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<blockquote data-quote="Techster" data-source="post: 947861" data-attributes="member: 360"><p>It doesn't take a genius to figure out where this is all going for the B1G. B1G presidents (and commissioners) change, but I highly doubt the master plan for the B1G conference changes. Target schools may change due to rapidly changing regional population shifts, but the overall plan ex commissioner Kevin Warren put into motion seems to be on track: Acquire schools in large media markets where there's also a professional sports presence. HIring the new B1G commissioner who is proficient in sports media and media properties just affirms it. NU president saying those things wasn't done in a vacuum...as I'm sure he's repeating what he's either seen or heard himself. No one makes a statement like that out of the blue.</p><p></p><p>Before that article, no one from the B1G would mention the word "national" with the conference. You really have to have blinders on at this point to deny B1G has national aspirations. The only two regions the B1G lacks now is the Southwest and Southeast. The only "properties" worth taking in the Southwest is Texas, and both major TX schools (UTexas and TAMU) are in the SEC. The only thing preventing the B1G acquiring property in the Southeast is the ACC's GOR. Practically everyone understands that if not for the GOR (and GT's short sightedness), B1G would be in the South already.</p><p></p><p>IMO, if GT had said "Yes" to the B1G a decade ago, I'm sure it would have been more than just GT in the B1G from the ACC Southeast. Maybe I'm overplaying GT's importance, but I think it was a masterstroke by Swofford to convince GT to remain in the ACC. ACC kept their largest media market thus ability to extract more media $$$ in their next negotiations (which was ultimately bungled by the detrimentally long GOR). The only party that didn't understand GT's worth was GT's decision makers.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Techster, post: 947861, member: 360"] It doesn't take a genius to figure out where this is all going for the B1G. B1G presidents (and commissioners) change, but I highly doubt the master plan for the B1G conference changes. Target schools may change due to rapidly changing regional population shifts, but the overall plan ex commissioner Kevin Warren put into motion seems to be on track: Acquire schools in large media markets where there's also a professional sports presence. HIring the new B1G commissioner who is proficient in sports media and media properties just affirms it. NU president saying those things wasn't done in a vacuum...as I'm sure he's repeating what he's either seen or heard himself. No one makes a statement like that out of the blue. Before that article, no one from the B1G would mention the word "national" with the conference. You really have to have blinders on at this point to deny B1G has national aspirations. The only two regions the B1G lacks now is the Southwest and Southeast. The only "properties" worth taking in the Southwest is Texas, and both major TX schools (UTexas and TAMU) are in the SEC. The only thing preventing the B1G acquiring property in the Southeast is the ACC's GOR. Practically everyone understands that if not for the GOR (and GT's short sightedness), B1G would be in the South already. IMO, if GT had said "Yes" to the B1G a decade ago, I'm sure it would have been more than just GT in the B1G from the ACC Southeast. Maybe I'm overplaying GT's importance, but I think it was a masterstroke by Swofford to convince GT to remain in the ACC. ACC kept their largest media market thus ability to extract more media $$$ in their next negotiations (which was ultimately bungled by the detrimentally long GOR). The only party that didn't understand GT's worth was GT's decision makers. [/QUOTE]
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