01-12-2019, 02:02 AM
A while back, I posted a synopsis from Awful Announcing that quoted the article I'm about to link, but I stumbled across the original article again and it got me thinking.
Sports Business Journal reports on issues that could spark another realignment in the next decade
So my wheels are turning now which means you should all be frightened...
The SEC already has access to TX and the Midwest to a certain degree, but what do they really want? Does Texas really want to be in the SEC? What about Oklahoma?
How could ESPN win at all this...maintaining what it wants without ticking anyone off?
What about the old trade for NC and VA schools that was supposed to give the SEC a boost while creating parity for the ACC? Is it still possible? Is it the best trade that could be made?
The ACC desperately needs revenue which means they need schools like Texas and Notre Dame. The SEC doesn't need either of them. What the SEC wants is more content and rivalries that make their fans excited.
Ok folks, what about this?
The SEC acquires Florida State and Clemson.
Too much bleeding for the ACC to survive? Not a problem. They just need content and some good markets to compensate.
The ACC acquires Texas, Texas Tech, Oklahoma, and Oklahoma State.
At this point, Notre Dame is required to make their commitment full. They agree.
The ACC now stands at 18, but the key point is that the power structure hasn't been altered that much. The NC and VA schools are intact as a bloc. Two of the key football schools have left which means the faction that consisted of Southern football schools has been divided up...some of them will probably favor UNC/Duke while others will have UT/OU. There is balance there and a lot of new revenue because UT/OU open up a new world of possibilities.
If the ACC wanted, they could even add schools like Tulane and Cincinnati to both expand their markets and give a little more weight to the private/basketball school wing of the conference. I doubt Texas and Oklahoma would care as long as they had their own division and the Notre Dame fan base would help with subs in OH. Tulane would be a nice way to round out a Western division, access New Orleans, they're AAU, and have built a new football stadium.
Basically, the ACC needs to move their core a little to the West because their markets are fine, but their viewership is not. They need to get out of the Eastern Time Zone as they have more than maximized the potential of those Northeastern markets.
BUT THAT'S NOT ALL!
Oh no, if you act now then we'll throw in some extra moves!
I can't shake the idea that ESPN wants Kansas in the SEC. They're building their football program with an SEC apparatus. So is TCU for that matter...
It makes sense to me that the SEC would look at Kansas only after they've explored Oklahoma and Texas. The latter 2 are the prizes, but Kansas would bring a lot of value to the table if Oklahoma and Texas were off the market. Perhaps that is the agreement? Perhaps that is why Kansas is preparing the way they are?
And now perhaps TCU makes a lot of sense. We don't have to deal with the A&M/UT feud except as an SEC/ACC end of season rivalry. We still get access to DFW and still get a solid football program with a lot of potential.
At that point, 18 is a good number although perhaps they would want to round it out with 20 if the ACC does the same.
Sports Business Journal reports on issues that could spark another realignment in the next decade
Quote:History says that expansion and TV talks go hand in hand. A conference wants more money? It adds schools.
From 2022 through 2024, three of the five major college conferences will renegotiate their media deals in a marketplace that’s very different than a decade ago, raising questions about who their partners might be and how much they’ll be willing to spend. Not everyone, however, is convinced that conference realignment is a foregone conclusion during the next round of TV talks, according to a dozen commissioners, athletic directors and media executives.
Chatter about four 16-team super conferences has subsided. The likelihood of the 10-school Big 12 expanding is far-fetched. The smallest of the power five leagues gave expansion a thorough examination two years ago and opted to pass, deciding that Central Florida, Cincinnati and Houston didn’t add enough value.
The makeup of the power five conferences has not changed since the Big Ten and ACC last expanded in 2014, making this one of the most stable periods in decades. Most people in the business believe this period of stability will continue.
Quote:While college experts were skeptical about widespread conference shake-ups, they unanimously said they’ll be watching three factors that could be triggers for change: Texas, Oklahoma and the success of the ACC Network.
Quote:Another potential trigger for change is the ACC Network, which is scheduled to launch in August in an environment rife with cord cutters and dwindling subscriber bases. ESPN fully owns the channel and was able to secure the right to launch it on Altice’s New York-area systems and nationally on at least one digital multichannel video provider.
If the channel is successful in signing more carriage deals, the conference’s makeup will remain the same. If not, some of the ACC’s stronger programs — Florida State, Clemson — could become targets for the SEC and Big Ten. Sources say success in terms of revenue falls somewhere between the thriving Big Ten Network and struggling Pac-12 Networks.
So my wheels are turning now which means you should all be frightened...
The SEC already has access to TX and the Midwest to a certain degree, but what do they really want? Does Texas really want to be in the SEC? What about Oklahoma?
How could ESPN win at all this...maintaining what it wants without ticking anyone off?
What about the old trade for NC and VA schools that was supposed to give the SEC a boost while creating parity for the ACC? Is it still possible? Is it the best trade that could be made?
The ACC desperately needs revenue which means they need schools like Texas and Notre Dame. The SEC doesn't need either of them. What the SEC wants is more content and rivalries that make their fans excited.
Ok folks, what about this?
The SEC acquires Florida State and Clemson.
Too much bleeding for the ACC to survive? Not a problem. They just need content and some good markets to compensate.
The ACC acquires Texas, Texas Tech, Oklahoma, and Oklahoma State.
At this point, Notre Dame is required to make their commitment full. They agree.
The ACC now stands at 18, but the key point is that the power structure hasn't been altered that much. The NC and VA schools are intact as a bloc. Two of the key football schools have left which means the faction that consisted of Southern football schools has been divided up...some of them will probably favor UNC/Duke while others will have UT/OU. There is balance there and a lot of new revenue because UT/OU open up a new world of possibilities.
If the ACC wanted, they could even add schools like Tulane and Cincinnati to both expand their markets and give a little more weight to the private/basketball school wing of the conference. I doubt Texas and Oklahoma would care as long as they had their own division and the Notre Dame fan base would help with subs in OH. Tulane would be a nice way to round out a Western division, access New Orleans, they're AAU, and have built a new football stadium.
Basically, the ACC needs to move their core a little to the West because their markets are fine, but their viewership is not. They need to get out of the Eastern Time Zone as they have more than maximized the potential of those Northeastern markets.
BUT THAT'S NOT ALL!
Oh no, if you act now then we'll throw in some extra moves!
I can't shake the idea that ESPN wants Kansas in the SEC. They're building their football program with an SEC apparatus. So is TCU for that matter...
It makes sense to me that the SEC would look at Kansas only after they've explored Oklahoma and Texas. The latter 2 are the prizes, but Kansas would bring a lot of value to the table if Oklahoma and Texas were off the market. Perhaps that is the agreement? Perhaps that is why Kansas is preparing the way they are?
And now perhaps TCU makes a lot of sense. We don't have to deal with the A&M/UT feud except as an SEC/ACC end of season rivalry. We still get access to DFW and still get a solid football program with a lot of potential.
At that point, 18 is a good number although perhaps they would want to round it out with 20 if the ACC does the same.