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the last round of conference realignment was driven by TV markets as that was still the biggest influencer of media revenue at the time. local TV markets matter far far less today than they did ten years ago. I agree with multiple posts I've seen on this topic -- TV markets will not factor as heavily in the next round of realignment, but rather the biggest factor will be quality of the content that schools are predicted to deliver.
Different time. Denver represents a top 20 TV market and will likely continue to move up the charts as one of the fastest growing metro areas in the country, but I still don't think other conferences are likely to be banging the table to add CU, mostly because it's a fairly apathetic and small fanbase with a losing brand.
The University of Missouri is an AAU acredited institution, as is CU. The one that is not is Cornholer U.
Unfortunately, they would be far more attractive than a larger market with a lukewarm fan base.
I am skeptical about this take. If the TV market doesn’t deliver a significant audience, the two biggest established powerhouse conferences will find it difficult to create additionalnrevenue streams for competitors who don’t bring the eyeballs.
you may very well be right. we probably only have to wait a few years to find out.
You think the SEC would care to go after Northwestern or Boston College to capture the 3rd and 9th largest media markets, respectively? Yes, the size of the market matters, but only if that market actually cares about CFB.
conversely, Notre Dame brings value to any conference, despite being in the 98th largest media market
this is a good point. people are more mobile than previous generations yet still retain their alma mater loyalty. I can't immediately find a source, but read during the last round of realignment that Phoenix had more B1G alums than Pac alums living there.
Notre dame owns the Chicago market though.
yes, and have alumni all over the US. While being a fantastic data point of why I believe quality will trump media market size, they are admittedly an outlier in this discussion.
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I think there are difficulties in having the conference so spread out but I have no doubt that the SEC would to take schools like North Carolina (10 million people), Virginia (8.5 million people), Maryland, penn state, etc. the difficulty is getting those schools to come over because they know they are going to probably get their ass kicked and the amount of revenue they would gain is pretty small compared to their budgets for the entire school.
Depends on which conference you are talking about. Sec and big 10 just see number of people in state/media market and then $$$&&
You see a ton of it down in Florida too. It’s pretty remarkable actually.
you really have to consider just how big a school tOSU is -- almost 70k students. The closest in the Pac 12 is ASU with ~2/3 the enrollment. any school that large and that highly ranked is going to have alumni all over
I understand how big it is. Still surprises me to see the sheer numbers of Ohio State supporters here.
Why would it? Everyone in the BIG has developed a hatred of nebraska on their own, and they have done quite a good job collectively making that program and fanbase look like the fools that they are. They don't need CU's help.
This round of TV deals is going to start to expire in the next couple of years. The Pac's is first. I think the Big 12 deal expires about a year after ours does.
The last two that the B1G added are #1 and #7.Nielsen DMAs 2020 - MediaTracks Communications
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FYIW- Denver's TV market is 17th in the United States. That's higher than I thought.
BC makes a lot more sense than NWU. NWU already has a sweet setup and more money than $EC. $EC would likely look at schools like VA Polytechnical or UVA for the #7 market.
They’re definitely an anomaly given their athletics tradition and status as the most well known catholic university in the US. Most state schools only have a regional draw.
I would seriously like to know the amount of new eyeballs the BIG obtained on their network by adding "#1" in Rutgers
A LOT. There are many midwest transplants who live in the tri-state area. The B1GN is in a lot of accessible TV packages that people who have cable get with service. This is why I get everything with my cable here outside of DC.
