re: Pac-12 zooms past Big Ten, SEC in college sports revenue

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I just don't believe or know that SEC fan will tune in considering what I've read on this board that last 6 years of denigrating every other sport that wasn't football.

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This board is often far out of touch with fans of schools. If 15,000 folks show up for a gymnastic meet at Alabama or 24,000 show up for a women's basketball game at Kentucky it seems pretty obvious there is a fan base.

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Maybe it is...maybe once the SEC gets good in these other sports people will take pride. I don't know.

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I think that is part of it, but the bigger part will be long term fans who have been priced out of football by the corporate folks moving in. Say you have been Alabama football fan all your life but can no longer afford to go. You probably don't stop being a fan but maybe you start attending basketball or baseball because it is easier to afford. My guess is that is where the growth will come from.