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Conference Expansion on the Field.
Posted on 12/1/12 at 10:43 am
Posted on 12/1/12 at 10:43 am
Obviously we're all well aware that Conference Expansion has all been driven by revenue and TV markets.
I've been trying to think though, and can't come up with an Expansion move that has had a positive impact on a league from a quality of play, or fan interest POV since the formation of the BigXII and the SEC's expansion to 12.
At this point is the best case scenario for any conference expansion to get just a neutral effect on your actual product rather than a negative effect?
I've been trying to think though, and can't come up with an Expansion move that has had a positive impact on a league from a quality of play, or fan interest POV since the formation of the BigXII and the SEC's expansion to 12.
At this point is the best case scenario for any conference expansion to get just a neutral effect on your actual product rather than a negative effect?
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Posted on 12/1/12 at 10:45 am to CrippleCreek
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I've been trying to think though, and can't come up with an Expansion move that has had a positive impact on a league from a quality of play, or fan interest POV since the formation of the BigXII and the SEC's expansion to 12.
So A&M didn't add anything to the SEC?
Nebraska didn't add anything to the B1G?
Posted on 12/1/12 at 10:45 am to CrippleCreek
TAMU to the SEC worked out pretty well on the field. As did Nebraska to the B1G.
Posted on 12/1/12 at 10:47 am to CrippleCreek
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I've been trying to think though, and can't come up with an Expansion move that has had a positive impact on a league from a quality of play, or fan interest POV since the formation of the BigXII and the SEC's expansion to 12.
Johnny Football?
Miami and Va Tech to the ACC?
Posted on 12/1/12 at 10:48 am to ProjectP2294
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Miami and Va Tech to the ACC?
Those are pretty dated now. I mean you could say the same with Cinci and Louisville to the BigEast in football and basketball over the last 10 years or so.
Posted on 12/1/12 at 10:49 am to SprintFun
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Those are pretty dated now.
Both your example and mine are more recent than 1992, which is apparently the last relevant conference movement according to the OP.
Posted on 12/1/12 at 10:50 am to SprintFun
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So A&M didn't add anything to the SEC?
A&M is a positive program for the league, but renders scheduling a mess. It messes with cohesion, and balance in the schedules.
The overall success of the A&M/Mizzou addition is going to depend on what happens when the league goes to 16.
Right now, a HS player could join a team, redshirt, stay though his senior year, and still never play every team in the SEC. That's not good for the league IMO.
the B1G probably is a positive. Brought the league to 12 and added a champ game.
Posted on 12/1/12 at 10:50 am to CrippleCreek
Do you even watch cfb? Nebraska, A&m, vtech and UM ring a bell?
Posted on 12/1/12 at 10:51 am to CrippleCreek
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Conference Expansion on the Field.
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A&M is a positive program for the league, but renders scheduling a mess. It messes with cohesion, and balance in the schedules.
Posted on 12/1/12 at 10:53 am to ProjectP2294
The issue is not programs as I'm looking at it, but the quality and fan interest in your conference across the board. I don't think adding a good program just to add a good program necessarily means the product that the conference is putting out as a whole is improved.
Posted on 12/1/12 at 10:56 am to CrippleCreek
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The issue is not programs as I'm looking at it, but the quality and fan interest in your conference across the board.
So fans are less interested in the SEC now that A&M is here and playing LSU and Arky in games that mean something?
Florida St - Miami with consequences means less fan interest?
Traditional powers like Nebraska and Michigan squaring off doesn't draw fan interest?
Posted on 12/1/12 at 12:41 pm to CrippleCreek
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The issue is not programs as I'm looking at it, but the quality and fan interest in your conference across the board. I don't think adding a good program just to add a good program necessarily means the product that the conference is putting out as a whole is improved.
A&M is one of the best fanbases in the SEC now.
Mizzou has a bigger fanbase than about half the SEC and better game attendance than five SEC programs.
This post was edited on 12/1/12 at 12:44 pm
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