re: SEC Associate Commissioner Herb Vincent..

He’s entitled to his opinion like everyone else but in this situation it’s best to get outside opinion

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Gump 1: Wait I thought the SEC office was filled with nothing but bama grads?
Gump 2: That's the rumor I've heard.

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Okay, so maybe there are non-Bama grads who work for the SEC. That said, if you work for the SEC, you live in the Birmingham area. Birmingham, while a big city in Alabama, is just a regional city. So, who is willing to move to Birmingham? Well, it's got to be someone who's okay with living in Birmingham. And...as I've written elsewhere on this forum, in Birmingham you're surrounded by people who eat, sleep, and (mouth) breathe Alabama football. It's obnoxious. Your neighbors. Your accountant. Your kids' classmates at school. Your preacher. You can't go to the grocery store without being hounded by toothless fans in houndstooth. Sure, there are plenty of Auburn fans, too. But that also makes the Alabama-ness of the city all that more palpable. You've got a year-round AU-UA rivalry that is literally THE talk of the town. I mean, what else is there to do?

Now, if the SEC HQ was in Atlanta or Nashville, you'd have more diversity in terms of football allegiances—and you could even find people who don't care about football. You can escape the constant noise related to Alabama football. You could escape the pressure for neighbors, classmates, and your preacher to support Alabama. You could escape the echo chamber.

As it stands, Birmingham is just too small a place NOT to be tainted by the stench of the Tide.