B'ham station says Oklahoma petitions SEC

[golfballs]

i'd be willing to bet that the big 10 has larger media markets and therefore is on more cable networks with more subscribers. they dont' neccasarily have to watch the games, but as long as the local cable companies feel obligated to have your network you will drive a lot of revenue. this is the same theory behind why the pac-16 woudl generate a bunch of money.

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[BJSforVols]

i'd be willing to bet that the big 10 has larger media markets and therefore is on more cable networks with more subscribers. they dont' neccasarily have to watch the games, but as long as the local cable companies feel obligated to have your network you will drive a lot of revenue. this is the same theory behind why the pac-16 woudl generate a bunch of money.

We're saying the same thing. The only thing I disagree with you is the Pac 16 comment. They would have to get their own network in order to get the revenue since the SEC already has the ESPN contract for 15 years. That may be something they do though.

 

[droski]

We're saying the same thing. The only thing I disagree with you is the Pac 16 comment. They would have to get their own network in order to get the revenue since the SEC already has the ESPN contract for 15 years. That may be something they do though.

if the pac-16 happens the network will be launched very soon after.

 

[justingroves]

if the pac-16 happens the network will be launched very soon after.

Not going to lie, I'll pay for a subscription

 

[droski]

Not going to lie, I'll pay for a subscription

hell i watch the big-10 network fairly often and i coudl care less about those teams. you see a upset highlight on espn and go "wow let me check out the 4th quarter"

 

[mrredskin]

hell i watch the big-10 network fairly often and i coudl care less about those teams. you see a upset highlight on espn and go "wow let me check out the 4th quarter"

exactly why having mlb extra innings was nice for strasburg's debut this past week! that and being able to stay up and see about 40 dodgers games before bed time :/

 

[volmanbill]

exactly why having mlb extra innings was nice for strasburg's debut this past week! that and being able to stay up and see about 40 dodgers games before bed time :/

I don't know if it was nationwide but I had that game for free even though I don't have the package. What a performance.

 

[NeylandArmy]

Isn't the ultimately about TV viewers for each conference--and they way you do that is to expand your conference's geographic footprint and gain new markets and viewers. Look at the Big 10: Syracuse is terrible and Rutgers mediocre at best--and yet that conference seems interested in those schools because they could bring with them a lot of East Coast TV viewers. Clemson and VA Tech have good football programs, but they bring very little to the table from a TV perspective--Clemson is in a state where everybody already watches SEC football, and Va. Tech is the Miss. State of the ACC--stuck in a remote location. Missouri would be a much better pickup for the SEC, IMO, than Clemson--but then I hate Clemson. Clemson is like Arkansas, IMO: The SEC added Arky last time it expanded, and while Arky has a respectable football program, I would argue that it brings very little to the table otherwise.

this....As much as we as fans would love for the expansion talks to be about improving the product, it simply is not. All of this is about money. The driving force behind college football and sports has everything to do with television. The more people that your product can reach, the more valuable your product is. It really is as simple as that. I don't like it one bit, but reality is reality. Money talks.

 

[tri_vol]

VT is not pulling the elite players out of Hampton Roads. And there is a very good backing for UVA and other schools around here

PJ, You certainly follow recruiting more than I do but I was under the impression that Beamer's bread and butter for recruits was DC/Maryland, Hampton Roads and NC.

I know he likes to coach up players so is he pulling mainly second level guys? Who is getting the top players from there?