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<blockquote data-quote="Madison Grant" data-source="post: 97398" data-attributes="member: 823"><p>While economics has been brought up, here is my theory as to why the sports media acts the way they do. They pump up the teams that have more fans. When those teams are good, more of their larger fanbase turn on tv sets and watch. When more eyes watch or listen (in the case of radio), sports media can command more in advertising dollars from sponsors. That's why the sports media insists on saying dumb crap like, "College football is just better when Notre Dame is good," or "baseball is just better when the Yankees are good", which is total crap. Notre Dame or the Yankees being good has no bearing on whether the sports of college football or pro baseball are actually played better. What they are really saying is, "Man, we make more money when those Notre Dame/Yankee fans are interested in their team." So Georgia Tech, with our smaller fanbase, being good is a fly in their ointment. They want the traditional powerhouses to be good so more casual fans will tune in and increase their revenues.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Madison Grant, post: 97398, member: 823"] While economics has been brought up, here is my theory as to why the sports media acts the way they do. They pump up the teams that have more fans. When those teams are good, more of their larger fanbase turn on tv sets and watch. When more eyes watch or listen (in the case of radio), sports media can command more in advertising dollars from sponsors. That's why the sports media insists on saying dumb crap like, "College football is just better when Notre Dame is good," or "baseball is just better when the Yankees are good", which is total crap. Notre Dame or the Yankees being good has no bearing on whether the sports of college football or pro baseball are actually played better. What they are really saying is, "Man, we make more money when those Notre Dame/Yankee fans are interested in their team." So Georgia Tech, with our smaller fanbase, being good is a fly in their ointment. They want the traditional powerhouses to be good so more casual fans will tune in and increase their revenues. [/QUOTE]
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