In that case I'm a No vote. Adding 3 more schools that no other conference wants just makes it harder to win votes in future years. I think it's worth $2M to $8M per year for a few more years (especially if it's closer to 2 than 8) to keep the power.
I have to agree. It's posturing. Any conference has no real reason to have members separated by three time zones and two mountain ranges unless they have a complete rebranding, starting with their name. The Atlantic Coast Conference with members in Texas and California?
When the time comes, SEC primary targets will be FSU, Clemson, North Carolina and one of the Virginia schools. Backup plan will be Miami, NC State and the other Virginia school. BC, Louisville, GA Tech, Duke and Wake won't make the cut.
GT gave the SEC the middle figure when they left. They burned their bridge. That was probably one of the biggest blunders in history since Hitler declared war on the United States.
God forbid a kid who works hard at a sport that isn’t football gets a chance to compete in college.
That was 60 years ago. I'm not even sure (and kind of doubt) that anybody that was a president, AD, or even a board member at any of those schools is still alive and, even if they are, I doubt they're the still in any sort of position of power at those individual institutions. We've had 6 conference commissioners since then.
This is a fair point, but you can counter with the fact that not many people care about those sports. So - if there's no real market for it, why have it? Same with jobs.
It's really a very sad time. I get that everyone's chasing the money, but I think losing the regional conferences is a bad thing for college football. I'd much rather go back to 6 major conferences of 10-12 teams each (before the ACC killed the Big East) with everyone playing 8 conference games plus 2 P6 non-conference games.
Because the job of colleges is supposed to be to make kids ready for the real world. going to college while having to practice your *** off for a sport teaches a level of responsibility I wish I had learned. I have zero issue with the fact that football is how the sausage gets made. But cancelling other sports in this ridiculous arms race is just insanity. It spits in the face of what college is supposed to be.
There has to be a balance of realism and idealism. The reality of college sports now is that even the athletes in those lesser sports get steered away from hard majors (which are generally the useful ones). The coaches are looking out for themselves and that means winning, which means endless practice and minimization of actual school. So this contributes to the problem as well, because track/etc. athletes put in as much time as football.
Drive?
If they can afford to go to Miami, I assume they can afford to fly. Your point stands though. Reducing the number of drivable away destinations from your schedule doesn't do anybody any good and takes away some of what makes college football college football.
Agree about the SEC. Every move it’s made makes sense (even Missouri). I think long term, the SEC is much better positioned than the Big 10.
This is one thing that may end up saving college sports, at least for the SEC. If we expand, which we will, and if we remain the dominant conference, which we will, you could almost be like 'well the SEC is the only conference that matters'. And that might be true, which would not be a good thing. For example, having over 50% SEC teams in the CWS or playoffs isn't good for the game. Sure it's probably fair but still not a good thing.
All of the Georgia Tech has to offer is completely sewing up all of Atlanta's TV CFB viewership.
I chose the first weekend that came to mind.
Here is Sep 22 & 23 for their home game against Arizona… a conference game. Same ballpark as what Eagle posted.
I chose the first weekend that came to mind.
Eh. Airline flight issues will be less worrisome than you think.
Miami has MIA & FLL
The Bay Area has SFO, SJC, & OAK
This ain’t GTR.
ETA: I don’t know about you but I’d gladly pay $100 more to save so much time. I bet the four other kids would do the same.
I’ve heard the same about Frontier.
Yep, you're not wrong. I just checked Birmingham and Memphis to San Fran on those same dates and they start at about $500.
