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SEC and ACC expansion
Posted on 6/8/10 at 9:50 am
Posted on 6/8/10 at 9:50 am
The SEC and ACC have been quiet during this whole thing.
Anyone else think there are already some handshake deals in place btw the SEC and certain ACC schools if Pac-10 or Big-10 go 16 team power conference?
Anyone else think there are already some handshake deals in place btw the SEC and certain ACC schools if Pac-10 or Big-10 go 16 team power conference?
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Posted on 6/8/10 at 9:51 am to tigerguy121
the SEC is just going to pick and choose which ACC schools it wants
Posted on 6/8/10 at 9:52 am to HDTigers
I'd love to add Ga Tech back and then maybe UNC, Duke, Miami
Posted on 6/8/10 at 9:53 am to tigerguy121
the SEC doesn't really have any teams who would help them out
our TV deal is set
we have elite teams and the most fertile recruiting ground
we have 12 teams for the only truly successful title game (the big12 is ok, but not great. ACC's blows)
no need to expand
our TV deal is set
we have elite teams and the most fertile recruiting ground
we have 12 teams for the only truly successful title game (the big12 is ok, but not great. ACC's blows)
no need to expand
Posted on 6/8/10 at 9:54 am to Pilot Tiger
What about Texas? and/or TAMU?
Posted on 6/8/10 at 9:54 am to Pilot Tiger
I don't know if UNC and Duke will ever leave the ACC
Posted on 6/8/10 at 9:54 am to The Easter Bunny
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Duke
we dont want another Vandy IMO
Posted on 6/8/10 at 9:55 am to SlowFlowPro
quote:to keep up with the other superconferences that may form?
no need to expand
To increase basketball revenue? UNC and Duke along with Kentucky would make the SEC a powerhouse
not to mention increased academic prestige
Posted on 6/8/10 at 9:55 am to tigerguy121
you have to wonder how UGA and UF feel about expansion considering the teams the SEC would target will probably be Florida State, Miami, or GT. The Pac-10/Big-10 aren't really adding schools that would hamper recruiting for their current powers.
Posted on 6/8/10 at 9:55 am to mylsuhat
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What about Texas?
won't come
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and/or TAMU?
why do we want them?
Posted on 6/8/10 at 9:56 am to Pilot Tiger
unc or duke would make more sense than the football powers.
Posted on 6/8/10 at 9:57 am to Pilot Tiger
quote:
to keep up with the other superconferences that may form?
who cares?
the only reason other conferences are expanding is to increase market share for cable networks and to get at title game
our tv deals are set
out title game is set and well established
also, the more teams we add = less money for each school
Posted on 6/8/10 at 9:57 am to SlowFlowPro
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the SEC doesn't really have any teams who would help them out
true, but the SEC isn't really the conference that waits for things to need to happen.
If only the Pac-10 goes 16 teams, then maybe the SEC waits it out for awhile, but if Big-10 goes that route also I can't see the SEC sitting back and waiting.
The SEC has always been a proactive not a reactive conference.
Posted on 6/8/10 at 9:57 am to The Easter Bunny
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I don't know if UNC and Duke will ever leave the ACC
This and SlowFloPro is right. The SEC is pretty much perfect as it is. Why tinker with a product that's been working so well?
Posted on 6/8/10 at 9:59 am to tigerguy121
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The SEC has always been a proactive not a reactive conference.
well we fricked up the college landscape with our ESPN deal, and it left every conference not named the big10 scrambling
the big10 was proactive with its cable deal, which fricked up every other conference
the SEC is just going another route
Posted on 6/8/10 at 9:59 am to Bench McElroy
i could see the SEC going from 12 to 14 instead of 16
that wouldnt be as dramatic
that wouldnt be as dramatic
Posted on 6/8/10 at 10:01 am to mylsuhat
somebody tell me what the SEC gains by adding 2 more teams that aren't UNC and Duke
Posted on 6/8/10 at 10:01 am to SlowFlowPro
the thinking from people (including the Mike Slive) who want to expand the SEC is that by adding big names or schools that add major media interest - that they would go back and renegotiate the present television contracts.
The big piece that the SEC is currently falling behind on seems to be the private television network. Whereas teh Big 10 has busily been developing the Big 10 network over the last couple years - the SEC has seemed content to have ESPN, CBS, and a high school yearbook staff doing the games
The big piece that the SEC is currently falling behind on seems to be the private television network. Whereas teh Big 10 has busily been developing the Big 10 network over the last couple years - the SEC has seemed content to have ESPN, CBS, and a high school yearbook staff doing the games
Posted on 6/8/10 at 10:03 am to molsusports
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is that by adding big names or schools that add major media interest - that they would go back and renegotiate the present television contracts.
a. this won't happen and we JUST signed them
b. if we want to get out of our contracts now, we risk the pac16 swooping in and seizing those contracts, which would frick the SEC
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The big piece that the SEC is currently falling behind on seems to be the private television network.
and as of now, there is only 1 cable channel
otherwise, there is only a possible, rumored cable channel for a possible, rumored conference 2 years down the road
quote:
the SEC has seemed content to have ESPN
we just signed a 15 year, TWO BILLION DOLLAR deal with ESPN
Posted on 6/8/10 at 10:03 am to molsusports
having your games in primetime on the espn/cbs networks kicks the living shite out of early morning games on some obscure network.
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