More games argument has no merit, doesn't hurt football. In the SEC baseball is a more popular game than basketball. If college baseball had the TV coverage history that basketball has had over the years basketball would be a distant 3rd in popularity in the South. I'm willing to bet there are twice as many Braves fans than all the NBA southern teams combined.

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Posted by bona fide

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Member since Jun 2010

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Posted on 6/3/13 at 4:11 pm to kc4usc

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More games argument has no merit

Yes it does

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doesn't hurt football.

1. Football is just that much more popular than eiter
2. Relatively speaking, it does hurt.

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If college baseball had the TV coverage history that basketball has had over the years basketball would be a distant 3rd in popularity in the South.

I don't know, maybe but I doubt it. I personally don't care which is popular, but to ignore hard data and spin the other data, silly.

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I'm willing to bet there are twice as many Braves fans than all the NBA southern teams combined.

Don't follow professional leagues, so don't know but again it's something that has zero relevance. There are hard numbers staring you in the face, attendance and TV ratings. You can choose to ignore if you want.

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Posted by UMRealist

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Posted on 6/3/13 at 4:15 pm to kc4usc

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More games argument has no merit,

When you are talking about TOTAL season attendance it most certainly has merit.

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doesn't hurt football

We have one if not the smallest stadiums in the SEC and it still holds more than 7x our baseball and basketball will. That's why it doesn't hurt football durrr

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If college baseball had the TV coverage history that basketball has had over the years basketball would be a distant 3rd in popularity in the South.

But it will never have the TV coverage that basketball does. Deal with it

This post was edited on 6/3/13 at 4:17 pm

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