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reestuart
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is VA really as valuable as people want to think? The Big Ten is already

in DC. What's at stake now? Richmond? Tidewater? I think NC is still pretty valuable, but I'm not positive on VA. Neither VT or UVa are going to enhance any conference TV money enough to justify a move.
Posted: 07/21/2022 at 08:55 AM ET
(In response to this post by LocalExperts)

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the next round will be a fight between the Big 10 and SEC for VA/NC 2 FLA
LocalExperts • 07/20/22 09:08 PM ET
is VA really as valuable as people want to think? The Big Ten is already ◄
reestuart • 07/21/22 08:55 AM ET
But they don't "own" DC
VTCALS72 • 07/21/22 04:34 PM ET
Maryland is not that popular in the northern Virginia DC area.**
BNOMO • 07/23/22 10:56 AM ET
Excuse me you dont know DC
Mercury • 07/21/22 04:37 PM ET
and zerp NOVA HS kids go to VT
LocalExperts • 07/21/22 06:17 PM ET
It is not like VT has a campus close to DC
LocalExperts • 07/21/22 06:16 PM ET
This is not about DC, it is about Virginia**
LocalExperts • 07/21/22 04:23 PM ET
Hey when you say DC you are saying the entire DC region of MD, DC and VA
Mercury • 07/21/22 04:39 PM ET
People talk as if everyone in VA only watch ACC
Colonel Jessup • 07/21/22 10:11 AM ET
Do you know, the Big 10
LocalExperts • 07/21/22 01:12 PM ET
yeah, that's what I think. There are plenty of VT/UVa fans, but it doesn't
reestuart • 07/21/22 12:30 PM ET
Markets dont matter as much as the use to. Yes, they still factor in but
133193Hokie • 07/21/22 10:07 AM ET
More than Missisippi, Alabama, LA, SC
LocalExperts • 07/21/22 09:55 AM ET
difference is the schools in those states have very loyal followings.
reestuart • 07/21/22 12:31 PM ET
I ran marketing for
LocalExperts • 07/21/22 06:22 PM ET
I have lived in Richmind, Northern Neck, Hampton Roads, and Loudoun County
LocalExperts • 07/21/22 04:25 PM ET
As more kids chooae VT
LocalExperts • 07/21/22 04:22 PM ET
NY times showed VT dominating the state minus charottesville and aereas
LocalExperts • 07/21/22 04:21 PM ET
number 2 this year for business
LocalExperts • 07/21/22 09:54 AM ET
yes, and the people moving in are from out of state and don't care about
reestuart • 07/21/22 12:32 PM ET
Until they have kids that go there**
LocalExperts • 07/21/22 06:15 PM ET
Are you from northern va
Mercury • 07/21/22 01:20 PM ET
How many did VT draw last time they played at Fedex?
reestuart • 07/21/22 02:03 PM ET
1.3 million watch vt each week on tv. way more than UVA and MD. Not all DC.
LocalExperts • 07/21/22 09:50 PM ET
doh! Forgot about WVU, but it's not as though that was all VT fans.
reestuart • 07/21/22 02:11 PM ET
Not sure the money really matters much
Pylons • 07/21/22 10:44 AM ET
12th most populous state in the Union.
hokieball • 07/21/22 09:14 AM ET
I can't see the SEC going west of Texas and into the Midwest, so that ...
Old Line Hokie • 07/20/22 11:16 PM ET
i can see VT, UVa, UNC, NC St, FSU, Clemson for the SEC
VTejrep • 07/25/22 09:52 AM ET
I can see Kansas as a pick up potential for both the SEC and B1G**
133193Hokie • 07/21/22 10:08 AM ET
This is almost verbatim what I posted yesterday.
hokieball • 07/21/22 09:21 AM ET
If the SEC was interested in more power basketball, they would have...
EDGEMAN • 07/21/22 09:26 AM ET
For some odd reason, I don't see the SEC acquiring P10 schools, or...
EDGEMAN • 07/21/22 07:26 AM ET
Few Years Away
WarHog38 • 07/20/22 09:54 PM ET