Rant these days is so much trolling it is hard to tell sometimes. You are usually a good poster so I made the effort to trow up some data to clarify the point.

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I find this whole topic interesting, that's all.

The problem is so many want it close to them that this thing gets brought up all the time. I know this is new to TAMU and MU, but it is old hat to everybody else. The reality is you have to look at who really attends vs folks who just want it near them. Suppose Houston got picked and TAMU did not make the last 2 days? It would be a ghost town and look terrible on TV and be miserable at the gate.

B1G is copying the SEC when they moved their CCG to Indianapolis as most of the teams that will attend can drive. As NCAA attendance numbers are dropping for the early rounds they have to stop catering to the corporate folks and move back to the fans who will actually attend and make the venues look full.

I have spoken to folks inside the AD's offices and they understand TV is the "deal with the devil" but most will not have their jobs down the road so strategic thinking is all short term - much like corporate America these days.

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Didn't realize the cost was the main issue for so many.

The problem is the post season is just a money grab but the trade off is declining long term fan interest and attendance. Best thing they could do is shrink the SEC tourney to just 8 teams over F, S, and S or 4 teams on just S & S but that will never happen until TV gets less of the equation and gate gets more. My gut tells me we are riding a sports bubble similar to the recent housing bubble. long term it will self correct or the market will crash as the folks with less money will stop attending due to cost.

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Thanks.

No problem

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Posted by EKG

Houston, TX

Member since Jun 2010

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Posted on 3/15/14 at 11:57 am to Cheese Grits

Wasn't a troll--I promise. Didn't realize this topic comes up annually.

I'm not pulling for Houston (or Dallas or San Antonio); I just wondered what the logic was behind never rotating it--maybe a west city one year and an east the next?. I do, however, disagree with you that Houston would've been a "ghost town" this year. Apart from SEC fans, the local community would've eaten up the tix. It certainly wouldn't have looked any worse on TV than Atlanta has looked (in terms of empty seats).