The Reactive SEC: FAIL

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The strongest Fortune 500 companies in the world NEVER stand still. In the business world, staying put and standing still are the same as regressing and moving backwards. The Power Conference of NCAA sports, THE SEC, should assume the same mantra. The reactive response by the SEC, while other conferences are so blatantly trying to catch up to the level of competetion and revenue that the SEC possesses is unacceptable. Many have said no matter what teams the Pac 10 or the Big 10 or any other conference add, the SEC will still be dominate. I take extreme offense to that and from a business standpoint, from a sports fan standpoint, nothing could be further from the truth. Standing still at a time like this is the worst thing that could be done--and being reactive after moves begin to fall is a very, VERY close second!

The SEC must see the writing on the wall and take a proactive and preemptive approach to expansion if we are to continue the dominance in all areas.
 
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The strongest Fortune 500 companies would also have info locked down so tight that the average Joe would have no idea what they were doing.
 
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volmanbill said:
The strongest Fortune 500 companies would also have info locked down so tight that the average Joe would have no idea what they were doing.
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Just as it has been with the SEC though out all of this. Absolutely nothing was or is know....
 
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So...Texas pulls a Jimmy Sexton on the Pac 10 and all of the sudden the SEC isn't proactive.
 
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SEC has had expansion talks for months. Why do you think GT and Bama cancelled their games?
 
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Call it what you want (or don't) but Texas had every intention of going to the Pac-10...and taking some power with it. TX, OU, USC, Oregon in a conference with many good mid-level teams would compete with Ala, FL, LSU, TN and the rest of the SEC. So yes, very reactive. At the first mention of this happening (which has been discussed for over a year now as a possibility), the SEC sat on it.
 
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no one really knew what was going on behind closed doors when the talks were going on so who can really make the assumption that the sec was not that involved unless you were a real insider to the whole situation.

things are fine for right now. if the pac 10 was to expand to 16 teams then i would be concerned, but that didn't happen....at least not for now. the sec is fine as is at the moment.
 
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The SEC and Slive aren't just sitting around doing nothing. Just because we don't hear every little detail doesn't mean they aren't doing anything. Slive isn't going to let the SEC drop to second place.
 
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you could put 24 teams in the pac 10 and the sec would still hold its own, imo .... recent history doesn't suggest anything different ... now if only UT can get back to being one of those SEC enforcers .......
 
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I am fairly sure A&M and Oklahoma were coming but for the Texas pull back. Most likely Texas would have been forced to come to the SEC as well to keep the rivalries.
Since they weren't calling the tune, they pulled back.

I think Slive did a very nice job here.He def screwed up the Pac 10's plans and maybe put off ND to the big Ten as well.

Now I think he will be renegotiating the TV contract. that's what i would do.
 
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So the SEC fails because the PAC10 added powerhouse Colorado and the Big10 added Nebraska? The SEC is still by far the best conference in CFB. No change is needed.
 
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DocVol said:
The strongest Fortune 500 companies in the world NEVER stand still. In the business world, staying put and standing still are the same as regressing and moving backwards. The Power Conference of NCAA sports, THE SEC, should assume the same mantra. The reactive response by the SEC, while other conferences are so blatantly trying to catch up to the level of competetion and revenue that the SEC possesses is unacceptable. Many have said no matter what teams the Pac 10 or the Big 10 or any other
conference add, the SEC will still be
dominate. I take extreme offense to that and
from a business standpoint, from a sports
fan standpoint, nothing could be further from
the truth. Standing still at a time like this is
the worst thing that could be done--and
being reactive after moves begin to fall is a
very, VERY close second!



Lol@ u. You drama queen.

The SEC must see the writing on the wall and take a proactive and preemptive approach to expansion if we are to continue the dominance in all areas.
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DocVol said:
Call it what you want (or don't) but Texas had every intention of going to the Pac-10...and taking some power with it. TX, OU, USC, Oregon in a conference with many good mid-level teams would compete with Ala, FL, LSU, TN and the rest of the SEC. So yes, very reactive. At the first mention of this happening (which has been discussed for over a year now as a possibility), the SEC sat on it.
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A business can also make mistakes anticipating a trend and take steps that turn out negative when the trend doesn't develop.
 
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I think the SEC is open to further expansion--but a lot of people are asking a legit question: What actually are the benefits of having a handful of super-conferences? Good thing, bad thing? I say bad thing--too cumbersome, too many scheduling issues, regional nature of current conferences will be sacrificed. More to the point, while there is instability out west, there isn't east of the mississippi: I don't see a lot of schools eager to move. The SEC would want to add good programs--and those schools that might appeal don't seem too interested at the moment.
 
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