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<blockquote data-quote="Techster" data-source="post: 963873" data-attributes="member: 360"><p>This. I'm not sure the average fan understands how important it is for the SEC (and ESPN) to keep the B1G out of Atlanta and the heart of the SEC. If GT can be good to very good, having teams like Michigan, Ohio State, Wisconsin, USC, Oregon, Penn State, UCLA, Iowa, Mich State, etc. in Atlanta is HUGE. Atlanta proper, and Metro Atlanta is a very diverse area. There are fans from all over the country that live in Metro Atlanta, and the B1G crowd is huge in Atlanta...and Midwesterners are moving to Georgia in droves. There's a reason why the SEC's Greg Sankey mentioned GT multiple times during his interview about keeping rivalries. </p><p></p><p>My personal preference is I want GT in the B1G. It will be the premier Academic + Athletic conference. I also like their ultimate goal of making the conference a national brand, along with the fact that they actually protect their teams from eating each other to the detriment of the conference is important. B1G is also ahead of every conference in terms of how they think about revenue and media partnerships. Sure, GT may get a short term bump in the SEC, and we get to rekindle old rivalries with teams like Auburn/Tennessee/'Bama. At some point, the nostalgia of those rivalries wears off, and I'd say some of our younger fans aren't even aware of it. GT has to the potential to be a VERY good program if we can put it all together...and it starts with institutional alignment. Well, we finally have that. If GT can be good, and play a national schedule that the B1G provides, GT can actually be a very good national brand with the attraction of an international city to attract high level SAs. Academically and athletically, GT profile is more in line with the B1G than the SEC.</p><p></p><p>I don't think the SEC can provide what the B1G potentially offers. I don't think the SEC particularly wants GT, but I also think the SEC doesn't want their biggest threat to put a flag in the heart of their territory. It's just a matter of whether paying GT to play "defense" outweighs the B1G getting GT.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Techster, post: 963873, member: 360"] This. I'm not sure the average fan understands how important it is for the SEC (and ESPN) to keep the B1G out of Atlanta and the heart of the SEC. If GT can be good to very good, having teams like Michigan, Ohio State, Wisconsin, USC, Oregon, Penn State, UCLA, Iowa, Mich State, etc. in Atlanta is HUGE. Atlanta proper, and Metro Atlanta is a very diverse area. There are fans from all over the country that live in Metro Atlanta, and the B1G crowd is huge in Atlanta...and Midwesterners are moving to Georgia in droves. There's a reason why the SEC's Greg Sankey mentioned GT multiple times during his interview about keeping rivalries. My personal preference is I want GT in the B1G. It will be the premier Academic + Athletic conference. I also like their ultimate goal of making the conference a national brand, along with the fact that they actually protect their teams from eating each other to the detriment of the conference is important. B1G is also ahead of every conference in terms of how they think about revenue and media partnerships. Sure, GT may get a short term bump in the SEC, and we get to rekindle old rivalries with teams like Auburn/Tennessee/'Bama. At some point, the nostalgia of those rivalries wears off, and I'd say some of our younger fans aren't even aware of it. GT has to the potential to be a VERY good program if we can put it all together...and it starts with institutional alignment. Well, we finally have that. If GT can be good, and play a national schedule that the B1G provides, GT can actually be a very good national brand with the attraction of an international city to attract high level SAs. Academically and athletically, GT profile is more in line with the B1G than the SEC. I don't think the SEC can provide what the B1G potentially offers. I don't think the SEC particularly wants GT, but I also think the SEC doesn't want their biggest threat to put a flag in the heart of their territory. It's just a matter of whether paying GT to play "defense" outweighs the B1G getting GT. [/QUOTE]
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