Eventually the even more expanded big 10, SEC, and Big XII will merge into one mega conference and rebrand themselves as the NCAA.
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D’oh! My bad. I glossed over it. If the SEC was going to double dip in north cackalackie, why in the hell would they add ECU over Duke?
So, if the SEC is firm on that, I am trying to think through the likely candidates. Clemson, TTech, Okie State, Louisville, Miami, Georgia Tech, Central Florida, Southern Florida, Houston, FIU, and FAU.1) The SEC according to Sankey directly will only be expanding within its footprint to large state schools. So while Duke is a potential target of the Big Ten and Big 12, it never would be for the SEC.
2) Enrollment, ECU is 29k to Duke’s 17k. More importantly, most of ECU’s is undergraduate (22k undergrads to 6.5 k grads) while Duke is mostly a graduate school (10k grads to 6.5k undergrads) and most people are more rabid about their undergrad (I have a UF postgrad in healthcare risk management along with my Bill and Mary law degree and Cornell finance certs and I only enjoy when UF is losing).
3) Football attendance is ECU 32k to Duke’s 28k and that is when Duke was having a magnificent season for them while ECU finished 2-10. When ECU is doing well they have a rabid fanbase.
4) Duke is literally right next to NC State in Raleigh-Durham while ECU is on the coast about 3 hours from Charlotte. North Carolina is a big enough state the SEC would want multiple schools but probably spread out over the state not five miles from each other.
I am both extremely turned on and nauseated.
I don’t love it but it’s not the worst idea I’ve heard.
I am both extremely turned on and nauseated.
Yep. The thing is, upon further reflection, after the CFP and ESecPN nonsense, is WWE that big a difference?Mostly the latter. Ive been ready for FSU to leave for different pastures for a while. This change may not be bad, but Ive been out of love for a while. Just ready for a divorce. WWE revenue is $1.2B tho..... thats a lot of eyeballs.
Wonder who runs it, sure not the ACC. Also the "best" programs left aren't in the PAC / B12....
I agree. But would say if anything else other than best of ACC going to SEC and BIG it means those doors are closed. Something has to be done so may be plan BI’m not sure the ACC has anything to gain by merging with the Big12/Pac leftovers. The resulting conference would still be a step-down from the B1G/SEC, aside from the same 4-5 schools that are already in the ACC.
Gross. Private equity and WWE in college athletics.
What are we even doing?
The only thing worse would be the Saudis.I'm sure in the short term that the bump in money would be nice but I have no desire to be locked into anything with private equity and Wall Street types.
247 boards have become a lot more active in recent years. A lot of people have left Miserychant or have subscriptions at both sites.
The Miserychant boards don’t seem to be like the online version of East Germany any longer. I see a lot of posts that not long ago would have been removed in seconds but now turn into lengthy threads. I don’t know if NoSoul is gone or they told him to back off but it has changed over there. Maybe enough people left that they finally decided to be reasonable.
The thought of private equity and WWE providing a long term benefit to the colleges in those three conferences is laughable. If anything, those schools better brace themselves for a vigorous rogering.