I don't think many people in DC care about WVU. Morgantown is closer to Pittsburg than DC. And WVU definitely doesn't give the SEC in-market carriage rates for DC. There are a bunch of network affiliates in WV.I see the DC market as the biggest metro area in the Southeast that the SEC doesn't already own. WVU would give the SEC more of a presence in the WMA than any of those other schools.
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