(10-15-2017 12:33 PM)JRsec Wrote:  

(10-15-2017 06:09 AM)XLance Wrote:  Just as a reference JR.
Do you know where the largest concentrations of B1G alumni are on the east coast?
New York
Washington, DC
RTP
Atlanta
central Florida

There is no University that delivers NYC. North Carolina still has more people in the state that do not live in the RTP than those who do. The University of Georgia still carries roughly 60% of Atlanta viewers. And Florida State is the strongest in support in North Florida toward the Gulf and splits Jacksonville with Florida.

The only addition that would deliver what the Big 10 needs would be a Virginia school which would deliver quite a bit of D.C.. Having one North Carolina (State) school would be a solid addition. And I have always thought that Syracuse would be a solid addition for them to compliment what Rutgers delivers.

But the school they truly need to maximize what they already have is Notre Dame.

Georgia Tech would not deliver Atlanta for them in any kind of viewer based pay model and Florida State without Miami doesn't deliver Florida.

This is why I wouldn't be upset if the SEC ever added USF or UCF. We enjoy having the top brand in the state (although they have been pretty sorry in on field production as of late). But UF doesn't give us the majority of the state anymore but they do win the plurality. UF and any other Florida school would deliver a simple majority. I favor USF because of their location in Tampa and because they are Gulf side which UF doesn't cover as well now as they did in 1960-70.

That's why however I could see the SEC simply going for F.S.U. and not worrying about the rest of the state. Having #1 and #2 in a state like Florida or Texas is essentially like having the #1 brand in smaller states.

Also after the FBI gets through I strongly suspect we will move toward having two separate entities at each school, a taxable Athletic Department and a tax exempt Academic Department. Donations to athletics will likely be non deductible and those made to academics tax deductible. I see absolutely no reason why Athletic Departments and Academic Departments have to be part of the same "Conference". Academic consortia and Athletic conferences could easily be in two distinctly different groups.

Since Athletics will likely take a funding hit, playing your neighboring states will wind up being preferred to covering a 13 or 14 state area.

It may truly wind up being something akin to the Old Southern Conference again.