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re: Saban Publicly Supports 9 Game Schedule
Posted on 5/3/13 at 10:23 am to GumBro Jackson
Posted on 5/3/13 at 10:23 am to GumBro Jackson
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Or you could go to a nine game schedule, keep the permanent rivalries, and still see the other teams once every three years (two rotating cross-divisional games every year out of six teams).
This is exactly what I think will happen.
The one and only down side is that you'll have one less home game every other season. From a revenue standpoint, the new TV money will way more than offset one game's gate.
The home advantage just can't be helped, but the REC will make sure that UK, State, Mizzou, UT, and OM are Bama's road opponents in those seasons so all will be well there too.
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Posted on 5/3/13 at 10:46 am to JustGetItRight
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The one and only down side is that you'll have one less home game every other season. From a revenue standpoint, the new TV money will way more than offset one game's gate.
Well. You have to think of it as half a game for most, but in reality, a whole game for teams with a neutral site game and a permanent home and home, specifically Georgia and Florida. Those teams also make a lot more than most from gate revenue. I think there is legitimate concern from each of those schools going from 7-8 games a year to 6-7 games a year. It is what it is. I hope we go to a 9 game schedule, and A&M has a neutral site game with Arky, and at some point we will have tu back on the schedule, so we would be in the same boat as Florida and Georgia. O well. 9 games is better for everyone, imo.
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