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re: Realignment...B1G going after 2 more ACC schools?
Posted on 2/20/13 at 10:41 am to aggressor
Posted on 2/20/13 at 10:41 am to aggressor
BTW, imo if UNC/UVA go to the Big 1G the best thing the SEC can do is stand pat. The SEC doesn't need to expand. They already have the best conference and soon to be best TV deal by a mile. Adding NC State and VTech carry a lot more risk than many here realize. There is no guarantee they can even get the SEC Network picked up in both of their states on every carrier, esp at the kind of premiums the SEC will want to charge. It's also very possible that neither school is competitive in football or any other sport outside of NC State being decent in basketball. Neither school is AAU so that is another knock.
Adding just to add is foolish. Worst case those schools go Big 12 or wherever and the SEC can come calling later.
Adding just to add is foolish. Worst case those schools go Big 12 or wherever and the SEC can come calling later.
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Posted on 2/20/13 at 10:53 am to aggressor
quote:I'm starting to come around to this view. In a sense, we'd almost be making it easier for UVA and UNC to go to the Big Ten by taking care of their sister institutions and blocking the political heat that might otherwise be heaped upon UVA and UNC for breaking up the ACC and going to the Big Ten on their own. If the SEC were to let it be known that they were only interested in UNC and UVA (or perhaps UNC/Duke), and would not make a move otherwise, it would change the politics of a Big Ten move for UVA and UNC.
BTW, imo if UNC/UVA go to the Big 1G the best thing the SEC can do is stand pat. The SEC doesn't need to expand. They already have the best conference and soon to be best TV deal by a mile. Adding NC State and VTech carry a lot more risk than many here realize. There is no guarantee they can even get the SEC Network picked up in both of their states on every carrier, esp at the kind of premiums the SEC will want to charge. It's also very possible that neither school is competitive in football or any other sport outside of NC State being decent in basketball. Neither school is AAU so that is another knock. Adding just to add is foolish. Worst case those schools go Big 12 or wherever and the SEC can come calling later.
Posted on 2/20/13 at 3:04 pm to aggressor
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They already have the best conference and soon to be best TV deal by a mile
Do they teach math at Texas A&M? Because if you do the math you'll realize that the Big Ten pretty much has the best TV deal thing sewn up for a long time starting in 2017. It's all about the number of subscribers in the geographic region and the SEC has no chance to catch the Big Ten in that regard. The Big Ten has a MUCH larger population base.
This post was edited on 2/20/13 at 3:05 pm
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