(03-20-2017 04:52 PM)JRsec Wrote:  

(03-20-2017 04:31 PM)Lenvillecards Wrote:  

(03-20-2017 02:48 PM)JRsec Wrote:  

(03-20-2017 02:31 PM)Lenvillecards Wrote:  

(03-19-2017 08:49 PM)JRsec Wrote:  I don't worry over other people's pipe dreams and that is all it is.

No doubt JR that the SEC is in a better position than the ACC in landing Texas &/or B12 teams financially & geographically but I'm not sure that it would be in the SEC best interest to do so. Sure it would likely bring in more revenue but it could destabilize the conference in the future. It would depend on the model used.

Lenville, geography and money are going to be the only model for expansion from here on out.

My point is though you could have Alabama, Auburn, LSU, Georgia, Florida, A&M, Texas & Oklahoma vying for 1, maybe 2, playoff spots. Not to mention the rest. That's a lot of brands. By comparison, the other conferences would only have a handful of brands competing for 1 or 2 spots. If the money is relatively close, its possible that some struggling brands could see a move & an easier path to the CFP's as beneficial. Fans & boosters demand championships. Just a possibility.

The point is the money would not even be remotely close. Right now the SEC enjoys a nearly 13 million per school advantage over the Big 10 in total revenue. Our advantage over the ACC is 24 million. Add Texas and OU and even their little brothers and the money only goes up. Why?

Content multiplication. The networks will pay even more for top match ups. Add Texas and Oklahoma to the 6 - 8 brands that command national attention that already exist within the SEC and it jumps by a multiple of 12 - 16 extra must see games. That's premium!

If the two divisions become essentially two conferences then the SEC championship game becomes even more valuable. Break it into 3 or 4 divisions and it's worth half again as much (at least and probably more) as the SEC championship game to the sponsors.

The end result is that Texas, Oklahoma, and the SEC brands would be playing essentially what we do now when we add Louisville, Clemson or F.S.U. to our schedule, only now it is in house and we don't have to split the revenue.

Getting at least just Oklahoma locks the SEC into being the top content producer for College Football. Land both OU and UT and the lock shuts out the competition. What's more is the games remain essentially regional. With those two the SEC would hold a lock on 7 of the top 10 revenue producers in the nation and would have 14 of the top 20. Let that sink in.

Add Texas Tech and Oklahoma State to the mix at 18 and you now have a large enough middle and bottom without displacing many of the usual bowl schools.

Then if the SEC ever wanted to go to 24 it would have both the revenue and the power to be able to make that move. But I would strongly suspect that 18 would cap it. We would move to 3 six team divisions and have each divisional champ and 1 at large in the Conference playoffs.

It's the smart business move for the SEC, and for Texas and Oklahoma which when combined would have tremendous leverage moving forward on future contracts. That's why I say it's about money and geography. Geographical proximity saves you on travel for all sports. Regional divisions save even more. And the upside contractually is too great to ignore.

Winning seasons come and go at most schools, are frequent at a few, but it's the bottom line the A.D. looks at. This is a potentially huge bottom line.

I get all of that JR but fans & boosters won't stop demanding championships. For brands like Texas & Oklahoma they will continue to bring in ticket sales & donations no matter what conference they are in, as long as they are winning. What would be the difference for Texas between the SEC & the ACC? The tv & network $$$. Just because WF doesn't put 100k in the stands & make a huge sum off of ticket $ in the ACC doesn't mean that Texas wouldn't. To your point however, the SEC would offer more regional matchups.

Personally I don't want Texas in the ACC but I realize how much $ they would add. I like the P5, it makes the CFP more interesting since someone has to be left out. I would like to see the B12 add Houston, Cincinnati, UCONN & BYU & keep the status quo.