It's done a solid job so far.
#2 The Superdome - It's good enough for national championships, it should be up to hosting a more important event like the SEC CG
#3 JerryWorld- Like it or not, it is a one of a kind venue for big games.
#4 LP Field at Adelphia Coliseum
I personally am in favor of these entering into a rotation; with an expanded SEC footprint, it makes sense to try to exploit the Texas market, while not neglecting traditional SEC territories.
Contractually, I don't know the terms of how much longer the game is formally tied to the Georgia Dome, but giving it this year and next, and perhaps the year after should hopefully satisfy most of any existing arrangement; a yearly rotation among these four venues would, I believe, enhance the overall brand of the SEC, and take advantage of the opportunities that seem to be driving the league's look forward.
I'm open to thoughts and critiques of such a move, and would like SECR's thoughts on why such an idea isn't viable or might be a bad idea.
Thoughts?
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Posted on 9/20/11 at 1:35 am to BoardReader
It's not the offseason dumbass.
Posted on 9/20/11 at 1:39 am to BoardReader
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I'm open to thoughts and critiques of such a move, and would like SECR's thoughts on why such an idea isn't viable or might be a bad idea.
Mike Slive? That you?
Posted on 9/20/11 at 1:59 am to BoardReader
No. No. No. A thousand fricking times No.
Posted on 9/20/11 at 2:02 am to CNB
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No. No. No. A thousand fricking times No.
Any cogent reasons as to why, or just the standard 'Change is bad!'?
Posted on 9/20/11 at 2:05 am to BoardReader
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Board
I can tell.
Posted on 9/20/11 at 2:18 am to BoardReader
If it isn't broke don't fix it.
Posted on 9/20/11 at 2:28 am to CNB
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If it isn't broke don't fix it.
It's worked for the existing 12 team league, to some extent-- it's still not optimal, even with the current set up-- and with a bigger league that is going to be at least slightly more western, and possibly more northern, this is the prime opportunity to re-evaluate the positioning of the game.
The Georgia Dome has some issues; the Falcons have, as an example, leveraged the issues with the Dome into replacing the sound system , expand luxury seating, and install new video screens in the past few seasons. It is no longer on the lead edge of sports venues. It is smaller than each of the other proposed venues, save Adelphia.
Posted on 9/20/11 at 3:21 am to BoardReader
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The Georgia Dome has some issues;
Not as many as the Superdome.
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Adelphia.
Have you been to Nashville in December? Have you seen the Titans' field in December?
You should use the search function and just check out all the offseason threads on this same topic. It's brought up at least one time a week and most agree that it would be silly to move it.
Posted on 9/20/11 at 5:37 am to deaux68
Death valley!
Posted on 9/20/11 at 7:02 am to BoardReader
Sugar Bowl is BCS game w/ SEC ties. therefore winner or loser of SECCG is likely to be in the Sugar Bowl or the BCS Championship game at the Superdome.
Posted on 9/20/11 at 7:09 am to winyahpercy
Let me guess, the CWS should rotate too!!! 
Posted on 9/20/11 at 9:38 am to deaux68
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Not as many as the Superdome.
That's a very solid reason to take it out of a potential rotation; eliminate Adelphia as well, based on concerns about appearance and smaller seating, and a JerryWorld-Georgia Dome split still makes more sense.
Posted on 9/20/11 at 9:39 am to winyahpercy
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Sugar Bowl is BCS game w/ SEC ties. therefore winner or loser of SECCG is likely to be in the Sugar Bowl or the BCS Championship game at the Superdome.
A very valid concern, if an SEC CG winner is outside of the MNC game.
Posted on 9/20/11 at 9:41 am to LSUNV
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Let me guess, the CWS should rotate too!!!
A poor persuasive technique; even the CWS which has a far more venerable tradition @Omaha than the SECCG @Georgia Dome was not so backward thinking as to tie itself to Rosenblatt permanently, and has put it behind them to play in TD Ameritrade Park.
Posted on 9/20/11 at 9:45 am to BoardReader
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JerryWorld-Georgia Dome split still makes more sense
How the hell does that make sense. You want to take the Conference Championship to a state that only recently has any ties to the conference? That is literally hundreds of miles away to everyone else in the conference?
Posted on 9/20/11 at 9:46 am to CNB
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If it isn't broke don't fix it.
Signed Sears, K-Mart, Wards,.........
Posted on 9/20/11 at 9:51 am to TheMightyTerrier
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How the hell does that make sense. You want to take the Conference Championship to a state that only recently has any ties to the conference? That is literally hundreds of miles away to everyone else in the conference?
It makes enormous sense; the conference gets the best possible venue in the sporting world and puts it's product in front of the actual eyeballs of the people that expansion is targeting and that represent the best growth opportunity for the conference. It's nice that the SEC-CG is in Atlanta, but is it really making it more SEC territory than it already was? Doubtful.
Posted on 9/20/11 at 9:53 am to BoardReader
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the conference gets the best possible venue in the sporting world and puts it's product in front of the actual eyeballs of the people that expansion is targeting and that represent the best growth opportunity for the conference.
Wrong. By the time the CG got to Texas the only schools left will be Rice, Baylor, UTEP, etc. Texas and Texas Tech will already be long gone.
Posted on 9/20/11 at 9:56 am to TheMightyTerrier
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Wrong. By the time the CG got to Texas the only schools left will be Rice, Baylor, UTEP, etc. Texas and Texas Tech will already be long gone.
Keep living in 1985. Say hi to the workers at Pan-Am and K-Mart.
The eyeballs will still be in Texas-- it's not an accident the league leadership is forward looking.
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