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Maybe. But I would look for schools like Bama, UGA and LSU to schedule SoCal, UCLA etc. Because as viewership increases, so does the value of the media rights. Oh yeah. Thats the strategy.

They don't. And I didn't say they did. I said the SEC has a desire to create a product that ultimately does.

College football will still exist. Kids will still pull their team. It just won't be Pottsville.

Neither of your points are true. The NFL shook out in the 1950's and has a limited number of teams. It has done nothing but grow. As to team allegiances, that's also false. Since the new playoff system, most teams are fully eliminated but fan's adjusted by having two favorites now. Studies...

And why not? Classic marketing strategy. But would the SEC welcome Notre Dame? You bet. The most common view I'm familiar with is the formation of the Super Conference. There was an NCAA study group on that and Sankey has said conferences can do it far faster than the NCAA.

The NFL experience has proven just the opposite. Fan bevavior is being changed.

Do a Pareto on the money and it is highly concentrated. It is highly likely most teams will shakeout.

No, that's not the ONLY way.

I didn't say that. I said their strategy was to increase fan interest. There are multiple ways to do that, such as scheduling. The reality is that CFB is not as popular on the West Coast as it is elsewhere.

You’re thinking things stay at the conference level. It won’t. There will be a Super Conference eventually. And it will be outside of the NCAA.

No, they aren’t. The reality is there isn’t much a demand for Bowling Green vs Alcorn State. The best matchups. Thats the goal. Not any matchups.

He has stock phrases he uses, but in practice, he’s staying on point. The SEC will not add a team that does not add to its strategy. That’s why GT is of no interest to today’s SEC … the BIG has a different strategy. At least, for now. Interesting times.

You stated it earlier. And so has Sankey. They (CFB) will ultimately have to generate interest on the West Coast. The entire strategy has been to a) create the best possible matchups, b) increase interest is areas of the country that are not as mature as the Southeast (he specifically mentioned...

“A 16-team Southeastern Conference that includes Texas and Oklahoma would be such a financial powerhouse that its revenue quickly would become equivalent to the NCAA’s, a USA TODAY Sports analysis of conference and association financial records shows. However, based on the documents and...

Congratulations. You just described the SEC strategy. Sankey has been articulating this exact theme for the last few years.

That hasn’t been the case. Intra-conference games are the most watched games in the country. Once a fan‘s team has been eliminated (by the third week in September), fans move to their second favorite team which may still be in the running. Michigan–Ohio State (FOX) 17.1 million...

Doesn’t ESPN also get more games to broadcast? And more to stream?

You should be worried. The payments on the debt has been a big reason why Tech can’t afford spending in other areas, like better coaches, infrastructure maintenance, etc. GTAA has never done a good job managing money or putting in a process to raise it at scale. And with a smaller fan base...

Again, it’s simple math. If the costs drop faster than the loss of revenue, you drop it. For example, if I lose 40 million in revenue, but also lose $50 million in costs, annualized, then I’m ahead.

The Institute does not. The GTAA does.