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Media payout is not the whole source of revenue and media revenue is not
the only reason to field a FB team. Too often realignment discussions focus entirely on the FB W-L record and the TV view count. (Consider Rutgers, Missouri, UCLA) Why do the media companies care about viewership? They actually focus on how to serve their advertisers. Fox has supposedly told the B1G that they want Miami because they like the ad demographic in South Florida. Northwestern and Vanderbilt (and now GA Tech) are pure gold to advertisers. North Carolina and Virginia are coveted by both The B1G and The SEC because one has historical significance and the other has worldwide name recognition as college FB prepares to go global. Pylons will disagree, but college administrators care about the academic image of their conference as a whole and how it reflects on each schools image.
Realignment is far, far from over.
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SEC to hire Associate Commissioner of Football, I’m applying for the job!!!
-- Stech
Sep 16, 2025 at 02:28 PM ET
Stech
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09/16/25 02:28 PM ET
Could this be Step1 to move FB into a separate Conference with different
-- 33laszlo99
Sep 18, 2025 at 11:01 AM ET
33laszlo99
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09/18/25 11:01 AM ET
It would be extremely difficult to
-- Big12 guy
Sep 18, 2025 at 11:35 AM ET
Big12 guy
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09/18/25 11:35 AM ET
If ESPN is on board with a P1 it won't be that hard
-- Sunsetunderground
Sep 18, 2025 at 01:39 PM ET
Sunsetunderground
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09/18/25 01:39 PM ET
I'm not even thinking in terms of a P1. The SEC likes their compact
-- 33laszlo99
Sep 18, 2025 at 03:28 PM ET
33laszlo99
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09/18/25 03:28 PM ET
The SEC added Texas and Oklahoma. Drop the mike, there
-- Big12 guy
Sep 18, 2025 at 04:11 PM ET
Big12 guy
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09/18/25 04:11 PM ET
" zero reason to expand at this point " Really?**
-- 33laszlo99
Sep 18, 2025 at 04:47 PM ET
33laszlo99
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09/18/25 04:47 PM ET
Ya - tell me which school or schools would increase their
-- Big12 guy
Sep 18, 2025 at 04:49 PM ET
Big12 guy
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09/18/25 04:49 PM ET
Media payout is not the whole source of revenue and media revenue is not
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-- 33laszlo99
Sep 18, 2025 at 05:20 PM ET
33laszlo99
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09/18/25 05:20 PM ET
OK, I'll agree with most of that, and obviously, there are
-- Big12 guy
Sep 18, 2025 at 05:22 PM ET
Big12 guy
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09/18/25 05:22 PM ET
Maybe the new member takes the lower pay.
-- 33laszlo99
Sep 19, 2025 at 01:17 PM ET
33laszlo99
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09/19/25 01:17 PM ET
If you are a power school not included, it sounds
-- Big12 guy
Sep 18, 2025 at 02:45 PM ET
Big12 guy
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09/18/25 02:45 PM ET
Good question, could this be step to a P1? Could VT having a 🏈 GM ➡️ Prez
-- Stech
Sep 18, 2025 at 11:22 AM ET
Stech
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09/18/25 11:22 AM ET
I hope you at least get an interview **
-- HokiesACC2004
Sep 17, 2025 at 05:33 AM ET
HokiesACC2004
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09/17/25 05:33 AM ET
Hardest job Sankey had to do was convincing the lower end members
-- HouClone
Sep 16, 2025 at 02:37 PM ET
HouClone
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09/16/25 02:37 PM ET
SEC should just forget about 9 games and go straight to 10 games. Then
-- VTHokie2000
Sep 16, 2025 at 03:59 PM ET
VTHokie2000
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09/16/25 03:59 PM ET