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<blockquote data-quote="Techster" data-source="post: 881818" data-attributes="member: 360"><p>Thanks for the input [USER=1682]@stinger 1957[/USER] . </p><p></p><p>The chances of SEC inviting GT for "defensive" purposes isn't as big as B1G pushing for GT. However, given the history of our decision makers choosing the wrong door...well, let's just say I hope the SEC isn't an option if the B1G is also a choice.</p><p></p><p>I was down on the B1G coming back around to GT, but I keep thinking of this chart from several years ago:</p><p></p><p>[URL unfurl="true"]https://frankthetank.org/2018/05/18/oh-the-places-youll-go-where-big-ten-graduates-live-and-conference-realignment/[/URL]</p><p></p><p>GT and Miami are the only schools in the South that register on that chart at an appreciable level. Atlanta and South Florida are also the two biggest regions B1G population is migrating towards. If you read the tea leaves of the schools being invited (UCLA/USC - LA Market), and were invited (Maryland - Baltimore/DC, Rutgers - NY/NJ, Penn State - Pittsburgh/Philly) all those markets not only have a large alumni base, but are also large media markets. According to that chart, Atlanta has a larger B1G alumni base than most B1G member states.</p><p></p><p>If anyone wants to feel hopeful about GT and B1G, that's the key. We're in a large media market, with a large B1G almuni base, and we also have one of the most fertile recruiting territories...oh, it also helps Atlanta is in the heart of SEC country.</p><p></p><p>If anyone has been reading the tea leaves the past couple of years, NONE of this is shocking. It's all been put out there by various media members who are reliable source. This is what I wrote in another thread almost exactly a year ago:</p><p></p><p>[URL unfurl="true"]https://gtswarm.com/threads/expansion-talk-2021.23535/page-19[/URL]</p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>It's funny to go through that thread now because there a LOT of people who think big business is happy with the status quo. National level conferences with 20-30 teams is just a pipe dream. </p><p></p><p>College sports is BIG business. FOX and ESPN are gonna do what's best for them. B1G and SEC are going to do what's best for them. GT would be smart to do what's best for us. Like I said in that thread, it doesn't take a genius to see where all of this is headed. Conferences are going national level, and college SAs will get paid. Schools and fans either accept it and try to position ourselves in the best way possible, or go the way of the Ivy Leagues.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Techster, post: 881818, member: 360"] Thanks for the input [USER=1682]@stinger 1957[/USER] . The chances of SEC inviting GT for "defensive" purposes isn't as big as B1G pushing for GT. However, given the history of our decision makers choosing the wrong door...well, let's just say I hope the SEC isn't an option if the B1G is also a choice. I was down on the B1G coming back around to GT, but I keep thinking of this chart from several years ago: [URL unfurl="true"]https://frankthetank.org/2018/05/18/oh-the-places-youll-go-where-big-ten-graduates-live-and-conference-realignment/[/URL] GT and Miami are the only schools in the South that register on that chart at an appreciable level. Atlanta and South Florida are also the two biggest regions B1G population is migrating towards. If you read the tea leaves of the schools being invited (UCLA/USC - LA Market), and were invited (Maryland - Baltimore/DC, Rutgers - NY/NJ, Penn State - Pittsburgh/Philly) all those markets not only have a large alumni base, but are also large media markets. According to that chart, Atlanta has a larger B1G alumni base than most B1G member states. If anyone wants to feel hopeful about GT and B1G, that's the key. We're in a large media market, with a large B1G almuni base, and we also have one of the most fertile recruiting territories...oh, it also helps Atlanta is in the heart of SEC country. If anyone has been reading the tea leaves the past couple of years, NONE of this is shocking. It's all been put out there by various media members who are reliable source. This is what I wrote in another thread almost exactly a year ago: [URL unfurl="true"]https://gtswarm.com/threads/expansion-talk-2021.23535/page-19[/URL] It's funny to go through that thread now because there a LOT of people who think big business is happy with the status quo. National level conferences with 20-30 teams is just a pipe dream. College sports is BIG business. FOX and ESPN are gonna do what's best for them. B1G and SEC are going to do what's best for them. GT would be smart to do what's best for us. Like I said in that thread, it doesn't take a genius to see where all of this is headed. Conferences are going national level, and college SAs will get paid. Schools and fans either accept it and try to position ourselves in the best way possible, or go the way of the Ivy Leagues. [/QUOTE]
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