Redding: SEC officiating isn't broke

This man is an idiot or a crook (or both)

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"The way I view it is if this isn't broke, let's not fix it," he said. "I don't see any sort of emergency, oh my God, we've got to fix some­thing here."

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Right

Sec Office out of Birmingham Alabama

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With all the money the SEC is making, they can't even upgrade to HDTV in the REPLAY BOOTH!

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FWIW, as much as the multibillion dollar contract gets thrown around here, that only equates to around 15 million a year for the SEC admin to cover all of their expenses.

Not saying they can't afford it, but I won't presume to know the state of their finances/payroll to say that there is absolutely no reason not to have HDTV set up in all stadiums.

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they can't even upgrade to HDTV in the REPLAY BOOTH! And he doesn't see any reason to.

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That's because I Love Lucy is in black & white.

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FWIW, as much as the multibillion dollar contract gets thrown around here, that only equates to around 15 million a year for the SEC admin to cover all of their expenses.

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I'm not buying that.
By simply uttering the phrase "HD replay equipment provided courtesy of <insert-manufacturer's-name>", not only would the equipment be free, but the SEC would likely make money on top of it.

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I agree...but who can get all the schools to spend the $$$ to install the cameras, equipment, and maintenance on the system; especially in these economic times?

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Because the SEC didn't just sign a contract with ESPN worth $2.25 billion and they couldn't spend some of that money to do this, could they?

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I'm not buying that.

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What part?

3 billion over 15 years, divided into 13 parts...one share for each school and the SEC takes a share.

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By simply uttering the phrase "HD replay equipment provided courtesy of <insert-manufacturer's-name>", not only would the equipment be free, but the SEC would likely make money on top of it.

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They'll get a discount, but I doubt it is free. At least in my experiences...although I'll admit it wasn't for a cash cow sport like CFB.

But on what platform would they advertise it? SEC =! CBS.

And what if the problem is that of in stadium wiring standardization? Hell, in TD they almost just throw the video feeds over the side to get to the broadcast trucks. Maybe the SEC doesn't want to force stadiums to renovate to allow high end HD transmission to the replay booth. And we all know LSU is better off financially than more than half of the SEC.

All I said is that I won't presume to know their finances....not that it is impossible to implement.

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I'm not buying that.
By simply uttering the phrase "HD replay equipment provided courtesy of <insert-manufacturer's-name>", not only would the equipment be free, but the SEC would likely make money on top of it.

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You are correct. That is a marketing bonanza in the South. The truth is, the SEC & Mike Slive don't want it because it hurts their excuses in the games being rigged.

I was just thinking about that....don't they use the CBS when applicable anyway?

I don't see 2 sets of redundant cameras at games.

Hey Jeaux!!
This is just raising more red flags about the corruption in the SEC. The sports journalists are going to be all over this b.s.