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Better? Meh. Tech 60 years ago was 1964. Still a great program but … withdrawing from the SEC. And before integration which dramatically changed college football. Was Tech ready for that? No. Almost every player and team captain I’ve spoken to HATES the new system. Why? Nobody plays for...

Who is talking about the media contract? I’m not. I’m specifically talking about viewership. Multiple times in fact. Schools don’t negotiate media contracts, conferences do. There’s a lawsuit over the ACC contract, perhaps you’ve read about it? Yes, I DID make the declaration because I DID...

F-buzz, you know how to use Excel don’t you? Create a spreadsheet, go to Sports Media, and create a table. You can do that can’t you? I won’t insult you as you did me, but create a table. Use the Sort function. If you don’t know how, PM me. Oh, and … I specifically stated you won’t see programs...

Please refer to the Pareto Principle. Viewership among the Top 30 (and the media rights derived thereof) dwarf those outside the Top 30. It’s not even debatable.

We do it because we're objective. Two percent IS niche. Don't like the word? Invent a new one.

Because you refuse to look at the data. It’s pretty clear that Tech, or most any of the ACC programs outside of FSU or Clemson pale in comparison when discussing average Nielsen viewership, which drives media right values. It certainly explains why the ACC receives far less by comparison. Let...

I never mentioned dollars, only referred to ratings. Georgia Tech is does not crack the Top 30 programs in the country in terms of viewership, nor does it crack the 2M mark. So, that means, by definition ... they are not in the Majority of most watched programs which means they must be in the...

It’s just math. GT does not have kind of viewership that other schools with larger fan bases do. The data speaks for itself.

I disagree. He introduced Taurus as his example of what improvement looks like. So I looked at how much Taurus improved. It improved a lot. Applicable to the ACC? No. The ACC is third. “Improving” means increasing at someone else’s expense. The driver of virtually everything in CFB today is...

I did turnarounds for a living. While you can greatly improve prospects and profitability, it’s rare to become the market leader in a mature industry. So I disagree with you, plain and simple. As to Taurus, you introduced the example. Not me.

There's two different dynamics at work. Basketball took root in the Carolinas much like football did in the rest of the South. For decades, the ACC developed basketball and Bama, LSU, etc developed football. The problem is that football benefits from scale and barriers to entry whereas the...

There is an inverse relationship between attendance (and fanbase size) and urban schools. The more urban, the smaller the fanbase. That's NCAA statistics.

Mostly true. Small fanbases lead to niche viewership.

No, you put out a hypothetical that "it could happen". Sure, it could. Is it likely? No. In fact, I put the odds of it happening at zero. But I have no idea what your position is. You say it's possible but then immediately walked it back. So, what's the point? Do you think the ACC is going to...

"In 2020, 41% of all the revolvers sold in the US were Taurus brand revolvers and, in 2021, it is estimated that this market share has reached 61%. " Is it your premise that the ACC can achieve 61% of the CFB market? Good luck.

Warren Buffett: "When a great leader meets a poor business, it's the reputation of the business that remains intact." The ACC has had poor economics for decades.

You could put Greg Sankey in charge of the ACC and it wouldn’t change much. The simple fact is that the ACC, by comparison, doesn’t have the fanbase or institutional support that other conferences do. Until schools decide that athletics are important, there won’t be a lot of progress.

Not entirely true. When GT joined the ACC is was pretty much an 8 team basketball conference. It’s No 3 in P5 football, doubled in size, and added FSU and Miami with the expectation they would continue to win. Both collapsed. I’m not an ACC devotee, but to say they have done nothing isn’t...

Read forensicbuzz’s comment. He states there’s good, better, best in a conference, even Mississippi State, to use your example … is making bank by being an SEC member. And they have a helluva record in baseball,

Does it really matter? 80,000+ each week in attendance, millions in media …