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Message: [QUOTE="JordyG, post: 4347051, member: 6819"] LOL. I didn't say W.Virginia almost got invited to the ACC. I said they were actually invited until ESPN stepped in at the 12th hour and forced the SEC to take Missouri. If you think market entry isn't important to these conferences, why hasn't the B1G extended an invitation to Oregon, which in comparison to Texas is far more a power team in BB and football than Texas? LOL. Because that market isn't as big as the huge USC/UCLA markets, even though those teams also haven't been power teams in football for years. LOL. If the SEC wanted so badly to "enrich" the conference with strictly power teams, why haven't they extended an invite to Baylor, a real football and basketball power team? Or Louisville, which is the second biggest money maker in the ACC? Since when has Texas been a power team in football? That would be over 10 years. LOL. But the markets of both Texas and OK are large and lucrative, and the SEC jumped at the chance. No matter how many teams migrate to the SEC, and believe me, the SEC isn't finished acquiring teams, the cut for each team will shrink under the current contract. The SEC's GOR contract extends to 2035-36 (although their Tier One deal with CBS ends in 2023-24). That isn't changing. The only way to really infuse monies for their providers is to open into previously untapped markets. Understand, LOL? These conferences want to not only enhance their football profiles, [B]but help enhance their providers market values as well[/B]. and new market entries are the ticket for that. [/QUOTE]

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