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re: Seriously, if not Bham -- where should the SEC
Posted on 7/23/14 at 6:46 pm to rootisback
Posted on 7/23/14 at 6:46 pm to rootisback
Atlanta? No - meet the new boss, same as the old boss.
Nashville is the correct answer. Centrally located, big enough to have the star power needed and who's worried about Vandy having a little more influence.
Nashville is the correct answer. Centrally located, big enough to have the star power needed and who's worried about Vandy having a little more influence.
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Posted on 7/23/14 at 6:47 pm to rootisback
Nashville. It's clean, safe, and a is a helluva good time on weekend nights. Slive could hit up Tin Roof and then follow up with a night cap tit show in Printer's Alley. You can't go wrong with the Music City.
This post was edited on 7/23/14 at 6:49 pm
Posted on 7/23/14 at 6:47 pm to dcbl
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FWIW - there is not a nickel's worth of difference between Bham & ATL, except for population.
Lol
Posted on 7/23/14 at 6:48 pm to Flame Salamander
In addition, Nashville is a melting pot of SEC alums. Not monopolized by UT grads like Birmingham is with UA/AU apostles.
Posted on 7/23/14 at 6:51 pm to Govt Tide
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LOL at people calling Bham a decaying sh##hole. The downtown area has been making a steady and obvious comeback in recent years and the metro area other than a few of the northern and western burbs is actually quite nice. The league has a very long and prosperous 65 year history in Bham.
Posted on 7/23/14 at 6:55 pm to dcbl
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does anybody really GAF?
You could probably count the number of people in this thread that have actually visited the SEC office on one hand. But since it happens to be in Alabama, and because Alabama is the great evil empire, we have to bitch about it.
Posted on 7/23/14 at 6:56 pm to Aubie Spr96
Nashville is fine, anywhere outside of Alabama is good for me. I would rather Shreveport, Dallas, or Orlando
Posted on 7/23/14 at 6:56 pm to PharmacistReb
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In addition, Nashville is a melting pot of SEC alums. Not monopolized by UT grads like Birmingham is with UA/AU apostles.
Your statement is correct. No team has a monopoly in Nashville. Alabama and Tennessee lead the way, but Vandy, Ole Miss, Auburn and Kentucky all have big fanbases here. No team enjoys a majority.
Posted on 7/23/14 at 6:59 pm to Govt Tide
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Having said all that, I like rootisback's suggestion of either Destin or Nashville. Destin would be a slam dunk if it had reliable and convenient air service nearby. Realistically, it probably should be in Nashville. Great city that is equally as centrally located as Birmingham. An SEC melton pot city with more soul than Atlanta that would appreciate having the SEC more than Atlanta. Atlanta is just as loyal to the ACC as the SEC and has even lobbied to host the ACC title game. I predict you would see a heavy shift of emphasis and favoritism from the conference as a whole you now see in Bham and would still see in Nashville to a heavy emphasis on the SEC East if the headquarters moved to Atlanta which is one reason it would kinda suck if the headquarters was in Atlanta.
There is already an emphasis on the East. Football championship is in ATL every year and now mens basketball is in Nashville every year. I can understand and don't have a problem with the football title game being in ATL since the champion goes to the Sugar Bowl If it is in the rotation or the champion isn't in the playoffs. However, I think bball should be rotated between NOLA, ATL, Trashville (I hate modern country music), maybe Houston/Dallas. Baseball should be in Memphis, Nashville (once the new stadium is done), Pensacola, Bham, and NOLA, not freaking Hoover.
Posted on 7/23/14 at 7:01 pm to rootisback
Isn't it currently located in Bristol, CT?
Posted on 7/23/14 at 7:02 pm to rootisback
quote:Buy the Hoover Met and build corporate headquarters where the soccer fields are out beyond the outfield. So the obvious answer is: Hoover!
Seriously, if not Bham -- where should the SEC
Posted on 7/23/14 at 7:04 pm to rootisback
New Orleans. Let the corndogs see how hard it is to run this shite for a change.
Posted on 7/23/14 at 7:05 pm to Diamondawg
I've noticed that the only supporters of it being in Bham are Bama fans and I think one auburn guy.
Posted on 7/23/14 at 7:08 pm to BigOrangeBri
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I would say Atlanta if it didn't suck, so I'm gonna go with Nashville
Posted on 7/23/14 at 7:10 pm to rootisback
Baton Rouge on LSU campus. Tired of those pussies' whining and excuses.
This post was edited on 7/23/14 at 7:23 pm
Posted on 7/23/14 at 7:11 pm to rootisback
Nashville. Nobody distrusts Vandy, and, frankly, I wish we could give them a reason to.
ETA: More seriously, I don't think it matters one whit where the SEC offices are located except as a matter of geographical convenience, and Birmingham serves that function as well as any place relatively central to the SEC states (not counting the boondocks of Texas and Missouri.) Nobody has yet to give me a convincing, or even slightly-convincing argument that the location of the SEC offices has had any effect whatsoever on the balance of power in the SEC. The location of the SECCG is a far more problematic issue.
ETA: More seriously, I don't think it matters one whit where the SEC offices are located except as a matter of geographical convenience, and Birmingham serves that function as well as any place relatively central to the SEC states (not counting the boondocks of Texas and Missouri.) Nobody has yet to give me a convincing, or even slightly-convincing argument that the location of the SEC offices has had any effect whatsoever on the balance of power in the SEC. The location of the SECCG is a far more problematic issue.
This post was edited on 7/23/14 at 7:15 pm
Posted on 7/23/14 at 7:11 pm to lsufball19
quote:What do you expect to be gained by moving it somewhere? It's a damn office building.
this sounds like the argument the SEC has for keeping the baseball tournament at the Hoover Met. Just because it's done fine one place, doesn't mean it couldn't be better in another.
Posted on 7/23/14 at 7:13 pm to morriscat2
I agree that Bham isn't as much of a melting pot as Nashville although I'd add MSU to the list of UA, AU, and UT grads and to a lesser extent LSU and Ole Miss grads that dominate the area. Nashville feels more equally dominated by UT, UA/UK, and AU fans in that order with plenty of other SEC fanbases well represented.
Posted on 7/23/14 at 7:15 pm to dcbl
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I grew up in ATL and live in Bham
You know how I know you're full of shite
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there is not a nickel's worth of difference between Bham & ATL
Alabama is a huge wasteland, Atlanta is nowhere near anything like anywhere in Alabama.
Posted on 7/23/14 at 7:18 pm to thunderbird1100
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Atlanta is nowhere near anything like anywhere in Alabama.
Atlanta is, for the most part, a POS. If I never had to go there again, I'd be a happy man. Granted, there are some nice areas, but there are some nice areas to most major cities in SEC states (excepting Jackson, because frick Jackson.)
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