Got Long Covid and bored to death , so thought I would check out the longest and shortest t rips under the new alignment

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When the tweets went out from the Softball players a few days talking about mental health concerns and long trips, I immediately thought “uh… how far is it from Tucson or Tempe or LA to Seattle or Pullman?” It’s not like 3hr+ flights will be a new thing in the PAC-whatever.
 
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GAVol said:
When the tweets went out from the Softball players a few days talking about mental health concerns and long trips, I immediately thought “uh… how far is it from Tucson or Tempe or LA to Seattle or Pullman?” It’s not like 3hr+ flights will be a new thing in the PAC-whatever.
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I think they are mostly upset that all the realignment is driven by football/men's basketball and not their sport, and so they don't get any kind of a say in it. Kind of a blow to the ego, "this isn't fair!!!" thing. If it makes them feel any better, football and men's basketball players didn't get a say in it either.
 
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This got me thinking. What is every SEC's schools closest conference school? I noted my assumption when wrong with parentheses.
This is all as the bird flys, which will be different than above.

Alabama: Starkville is 74 miles
Arkansas: Norman is 194 miles
Auburn: Tuscaloosa 127 miles
Florida: Auburn 277 miles
Georgia: Columbia SC is 133 miles
Kentucky: Knoxville is 148 miles (Nashville is 181 miles)
LSU: Starkville is 249 miles
Mississippi State: Tuscaloosa is 74 miles (Oxford is 75 miles)
Missouri: Fayetville is 224 miles
Oklahoma: Fayetville is 194 miles
Ole Miss: Starkville is 75 miles
South Carolina; Athens is 133 miles
Tennessee: Athens is 141 miles (Lexington is 148)
Texas: College Station is 89 miles
Texas A&M: Austin is 89 miles.
Vanderbilt: Knoxville is 161 miles

Average is: 148 miles.
Florida is the furthest away, LSU and Missouri aren't much better.
Starkville is the most common closest school. 3/16

Alabama: Austin is 632 miles
Arkansas: Gainesville is 818 miles
Auburn: Austin 741 miles
Florida: Norman 961 miles
Georgia: Austin is 881 miles
Kentucky: Austin is 925
LSU: Lexington is 650 miles, (Columbia SC is 643)
Mississippi State: Austin 568
Missouri: Gainesville is 861 miles
Oklahoma: Gainesville is 961 miles
Ole Miss: Austin is 556 miles
South Carolina; Austin is 1012 miles
Tennessee: Austin is 893 miles
Texas: Columbia SC is 1012 miles
Texas A&M: Columbia SC is 923 miles.
Vanderbilt: Austin is 753 miles

Average: 821 miles.
Austin is the most common furthest away 9/16.
The Mississippi Schools are the most central.
 
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Travel budgets be damned! Money losing programs/schools are gonna take in the shorts. Just not enough revenue pie for everyone at the buffet. The rich will get richer and well to heck with the poor.
 
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WillisWG said:
Travel budgets be damned! Money losing programs/schools are gonna take in the shorts. Just not enough revenue pie for everyone at the buffet. The rich will get richer and well to heck with the poor.
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Pretty sure football and basketball have always been the only programs that made money, so not sure how this changes the dynamic.
 
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GAVol said:
When the tweets went out from the Softball players a few days talking about mental health concerns and long trips, I immediately thought “uh… how far is it from Tucson or Tempe or LA to Seattle or Pullman?” It’s not like 3hr+ flights will be a new thing in the PAC-whatever.
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Football and basketball probably fly charter most of the time which isn't bad, direct flights, schedule as needed for leave/return. The rest of the teams probably fly commercial for most trips, where some of these schools are that could mean a couple connections, layovers and several added hours. Not to mention being tied to the airline schedule, rainouts and other event delays might mean spending an extra night.
 
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hog88 said:
Football and basketball probably fly charter most of the time which isn't bad, direct flights, schedule as needed for leave/return. The rest of the teams probably fly commercial for most trips, where some of these schools are that could mean a couple connections, layovers and several added hours. Not to mention being tied to the airline schedule, rainouts and other event delays might mean spending an extra night.
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Good point.
It's yet another reason why football should just be treated as a different animal. The top 64 teams should probably get under one NFL style system and let the other sports deal in smaller conference affiliations.
 
