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re: Why doesn’t the SEC Tournament rotate to Memphis?

Posted on 10/20/21 at 9:33 pm to
Posted by KellerChrystFan
Member since Sep 2018
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Posted on 10/20/21 at 9:33 pm to
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Nashville is because of all those rabid Vandy fans? Tampa Bay is?


Nashville has a ton of Tennessee fans and recently a ridiculous amount of bandwagon Bama fans who claim to be life longer Bammers.

Also really accessible to Kentucky fans which is the main reason it’s there.
This post was edited on 10/20/21 at 9:34 pm
Posted by DMagic
#ChowderPosse
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Posted on 10/20/21 at 9:43 pm to
We can’t all afford to be Mussies
Posted by Golfer1
Naples, FL
Member since Jan 2021
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Posted on 10/20/21 at 10:05 pm to
Not saying Nashville doesn’t have plenty of SEC fans in it but so does Memphis

Also what happened in downtown Nashville Christmas Day is way worse than anything to happen in downtown Memphis so the whole crime thing is wild.

I like it being in Nashville but Memphis has plenty of SEC fans, nicer arena and close to the two fanbases in Kentucky and Arkansas
This post was edited on 10/20/21 at 10:06 pm
Posted by DonaldPump
Palm Beach
Member since Oct 2021
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Posted on 10/20/21 at 10:14 pm to
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Not a SEC city. Of course, neither is St. Louis.


Whut

Memphis is probably one of the biggest SEC cities in the south. Just about everyone that lives in Memphis is either Ole Miss, Tennessee, Arkansas, or LSU alum
Posted by DonaldPump
Palm Beach
Member since Oct 2021
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Posted on 10/20/21 at 10:18 pm to
quote:

Why doesn’t the SEC Tournament rotate to Chicago?


I didn’t know chicago was within a few hours of 5-6 SEC schools
Posted by TheWalrus
Member since Dec 2012
40901 posts
Posted on 10/20/21 at 10:52 pm to
I think the obvious point that hasn’t been made in this thread yet is University of Memphis basketball is so big here, they don’t want to tread on that.
Posted by UKWildcats
Lexington, KY
Member since Mar 2015
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Posted on 10/21/21 at 2:31 am to
It's a shorter drive for Kentucky fans to Nashville than it is to Memphis OP. Not hard to figure out the economics of this.
Posted by GBJs
Jacksonville, FL
Member since Dec 2012
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Posted on 10/21/21 at 2:46 am to
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Because the best part of Memphis is only slightly better than the area around the ole Murder Kroger in Atlanta


You obviously haven’t driven through Germantown. There are bad areas in every town.
Posted by dirty bastard
Delacroix, Georgia
Member since Aug 2020
2152 posts
Posted on 10/21/21 at 4:56 am to
$hithole and should be nuked.
Posted by Broadside Bob
Atlanta, GA
Member since Dec 2012
1104 posts
Posted on 10/21/21 at 5:04 am to
Surprisingly hard airport to fly in and out of, at least until you consider the city's largest employer. Airport closes to passenger traffic at 9 PM every night.
Posted by MACtigers
9eaux1, TN
Member since Feb 2014
651 posts
Posted on 10/21/21 at 7:51 am to
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Not a SEC city. Of course, neither is St. Louis.


Memphis is more of an SEC city than Lexington
Posted by MACtigers
9eaux1, TN
Member since Feb 2014
651 posts
Posted on 10/21/21 at 7:53 am to
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If true where are the fans on here that are living in Memphis?


Posted by MACtigers
9eaux1, TN
Member since Feb 2014
651 posts
Posted on 10/21/21 at 7:55 am to
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Can’t afford Germantown?


They prefer Horn Lake. It's the Germantown of North Miss
Posted by LegendOfCobb
Athens of the West
Member since Jun 2014
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Posted on 10/21/21 at 8:35 am to
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Nola is twice the ghetto of Memphis


Maybe, but the reward is far greater in NoLa than Memphis, even assuming the risk is identical or greater (it’s not). I never need to go back to Memphis.
Posted by LegendOfCobb
Athens of the West
Member since Jun 2014
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Posted on 10/21/21 at 8:37 am to
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You obviously haven’t driven through Germantown. There are bad areas in every town.


If your city sucks enough that you have to point to a separately incorporated suburb as the nice part, your city sucks.
Posted by Blizzard bob
Trion
Member since Sep 2021
853 posts
Posted on 10/21/21 at 8:45 am to
Huntsville is the big city in Alabama these days scratch smoke city.
Posted by agswin
The Republic of Texas
Member since Aug 2011
4346 posts
Posted on 10/21/21 at 8:58 am to
Because the cost of providing bullet proof vests for the fans is too costly?
Posted by skrayper
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Member since Nov 2012
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Posted on 10/21/21 at 9:01 am to
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Why doesn’t the SEC Tournament rotate to Memphis?


I'd say "because there's no SEC School in Memphis", but clearly that's not even remotely close to a criteria.

So I'd guess because the town sucks arse?
Posted by mrbroker
Sylacauga Alabama
Member since Jul 2011
16642 posts
Posted on 10/21/21 at 9:01 am to
downtown Bham has revived and UAB built a new FB stadium within spitting distance of the BJCC. Plus BJCC did a major remodel
Posted by Drebin
Member since Aug 2017
4446 posts
Posted on 10/21/21 at 9:13 am to
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They prefer Horn Lake. It's the Germantown of North Miss



Horn Lake is the Memphis of North Mississippi. Areas south of Olive Branch are nicer than Germantown, and the taxes are cheaper.

To the point of this thread, the SEC tourney should be played in Memphis. The city is dangerous in places but that's true of most places. Nashville is getting just as bad as Memphis.
This post was edited on 10/21/21 at 9:27 am
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