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I don't understand the move beyond 16
Texas was a no brainer. Notre Dame would be a no brainer. Both add so much revenue that they grow the pie even with 16 or more members. Presumably USC and UCLA deliver enough subscribers of the Big ten Network in the second biggest TV market to grow the pie. I'm not convinced there's that many college football fans and Los Angeles but Fox is pushing this so they must know what they're talking about.
But beyond the recent moves, NONE of the other speculated moves make financial sense. Oregon/Washington to the Big Ten don't grow the pie. The pie is too damn big. Clemson/FSU to the sec doesn't grow the pie. It's already too big.
Maybe the goal is to kill the competition, but eventually you get political opposition.
I don't think the ACC is dead yet
Posted: 07/04/2022 at 12:31 AM ET
Thread Replies (19)
I don't understand the move beyond 16
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-- SpeakToDamien
Jul 04, 2022 at 12:31 AM ET
SpeakToDamien
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07/04/22 12:31 AM ET
Right now most people are discussing this topic with the assumption that
-- VTHokie2000
Jul 04, 2022 at 02:11 PM ET
VTHokie2000
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07/04/22 02:11 PM ET
Killing the competition is a goal IMHO
-- VTCALS72
Jul 04, 2022 at 09:19 AM ET
VTCALS72
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07/04/22 09:19 AM ET
Respectfully disagree...
-- jesuisvtguy
Jul 04, 2022 at 12:44 PM ET
jesuisvtguy
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07/04/22 12:44 PM ET
Short term, yes. Long term, definitely not...
-- jesuisvtguy
Jul 04, 2022 at 02:26 PM ET
jesuisvtguy
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07/04/22 02:26 PM ET
If it ends with the la schools I’d expect the state legislature get into it
-- Truthahn
Jul 04, 2022 at 09:41 AM ET
Truthahn
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07/04/22 09:41 AM ET
The oddest part of this whole thing is the apparent "kill the competition".
-- cincyhokie
Jul 04, 2022 at 08:41 AM ET
cincyhokie
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07/04/22 08:41 AM ET
If the goal is to kill the competition, that is self destructive because
-- wwhokie1
Jul 04, 2022 at 09:01 AM ET
wwhokie1
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07/04/22 09:01 AM ET
Killing the competition by excuding some teams...
-- HokieJack
Jul 04, 2022 at 04:45 PM ET
HokieJack
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07/04/22 04:45 PM ET
Such self-destructiveness was famously published in writings from 1867-1894**
-- Synaesthesia
Jul 04, 2022 at 11:06 AM ET
Synaesthesia
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07/04/22 11:06 AM ET
I’d watch SEC over ACC/Pac12 all day every day
-- VaPoly07
Jul 04, 2022 at 10:06 AM ET
VaPoly07
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07/04/22 10:06 AM ET
I personally don't really enjoy SEC football. I don't care about any of the
-- cincyhokie
Jul 04, 2022 at 04:02 PM ET
cincyhokie
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07/04/22 04:02 PM ET
I've been forced to pay for the SECN on Cox since they first started...
-- EDGEMAN
Jul 04, 2022 at 12:45 PM ET
EDGEMAN
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07/04/22 12:45 PM ET
I think big media is betting that doesn't happen and
-- VTCALS72
Jul 04, 2022 at 09:22 AM ET
VTCALS72
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07/04/22 09:22 AM ET
Collateral damage and new viewers
-- Colonel Jessup
Jul 04, 2022 at 09:20 AM ET
Colonel Jessup
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07/04/22 09:20 AM ET
I'm not sure pissing off a sizable chuck of your loyal customers is a way
-- Maroon Baboon
Jul 04, 2022 at 10:18 AM ET
Maroon Baboon
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07/04/22 10:18 AM ET
I think you answered your own question
-- obguthr
Jul 04, 2022 at 07:30 AM ET
obguthr
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07/04/22 07:30 AM ET
Its not a numbers game, it's a dollars game, and that's why VT is out**
-- 133743Hokie
Jul 04, 2022 at 09:29 AM ET
133743Hokie
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07/04/22 09:29 AM ET