Kaplony
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RE: Basketball is under-monetized
(03-12-2015 12:01 AM)opossum Wrote: (03-11-2015 11:57 PM)Kaplony Wrote: (03-11-2015 11:45 PM)Maize Wrote: (03-11-2015 09:53 PM)Kaplony Wrote: As I said, we wouldn't have gone alone. Not so dumb when you are part of an eastern wing of a conference where football is the priority of all but one member.
Go to the Big XII and being lead by whims of Texas, Oklahoma and Kansas..Good Luck...lol...
As opposed to being in a conference who has historically been led by the whims of UNC and Duke? You damn right. At least Texas and Oklahoma (not sure where you are getting Kansas from since they have zero power) make decisions based upon football.
This is the thanks we get for ensuring that Virginia Tech got in over Syracuse? Duke cares as much about football as Clemson.
Duke was against expansion before VT ever became an issue. The only reason VT is in the conference is because UNC and Duke opposed the 2003 expansion out of fear it would hurt basketball even when ESPN was telling the conference money was trending towards football. Had Tobacco Road been able to look beyond the hardwood then maybe instead of everybody trying to catch up with the Big 10 the ACC would have been the one setting the market on a conference network. Despite the claims to the contrary from the Orange/Blue/Platinum fans the only value they bring to the conference is the fact that they reside in the state of New York. Their football sucks, and they lack the pedigree of even the last man standing in conference realignment Louisville whean it comes to their only noteworthy revenue sport.
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03-12-2015 12:26 AM |
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nzmorange
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RE: Basketball is under-monetized
(03-12-2015 12:26 AM)Kaplony Wrote: (03-12-2015 12:01 AM)opossum Wrote: (03-11-2015 11:57 PM)Kaplony Wrote: (03-11-2015 11:45 PM)Maize Wrote: (03-11-2015 09:53 PM)Kaplony Wrote: As I said, we wouldn't have gone alone. Not so dumb when you are part of an eastern wing of a conference where football is the priority of all but one member.
Go to the Big XII and being lead by whims of Texas, Oklahoma and Kansas..Good Luck...lol...
As opposed to being in a conference who has historically been led by the whims of UNC and Duke? You damn right. At least Texas and Oklahoma (not sure where you are getting Kansas from since they have zero power) make decisions based upon football.
This is the thanks we get for ensuring that Virginia Tech got in over Syracuse? Duke cares as much about football as Clemson.
Duke was against expansion before VT ever became an issue. The only reason VT is in the conference is because UNC and Duke opposed the 2003 expansion out of fear it would hurt basketball even when ESPN was telling the conference money was trending towards football. Had Tobacco Road been able to look beyond the hardwood then maybe instead of everybody trying to catch up with the Big 10 the ACC would have been the one setting the market on a conference network. Despite the claims to the contrary from the Orange/Blue/Platinum fans the only value they bring to the conference is the fact that they reside in the state of New York. Their football sucks, and they lack the pedigree of even the last man standing in conference realignment Louisville whean it comes to their only noteworthy revenue sport.
You forgot to mention the fact that we make WAY more money than Clemson.
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03-12-2015 12:30 AM |
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Kaplony
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RE: Basketball is under-monetized
But I am sure that will be corrected the next time Scott Shafer locks in the Dome and we wilt under the unbearable heat and humidity and the overwhelming noise that is the Carrier Dome. We just pray that y'all don't shake your keys on 3rd down. Doubt we could handle the stress of the same amount of people at our spring game shaking their keys at us.
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03-12-2015 12:45 AM |
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Re: Basketball is under-monetized
Kap what would you like to see the ACC do now that's football first? There is a network rumored thats seems more probable than not.
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03-12-2015 09:54 AM |
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nzmorange
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RE: Basketball is under-monetized
(03-12-2015 12:45 AM)Kaplony Wrote: But I am sure that will be corrected the next time Scott Shafer locks in the Dome and we wilt under the unbearable heat and humidity and the overwhelming noise that is the Carrier Dome. We just pray that y'all don't shake your keys on 3rd down. Doubt we could handle the stress of the same amount of people at our spring game shaking their keys at us.
I bet you can. However, I also bet that you're a fan of a school that has an insanely local/regional fan base that's largely confined to one corner of your own state.
So yes, I bet you can find a ton of people in SC with nothing better to do on a Saturday afternoon than to watch Clemson smack around Wake. I also bet you could find a bunch of people with nothing else going on in life who are more than willing to leave SC 4-5 times a year. Naturally, they're the same folks who are so desperate for attention and a feeling of relevance that they go out of their way to use $2 bills. But, I don't think you can find Clemson fans in any numbers outside of SC (or its immediate area), or at all (statistically speaking) outside of the south. Unfortunately for everyone, that's where the money is, and as you are so keen on reminding us, there are bills, bills, and bills.
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03-12-2015 11:49 AM |
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Indytarheel
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RE: Basketball is under-monetized
(03-12-2015 11:49 AM)nzmorange Wrote: (03-12-2015 12:45 AM)Kaplony Wrote: But I am sure that will be corrected the next time Scott Shafer locks in the Dome and we wilt under the unbearable heat and humidity and the overwhelming noise that is the Carrier Dome. We just pray that y'all don't shake your keys on 3rd down. Doubt we could handle the stress of the same amount of people at our spring game shaking their keys at us.
I bet you can. However, I also bet that you're a fan of a school that has an insanely local/regional fan base that's largely confined to one corner of your own state.
So yes, I bet you can find a ton of people in SC with nothing better to do on a Saturday afternoon than to watch Clemson smack around Wake. I also bet you could find a bunch of people with nothing else going on in life who are more than willing to leave SC 4-5 times a year. Naturally, they're the same folks who are so desperate for attention and a feeling of relevance that they go out of their way to use $2 bills. But, I don't think you can find Clemson fans in any numbers outside of SC (or its immediate area), or at all (statistically speaking) outside of the south. Unfortunately for everyone, that's where the money is, and as you are so keen on reminding us, there are bills, bills, and bills.
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03-12-2015 01:05 PM |
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