Anonymous #4 6w

1. If conferences stayed regional Oregon would have usc uw. 2. Texas could still be in SEC as Texas is the south… lol 3. At its base it’s still COLLEGE football. This isn’t the nfl. This isn’t a career. They are student athletes. Student first. Traveling across the country once a week and being expected to do well in school is too demanding. 4. No fans can attend games. If u go to cal, your not flying to nc or Miami for a game every week. Where you could’ve flown to la or driven to Oregon

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Anonymous OP 6w

You can’t have it both ways. Either it’s a college sport where kids are playing for the love of the game, or it’s a media entertainment product. And if it’s a massive entertainment system (it is), they have a responsibility to manage it like a professional sports organization. Get over your 1915 rivalries and move into 2025 with the rest of the world.

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Anonymous #4 6w

Additionally now you have overpowered conferences and severely reduced competitiveness in others. There’s no balance and you know it. Also, the pendulum will swing back and other teams will rise while big ones rn will fall. You wanna guarantee you play a ranked team? Make it to playoffs and play all the best.

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Anonymous OP 6w

“Student athletes” where the goal for every high-level participant is to have an opportunity to leave school before graduating. 😂

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Anonymous OP 6w

Vandy shouldn’t be in the SEC.

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Anonymous #3 6w

Less than 2% of college players make it to the nfl. You’re goal should be to go to college to have a successful life. Be that if you’re the 1% or the other 99%

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Anonymous OP 6w

Notice there were other words in that sentence. Slow down and sound them out, Jethro.

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Anonymous #3 6w

I agree with this big time!!!!!! How are you catering it to being an even bigger entertainment system by limiting the fans at each game? Just curious

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Anonymous OP 6w

Did you know that most fans watch on a screen?

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Anonymous #3 6w

Wouldn’t have to if they had accessibility to games🤷‍♀️

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Anonymous OP 6w

Yeah, they would. Because the VAST majority of fans aren’t trying to go to the games. Do you understand how big alumni and fan networks are?

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Anonymous #3 6w

Agree to disagree🤝 I see all ur points. I disagree with them. But I understand why you think that way

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Anonymous OP 6w

So the idea that “more fans” care about playing some shitty school just because they happen to be the next state over… it’s insane. More USC and OSU fans will attend and watch/stream that matchup than any other OSU or USC game of the season, aside from their biggest rivalry game. That’s infinitely more valuable than playing other regional scrubs.

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Anonymous OP 6w

You think the “fan experience” should be prioritized, but that isn’t how business works. Exposure, visibility, and marketing is how business works. You can’t market Florida-Vandy as anything other than slop. You cant market BYU-Nevada as anything other than slop.

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Anonymous #3 6w

U sound like a pretty negative person, yikes! There’s plenty of great players at less followed teams. Business and marketing quite literally work and function based on consumers. Consumers being fans. I’m just saying there would be far more engagement if games were accessible. Idk anyone who’d rather watch on tv if they had the option

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Anonymous OP 6w

There isn’t an entire country of spectatorship for a BYU-Nevada game. Meanwhile, there’s an entire planet of spectatorship for a game between two blue chip programs. That’s just a fact. You don’t know anyone who would rather watch on tv than attend? You think alumni are flying back to Columbus and Gainesville every week from NYC and London and Tokyo and LA to watch the game?

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Anonymous #3 6w

Remember when the ACC was all good academic schools?

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