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re: SEC needs to Clean Up & Move Offices
Posted on 7/24/13 at 6:15 pm to Monticello
Posted on 7/24/13 at 6:15 pm to Monticello
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Also, it is laughable to say that having SEC media days in Dallas is going to suddenly make Dallas an SEC town or make Dallas residents suddenly want to pay 6 bucks a month for the SEC Network.
This. Some friends and I went to the Alabama-Michigan game this past September. On our way to the game, we were listening to a sports show that was broadcasting out of the Dallas-Ft.Worth area. College football was happening all over the country but they would only talk intermittently about some of the games. Their one and only focus that Saturday morning was Dallas Cowboys football. It will remain that way even with SEC Media Days in town.
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Posted on 7/24/13 at 6:17 pm to RollTide1987
The same should be true of Charlotte yet SecNetwork is HQ'ed there.
Posted on 7/24/13 at 6:22 pm to dbt_Geaux_Tigers_196
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The same should be true of Charlotte yet SecNetwork is HQ'ed there.
And ESPN's headquarters is in Bristol, CT. The SEC Network will broadcast nationwide. It could be headquartered on a ship out in the middle of the Atlantic Ocean and it would generate the same amount of viewership that it will generate when it starts broadcasting out of Charlotte next year.
Posted on 7/24/13 at 6:24 pm to RollTide1987
Right. Why wouldn't this be true of SEC Media Days? Big cities multi-task pretty well.
Posted on 7/24/13 at 6:26 pm to dbt_Geaux_Tigers_196
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Right. Why wouldn't this be true of SEC Media Days? Big cities multi-task pretty well.
But why move it to a different city? Just to see what would happen? Please tell me you aren't in government.
This post was edited on 7/24/13 at 6:27 pm
Posted on 7/24/13 at 6:33 pm to RollTide1987
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Please tell me you aren't in government.
No but Charlotte is where the media arm of the conference is (will be). Moving SEC Media Days there makes sense, logistically (former military).
Posted on 7/24/13 at 7:17 pm to RollTide1987
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Monticello
Agree with everything you have said.
20-30 years ago I'm sure the SEC grabbed whoever they could to fill positions and most of these at the time were existing Birmingham residents who over the years have moved up into important positions in the SEC office. However, the landscape of the SEC ans college football in general has changed bigtime in those 30 years.
There should not be one Assistant Commissioner who is an alumnus of a SEC university. I'm not saying the current commissioners aren't qualified or nor am I questioning their integrity but its simply an internal safeguard to prevent anomaly. They may have no intentions of favoring a certain school(s) but accidently could.
shite, I don't have the answer but the SEC office should move to either Charlotte (SECN) or Atlanta. It needs to be moved to a true metro city. I'd feel the same if it was in Sheveport, LR, Jackson, ect
Comparisons:
Big 12 HQ - DFW
PAC 12 HQ - San Fran Metro
Big 10 HQ - Chicago
ACC HQ- Greensboro
Mountain West - Colorado Springs
ETA: Why did SEC headquarters move from Jackson to Birmingham?
This post was edited on 7/24/13 at 7:40 pm
Posted on 7/24/13 at 7:36 pm to dbt_Geaux_Tigers_196
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Nearly 2,000 press badges were issued for SEC Media Days last week - more than all other conferences combined. It's fine where it is.
You're right, it is fine where it is but who is to say it can't be better? If 2,000 press badges were issued in Birmingham of all places (no hate on Birmingham), I imagine that a different city of similar or larger size would easily accommodate, if not increase exposure. I'm not saying that there is any need to actually move it, just that it COULD increase the SEC's exposure.
You don't think the press from ATL or DFW that don't take part in Birmingham would be more likely to tap into the SEC media frenzy?? It would boost the SEC's exposure in that area and while it may not last, we would still have a bigger presence in the city.
Am I wrong?
Posted on 7/24/13 at 7:37 pm to GeorgeReymond
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GeorgeReymond
I have no qualms with this
quote:or the idea of moving the HQ
an internal safeguard to prevent anomaly
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ETA: Why did SEC headquarters move from Jackson to Birmingham?
Was looking for this earlier, too, but couldn't find it.
