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re: For the first time in decades the SEC may be surpassed as the nation's top conference
Posted on 8/4/23 at 11:25 am to NaturalStateReb
Posted on 8/4/23 at 11:25 am to NaturalStateReb
quote:No, I think it's the other way around.
If the Big 10 takes all of those PAC schools, I would presume they wouldn't have much appetite for ACC additions.
I think the Big 10 is actively trying to take control of Division 1 football. If they can take the power teams from the ACC, there is no option for the SEC to keep pace.
Looking at the size of these conferences and the amount of power schools, there's no way all these programs will win on the field. So the draw is- money and control of the sport.
What the Big 10 is doing, is like trying to gain a supermajority in Parliament. Get enough, and they will force through any and all rules they want.
We don't need Clemson and Fla State as such, but we do need to keep them out of the other camp.
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Posted on 8/4/23 at 11:30 am to Scoob
Scaling up this big will backfire on conferences.
Scaling up only works if the original teams make more money with the growth (not socializing their pot with more mouths).
There is a reason why the PAC is the PAC. There is a reason why the big xii is the big xii. There are lots of schools taking in more than they are giving back.
I haven't been reading this thread (I pretty much am jumping in on this page).
TV contracts are changing. Disney is going to pull ESPN's exclusivity from the cable and satellite networks. It will be available a LA carte. The "LA Market" will not be more important than the exact number of eyes on USC and UCLA games. And that goes for every metropolis.
Scaling up only works if the original teams make more money with the growth (not socializing their pot with more mouths).
There is a reason why the PAC is the PAC. There is a reason why the big xii is the big xii. There are lots of schools taking in more than they are giving back.
I haven't been reading this thread (I pretty much am jumping in on this page).
TV contracts are changing. Disney is going to pull ESPN's exclusivity from the cable and satellite networks. It will be available a LA carte. The "LA Market" will not be more important than the exact number of eyes on USC and UCLA games. And that goes for every metropolis.
Posted on 8/4/23 at 11:52 am to Scoob
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I think the Big 10 is actively trying to take control of Division 1 football. If they can take the power teams from the ACC, there is no option for the SEC to keep pace.
There are no power schools left in the ACC. The only power school that is not in the SEC or Big 10 right now is Notre Dame.
FSU and Clemson are not the type of blue bloods that are worth adding. Texas and OU were. So was USC. But ND is the only one of those left.
We don't need Clemson or FSU and we don't need to keep them from the Big 10 either. We don't lose anything by them going elsewhere because the fans of those teams already watch SEC football games. They'll continue to do so if their teams are in the Big 10. Will they watch more Big 10 games? Sure. But they'll still watch SEC games.
They mean nothing to the SEC either way.
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