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West Virginia to the SEC Makes No Sense, Won't Happen
I know Clay Travis is a clown but he has this right.
West Virginia to the SEC Makes No Sense, Won't Happen
I know Clay Travis is a clown but he has this right.
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1. West Virginia adds nothing to the SEC's television contracts.
Keep in mind that the SEC has to increase payouts to existing schools in order for expansion to make financial sense. That is, I've been told that SEC schools will not vote to add any school if it means that the conference will bring in less revenue per school with the additional teams.
2. West Virginia would be the worst ranked school in the SEC per U.S. News and World Report.
This is a bigger deal than most of y'all realize. Who is voting on SEC expansion? The Presidents. The presidents are aware that one criticism of the SEC is that it exists only for athletics. That's why adding Texas A&M, which becomes the third AAU school after Vanderbilt and Florida, was such an easy sale to the presidents.
3. West Virginia has a population of 1.8 million.
That would be the smallest state in the SEC by over a million people.
4. West Virginia is on probation.
Let's put it honestly -- the SEC doesn't need to add another school on NCAA probation for cheating.
It just doesn't.
5. ACC schools are much more attractive to the SEC.
Some media would have you believe that the ACC is immune to poaching now that it has increased to a $20 million buyout and expanded to 14 schools.
Keep in mind that the SEC has to increase payouts to existing schools in order for expansion to make financial sense. That is, I've been told that SEC schools will not vote to add any school if it means that the conference will bring in less revenue per school with the additional teams.
2. West Virginia would be the worst ranked school in the SEC per U.S. News and World Report.
This is a bigger deal than most of y'all realize. Who is voting on SEC expansion? The Presidents. The presidents are aware that one criticism of the SEC is that it exists only for athletics. That's why adding Texas A&M, which becomes the third AAU school after Vanderbilt and Florida, was such an easy sale to the presidents.
3. West Virginia has a population of 1.8 million.
That would be the smallest state in the SEC by over a million people.
4. West Virginia is on probation.
Let's put it honestly -- the SEC doesn't need to add another school on NCAA probation for cheating.
It just doesn't.
5. ACC schools are much more attractive to the SEC.
Some media would have you believe that the ACC is immune to poaching now that it has increased to a $20 million buyout and expanded to 14 schools.
I knew WV did not make sense but it is worse than I thought.
I'm with you. I never had a clue that things were this bad up there. I can't imagine the presidents ok'ing this one (but the barn is still in the conference, so there you go).
they've already been accepted. WVU is in. They just haven't announced it formally yet.
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