Posted on 7/24/13 at 7:55 pm to CrimsonTideMD
Same here. Couldn't find a reason but my assumption is because Birmingham was quite a size bigger of a city during that period. In 1948 (Year SEC moved HQ's) Jackson had a population of ~98,000 and Birmingham had ~320,000
This post was edited on 7/24/13 at 7:56 pm
Posted on 7/24/13 at 7:58 pm to Dorsal-Fin
The SEC headquarters doesn't matter much in a city that doesn't have a college team, and one that has the cowboys, mavericks, stars, and whatever else.
If you want to rotate media days, that would be fine but I would prefer it there simply for the attention it brings the city. But you also have to think tha the SEC gets whatever ever it needs from the city because it is important there.
And the idea that you can't attract talent in Birmingham just isn't true. I'll ask you how the sec has done so well of we haven been able to get great talent.
Don't mess with what's working out great for the conference right now. Scheduling is the biggest problem we have right now...
If you want to rotate media days, that would be fine but I would prefer it there simply for the attention it brings the city. But you also have to think tha the SEC gets whatever ever it needs from the city because it is important there.
And the idea that you can't attract talent in Birmingham just isn't true. I'll ask you how the sec has done so well of we haven been able to get great talent.
Don't mess with what's working out great for the conference right now. Scheduling is the biggest problem we have right now...
Posted on 7/24/13 at 8:03 pm to CheeseburgerEddie
It sure is working out great for y'all I would have to agree 
Posted on 7/24/13 at 8:06 pm to GeorgeReymond
Ya, all the money and exposure sucks for everyone else so much.
Or did you still want to talk about the same old conspiracy bullshite.
Or did you still want to talk about the same old conspiracy bullshite.
Posted on 7/24/13 at 8:10 pm to 1970tiger
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1970tiger
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Posted on 7/24/13 at 8:15 pm to 1970tiger
Given it has been in Birmingham since 1948 with relatively few complaints, it probably stays put. If it were ever to be relocated, however, politics and reality would determine the new venue. It would have to be in a large city and fairly central to the geographic footprint of the 14 schools, both of which Birmingham has in its favor. What other city can satisfy that criteria? My guess would be Atlanta, but given that Atlanta already hosts the SEC title game could hurt that city's chances.
Posted on 7/24/13 at 8:15 pm to CheeseburgerEddie
What talent are you referring to?
This post was edited on 7/24/13 at 8:16 pm
Posted on 7/24/13 at 8:20 pm to GeorgeReymond
The people that have been working in the sec offices since '92 to help push the league to where it is today. The last two commissioners were not even from the southeast, I believe it was New York, but I could be wrong. Alabama has one of the best value law schools in the country, a top 25 or so if I am not mistaken. As well as strong honors programs. Vanderbilt is 1 state away, Georgia is 1 state away, not to mention places like Rhodes College.
Posted on 7/24/13 at 8:46 pm to CheeseburgerEddie
I'm not saying we need to fire everyone and am appreciative for what they have done but at the same dont agree that a LSU graduate should be in charge of a scheduling, compliance, or ect (example). It causes unneccessary questioning when people/media believe they see discrepancies in schedules
There's a lot of quality private/public institutions across the SE. I'm not arguing that a SEC graduate isn't qualified to work for the SEC HQ's - think it's not a good idea
Isn't there a rule that the SEC has in effect that a ref can't official a game their alma mater is playing in? The SEC obviously has a safeguard in place for liability issues when it comes to officiating, why not do the same in regards to scheduling and ect?
Best Value Law Schools
1. Alabama
3. LSU
5. Georgia
6. Kentucky
There's a lot of quality private/public institutions across the SE. I'm not arguing that a SEC graduate isn't qualified to work for the SEC HQ's - think it's not a good idea
Isn't there a rule that the SEC has in effect that a ref can't official a game their alma mater is playing in? The SEC obviously has a safeguard in place for liability issues when it comes to officiating, why not do the same in regards to scheduling and ect?
Best Value Law Schools
1. Alabama
3. LSU
5. Georgia
6. Kentucky
This post was edited on 7/24/13 at 8:51 pm
Posted on 7/24/13 at 8:51 pm to GeorgeReymond
As I understand it everyone in the conference votes on and agrees to the schedules. I like going outside the conference for the top man, but think that we should have plenty of qualified sec grads in there.
Posted on 7/24/13 at 8:54 pm to 1970tiger
Dear God
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