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re: Vote to keep 8 game schedule was 13-1
Posted on 5/29/13 at 6:17 pm to tmc94
Posted on 5/29/13 at 6:17 pm to tmc94
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It really doesn't. It makes some sense for Bama
Other schools have a fixed big time OOC game
Other schools have a fixed neutral site conference game
These two things mean that with a 9 game schedule combined with the fixed opponent, they will alternate 5 and 4 home games through those 10 games. The years they have 4, they have to schedule both other games at home just to get to 6 home games. And they also have to schedule 1 of 2 home game in years with 5. That makes this impossible. Meanwhile Bama gets 6 every year with this schedule.
UF, UGA, and Arky (they play one home game in LR) are in this boat. When the A&M-tu series restarts we will be as well. It's simply not possible for those schools to play that schedule. Moreover, almost every single SEC school plays 7 home games annually. And almost every one makes over $5million per home game even after paying opponents. So you are asking athletic departments to take a $5 million cut to do this.
This concept is not even a realistic possibility.
The TV money makes that $5MM a non factor.
Arky doesn't count. LR is still a home game.
A&M and UT could set it up to line up with their 4/5 years.
In the new world of college football scheduling - let's call it 5 years from now - every one of the big 5 conferences would be playing only each other under this plan. So the lowest tier teams (Iowa State and others) will be forced to take one off road games or 2 away, 1 home arrangements. This facilitates the scheduling difficulties of the SEC teams. They'll become the new FCS schools because they'll be the bottom of the new barrel. They'll gladly take the money and not get the return game.
The only issue you bring up that I see as an actual problem is UF and UGA. Since they both have OOC rivals, they may have to change the Cocktail Party to a home and home. It sucks, but if that's the only change it takes to make everything else work then so be it.
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Posted on 5/29/13 at 6:31 pm to FortWorthTide
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The TV money makes that $5MM a non factor.
no, it doesn't. Our contract with CBS is for 14 games and is like $65m. That's the very top game and we aren't getting $5m per. People wildly exaggerate how much money comes from tv. Right now everyone gets about $20m annually for tv. In the future it's estimated at $28m for the whole season. Anyway more conference games mean fewer broadcasts overall so even if there is more money per game, it may not even be more overall.
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Arky doesn't count. LR is still a home game.
It's not though. One big reason that schools want home games is there is a direct correlation between setting foot on campus and making donations to the school (both academic and athletic). Schools work very hard to find ways to get alumni on campus for any reason. LR is not campus
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A&M and UT could set it up to line up with their 4/5 years.
we won't have a 5 year. We play Arky in Dallas annually after this year. We would have 4 home games, 4 road games, and 1 neutral every year
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n the new world of college football scheduling - let's call it 5 years from now - every one of the big 5 conferences would be playing only each other under this plan. So the lowest tier teams (Iowa State and others) will be forced to take one off road games or 2 away, 1
wake me when this happens. ISU can and will continue to schedule Northern Iowa and South Dakota State rather than take a massive pay cut to come get stomped by Florida. Your new world vision is comically unrealistic. You are making paupers out of schools that aren't today and you are killing schools that are paupers. Who is going to vote for that? The SEC, none of whom are paupers, wouldn't even vote for it.
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The only issue you bring up that I see as an actual problem is UF and UGA. Since they both have OOC rivals, they may have to change the Cocktail Party to a home and home.
So in order to facilitate your ideas, you want to stomp all over the tradition of the cocktail party? Get out of here with that shite. And somehow that's the only issue
Posted on 5/29/13 at 8:35 pm to FortWorthTide
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The only issue you bring up that I see as an actual problem is UF and UGA. Since they both have OOC rivals, they may have to change the Cocktail Party to a home and home. It sucks, but if that's the only change it takes to make everything else work then so be it.
So, we have to sacrifice our traditions yet somehow UT-Bama is untouchable?
UF and UGA want the game in Jacksonville and will continue to vote down the 9 game schedule because of it. Good luck getting it done without us.
This post was edited on 5/29/13 at 8:38 pm
Posted on 5/29/13 at 9:34 pm to FortWorthTide
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The only issue you bring up that I see as an actual problem is UF and UGA. Since they both have OOC rivals, they may have to change the Cocktail Party to a home and home. It sucks, but if that's the only change it takes to make everything else work then so be it.
Ha. Haha. HAHAHAHA
No. Other schools should not and will not be forced to sacrifice their traditions because Bama thinks they should. Get over yourselves.
Posted on 5/30/13 at 3:32 pm to FortWorthTide
FortWorthTide, so it's perfectly ok for Fla/Ga to change it's tradition of playing in Jacksonville every yr for the greater good of the conference. But let no dare take your precious game against UT off the board,as your traditions obviously matter more.
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