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Savannahbayvol said:
Seattle to Rutgers- 2848 miles
LA to Rutgers 2754 mikes
BYU to WVU- 1928 miles
Miami Boston 1496 miles
Norman to Columbia 1075 miles

And the shortest
Chapel Hill to Durham 11.3 miles
Westwood to LA Colosseum 15.1

Conference games only and didn't count Hawaii
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Miles is one thing BUT commercial flight time including layovers is a whole different thing….
 
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Savannahbayvol said:
Seattle to Rutgers- 2848 miles
LA to Rutgers 2754 mikes
BYU to WVU- 1928 miles
Miami Boston 1496 miles
Norman to Columbia 1075 miles

And the shortest
Chapel Hill to Durham 11.3 miles
Westwood to LA Colosseum 15.1

Conference games only and didn't count Hawaii
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Might be worth buying a ticket for when BYU and WVU play at either location just to see the culture shock.
 
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hog88 said:
Football and basketball probably fly charter most of the time which isn't bad, direct flights, schedule as needed for leave/return. The rest of the teams probably fly commercial for most trips, where some of these schools are that could mean a couple connections, layovers and several added hours. Not to mention being tied to the airline schedule, rainouts and other event delays might mean spending an extra night.
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Wow, I didn't think about all those other fringe sports having to travel such distances. What will that cost? They lose enough $ already... This whole deal is nuts, I tell you. NUTS.
 
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GAVol said:
When the tweets went out from the Softball players a few days talking about mental health concerns and long trips, I immediately thought “uh… how far is it from Tucson or Tempe or LA to Seattle or Pullman?” It’s not like 3hr+ flights will be a new thing in the PAC-whatever.
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Not trying to be an *** with this question, seriously wondering: What are the mental health concerns related to longer travel times? Does anyone know?
 
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BlinghamptonVol said:
Not trying to be an *** with this question, seriously wondering: What are the mental health concerns related to longer travel times? Does anyone know?
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Pro teams do it day in and day out, year in and year out. I'm not sure there's a psych issue, especially for college kids who can fall asleep on a pile of books, dirty laundry, and pizza crust in about 45 seconds.
 
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BlinghamptonVol said:
Not trying to be an *** with this question, seriously wondering: What are the mental health concerns related to longer travel times? Does anyone know?
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Great question. I know a little since my former wife was a Delta FA.

The student-athletes won't fly enough coast to coast to effect them. Obviously the most difficult is west to east such as UCLA to Rutgers.

Older FAs an be affected if they fly a lot of US-Europe and US-Asia flights. Multiple time zone crossing eventually catch up with you.
 
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BlinghamptonVol said:
Not trying to be an *** with this question, seriously wondering: What are the mental health concerns related to longer travel times? Does anyone know?
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1. It could "just" be being tired. Extra travel =extra wear and tear and less productive recovering time.
2. Being away for so long/often could lead to issues especially if the kid is introverted, home sick already, or dealing with other things. The constant disruptions cant be easy. Hard to have friends outside sports or keep a normal life you have multiple trips that are multiple days each during your season. Could just be losing that extra travel time especially with the noted layovers.
3. I think most sports outside of the big two only give partial scholarships. So there is extra financial drain on them. As well as just not having as many resources to pull from.
4. There may be some of the disinterest that evolves for the players just like it does for the fans. Why do they care about having to fly 2000 miles to go play Rutgers? They may also lose the rivalries they have which can matter, it's a pretty big inspiration to beat your rivals. But if it's just another team on the opposite coast you may not care as much. Especially for the schools moving into a conference it's pretty much all new and some may not care.
5. Jet lag is rough on everyone. And if these trips are going from bus trips and maybe one time zone difference, to flying across three times zones that constant adjustment makes it difficult/impossible to keep a regular schedule these guys are used to.
 
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