re: Drop MIZ, add GT

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quote]You are missing the point of the expansion. It wasn't to squeeze more money out of a moribund CBS contract. Think bigger

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Of course it was about money and adding the Missouri markets was just the opposite of "thinking big"

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Once the SEC decided to add Texas A&M and Missouri, a network was a foregone conclusion.

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Are you really trying to tell there's no SECN if Missouri isn't
added instead of a UNC,NC State,VT,Clemson or Oklahoma? No idea why you continually miss this point.

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Every one of those 9.5 million cable and satellite households would end up with the SEC Network on its basic tier.

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And a WHOPPING 2 million of the 9.5 are coming from MISSOURI.Stop
the presses! Are you REALLY basing these numbers off a Clay Travis article written NINE years
ago? Most of the article is nothing more than speculation and I can promise you there are far less cables and satallite customers than there were nine years ago with cord cutting.

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You really think Slive and his baws didn't run numbers or think this through?

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Yes,they were way too hasty in picking Missouri. LINK

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The SEC had proclaimed time and time again that they could stand at 13 for the moment and not break a sweat. Acquiring a 14th member that is the right fit for the SEC culture is a million times more important than doing so quickly and risking a bad choice. 

So why jump into something so significant with such haste? Why chance making a wrong decision when it's the future of not just one, but 13 other universities that you put in jeopardy? For a conference that has been the stronghold of football logic for generations, why is it now that decision-making starts to get a bit shaky?

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Think big picture

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Expanding into a slow/no growth state that has minimal interest in CFB and a team that has no national following is just the opposite of thinking big.