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re: Who do you want to see added to a 16 team SEC?
Posted on 6/9/14 at 9:35 am to cave canem
Posted on 6/9/14 at 9:35 am to cave canem
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Check out the nielson ratings and average attendance numbers.
Irrelevant.
What matters in 2014 is how many new cable TV sets do you add in the footprint for SEC Network extortion. The extra ratings on CBS a Clemson or a FSU would mean very little in changing that Tier 1 contract. Meanwhile a Va Tech or NC State would add MILLIONS of cable subscribers who even if they don't give a crap about football will pay the SEC $0.50 per month.
If you want teams like a FSU or Clemson to be added to the SEC then you better hope expansion doesn't happen for 25+ years.
Maybe in that time the cable monopoly will be dead and the SEC Network actually has to fight for subscribers one at a time. At that point the football product will matter more than footprint and those teams would be tempting.
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