What kind of impact will this have on the SEC?
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If you're the SEC, they can't avoid you in championship format sports, so just keep winning the trophies.
'The Alliance' has been around long before now. Old Timers call it, 'The SEC and everybody else.'
'The Alliance' has been around long before now. Old Timers call it, 'The SEC and everybody else.'
Why, exactly, would those programs even want to lock the SEC out of scheduling? Marquee matchups boost a program's season ticket sales. If they close the door on the SEC, they close the door on a ton of potential marquee matchups. Notre Dame, Ohio State, and Michigan can't play EVERYBODY.
Besides, college football is controlled by ABC/ESPN and they would never this happen.
Besides, college football is controlled by ABC/ESPN and they would never this happen.
Both the B1G and the PAC-12 contracts are with Fox. And the Big 12 contract with ESPN ends in 2026....if not sooner due to the move of UT and OU.
They can lock our conference out if they want to, but theyll NEVER be able to say theyre a National Champion bc they know where the real champ will be. If theyre that upset with the SEC dominance then buck the hell up and beat the teams this conference puts out. Theres a reason the best teams in other conferences are playing in bowl games against the middle of the road teams from the SEC, theres also a reason why those middle of the road teams will probably beat those teams.
How many games does Fox televise each week compared to how many are televised on the 27 channels of ABC/ESPN? The Holiday Bowl is televised on Fox. The Sun Bowl is televised on CBS. The Arizona Bowl is on Barstool Sports. All the others, including the playoffs and national championship game, are on the ABC/ESPN family of channels.
Personally, I wish Disney didn't have such a death-grip on the televising of college football. But to the extent that other networks get in on the action, that just means more stakeholders who want to make as much money as possible. It's not to anybody's advantage to deprive themselves of the money to be made off of inter-conference games against SEC teams.
I don't see any scenario in which the SEC is marginalized. I don't think it can be marginalized even if isolated.
