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Can someone explain the purpose of the Alliance WRT scheduling? (long) -- Maroon Baboon 02/12/2022 11:29AM
Guaranteed games equals better TV contracts -- daveinop 02/15/2022 08:44AM What's more valuable to an football/athletic program? -- Maroon Baboon 02/15/2022 2:29PM It may depend on the team and the size of their stadium -- VTHokie2000 02/15/2022 3:13PM Just wait until the Big12 gets settled. Once they get the new -- HokieAl 02/14/2022 3:53PM In all cases, OOC tied to SEC matter more to ACC members than any other -- anotherdamnyankeehokie 02/15/2022 09:29AM The Big XII could always throw a monkey wrench in the Alliance's plans -- VTHokie2000 02/14/2022 4:09PM I think its regional SEC and Big12 versus ACC BIG 10 and PAC 12 ** -- Mercury 02/14/2022 7:51PM I'd be surprised. SEC just took all Big XII it wants. -- HOO86 02/14/2022 9:31PM If the Big XII truly does look at it differently, then we'll see how -- VTHokie2000 02/15/2022 09:15AM The Big XII probably wants to continue. -- HOO86 02/15/2022 11:35AM The SEC may want to be tied with the Big Ten, but does the Big Ten -- VTHokie2000 02/15/2022 11:56AM That's what would be interesting to watch. -- HOO86 02/15/2022 12:07PM The SEC will have to play someone in the Sugar Bowl, right? -- VTHokie2000 02/15/2022 12:11PM It’s about the playoff games now, the bowl games are dying, look forward, -- Stech 02/15/2022 6:48PM It doesn't mean the conferences won't still want to have bowl tie-ins for -- VTHokie2000 02/15/2022 6:58PM For all we know, the Sugar Bowl could be replaced -- HokieAl 02/15/2022 7:54PM Even if the Sugar Bowl opts to align with the SEC, the SEC still needs -- VTHokie2000 02/15/2022 8:05PM You forgot SEC Guards vs Inmates -- Truthahn 02/16/2022 12:31PM I just assumed the B12 would not want to side with the SEC after this year -- HokieAl 02/14/2022 4:40PM If they side with the SEC, everyone will know they are punks. -- EDGEMAN 02/14/2022 5:12PM Money does make strange bedfellows. Remember, the Big XII -- VTHokie2000 02/14/2022 4:43PM I could see them playing another conference in the Sugar. ** -- EDGEMAN 02/14/2022 5:13PM The SEC or Big XII? -- VTHokie2000 02/14/2022 5:19PM The Alliance is way more than just a scheduling agreement -- Sunsetunderground 02/14/2022 2:26PM One point missed. As College athletics moves away from amatuerism, I think -- anotherdamnyankeehokie 02/14/2022 3:52PM FWIW the NFL is considered a 501(c)(6) nonprofit since 1942 -- VTHokie2000 02/15/2022 6:41PM Yep, but they do pay taxes to the feds, I guess under the unrelated -- RJHokie 02/15/2022 6:46PM That would be my guess too. I was surprised to hear that MLB gave up -- VTHokie2000 02/15/2022 6:54PM What some people forget or overlook about the NFL -- Pylons 02/15/2022 9:01PM If a group of schools decide to break away to do their own thing, -- VTHokie2000 02/15/2022 9:04PM Depends what you mean by "similar" -- Pylons 02/15/2022 9:38PM That is a hot potato, totally cynically, most politicians will not touch it -- Mercury 02/15/2022 11:37AM I disagree in that it's already happened. See article inside -- anotherdamnyankeehokie 02/15/2022 11:59AM That happened, but institutions losing 501(c)(3) status...not even close ** -- Pylons 02/15/2022 1:37PM Don't most athletic depts lose money? So even if they lose the tax free -- HokieAl 02/14/2022 3:56PM The athletic department isn't a separate tax orgainzation -- Pylons 02/14/2022 6:13PM Good point, but if the Feds start to dictate how the accounting is to be -- anotherdamnyankeehokie 02/14/2022 4:06PM I think when the buzz about the B1G poaching USC and a handful of P12 teams -- Maroon Baboon 02/14/2022 3:16PM The Alliance is bigger than is seems -- 33laszlo99 02/12/2022 9:37PM Exactly.....most average fans have NO idea what this means -- Mercury 02/13/2022 07:18AM I believe the SEC is making a huge mistake if it -- mancunian 02/14/2022 08:56AM Fans want it and administrators need it -- Pylons 02/14/2022 2:52PM Just a matter of time -- 33laszlo99 02/14/2022 7:01PM Not sure about "likely," but if they're -- Pylons 02/14/2022 9:30PM I'm not sure you're wrong... -- 33laszlo99 02/15/2022 12:22AM Those benefits to the university proper -- Pylons 02/15/2022 09:17AM The SEC sees itself as above the NFL, not as its minor league. -- Maroon Baboon 02/14/2022 10:44AM Doubt they care. They're getting paid to do what they're doing. ** -- EDGEMAN 02/14/2022 09:47AM
