Conference realignment "Rumors" "tweets" "etc"

[Cat941]

Goes on to say:  Meaning, the sports that schools are going to chose to invest in. A school may offer 30 sports, as an example, and under the new model a select few will get the most attention while others will fade. In the Big East, for example, more investment can be put into basketball vs a football school that may not put as much investment into the sport.

 

****Will that make UConn less attractive as a realignment candidate?  If they fail to invest in FB vs BB as a member of the Big East.  

[Triple B]

4 minutes ago, Cat941 said:

 

Joey poking the bear ....

[Bull Matrix]

Good to see this KU fan see  the light….

Edited July 27 by Bull Matrix

[WoolyBully]

1 hour ago, Peatearpan said:

AAC and MWC form best of rest G5.

Not a bad idea at all. I would be interested to know how many G5 schools are like U of SF, pining for P4 inclusion. Boise State? SDSU? Fresno State? Any MAC schools? Any Sun Belt / CUSA schools? 

[BDYZR]

23 hours ago, hm101 said:

Northwestern's new stadium will have a 35k capacity 

What conference are they hoping to get in?

[bull2saintleo]

Interesting take....we'll see how valid some of these points are.

 

[Brad]

2 hours ago, Cat941 said:

 

 

 

[Grateful Dad]

2 hours ago, Cat941 said:

 

Translate:

Conference realignment is the biggest sports news in years.  How about no one talks about it but me?  Everything is fine and I'll let you know if anything happens.  Move along; nothing to see here.

[BULLSHTR]

6 hours ago, WoolyBully said:

What constitutes 'big TV market' in 2024? I would think national branding would be more relevant than the population count in surrounding area, as is the case with Columbus, Ohio. TV markets are important when it comes to commercial placement (shotgun approach), but for football, it's the product (brand) that sells. I agree that U of SF is probably on the 'second tier' callup list when it comes to departure, but UF/FSU/UM are in line in front of us, as is. 

You must have missed my previous post where I explained that “TV market” means Designated Market Area. The media ratings company Nielsen creates these market areas based on where people actually live. That’s why in this context, it doesn’t really just have to do with people watching TV.

It’s just a really accurate indicator of how many people live in a geographical area that otherwise isn’t defined by anything else. You can’t just go by population numbers in Tampa proper or even the metro area to get a correct estimate of how many people live in the (designated market) area.

source: Me, a USF mass comms grad.

Edited July 27 by BULLSHTR
TLDR; it’s not just about people watching TV. It’s also about the potential to expand the footprint of a conference into areas where a lot of people live.

[WoolyBully]

Yeah, I worked at Nielsen Media Research (Audience Data Warehouse) or five years, as did (or still does?) our good friend @MaltLiquorBull.  My point being that when we start putting things on the scale, national name recognition might play more of a part than DMA placement. That complex decision-making process...