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MEGA Conference Realignment and lawsuits Megathread: Stories, Tales, Lies, and Exaggerations

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NJshoreCane said:
'Tons' is still a very small percentage of the sports viewer/listener population in the NY metro area.
We're here, but we're a small minority in the area.
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Yes, compared to pro sports, CFB is not first in NYC. However, due to sheer numbers, NYC metro area is still always ranked very high (almost always top five) as one of the top metro areas for CFB fans, and does very well in Nielsen and other ratings, which is the point here. As I stated, there are so many college alumni from other areas that move there to live and work, so they are watching their schools. Last I saw, NYC scored just about the same as Atlanta actually.
 
Hurracanes said:
The stadium is on the edge campus but point taken.
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I live here, okay yes you have to walk past two museums but the parking lots across the street are parking for the stadium - it’s a whole continuous public space so people saying off campus are right technically but wrong in meaning. There are dorms in every big ten school further away from their stadium then ever usc on campus residence.
 
Ispyin said:
I live here, okay yes you have to walk past two museums but the parking lots across the street are parking for the stadium - it’s a whole continuous public space so people saying off campus are right technically but wrong in meaning. There are dorms in every big ten school further away from their stadium then ever usc on campus residence.
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Sorry, I meant Miami baseball stadium.
 
Interesting hypothesis regarding justification or need to renegotiate or adjust the B10 and SEC media agreements well in advance of their current expiration dates:

Momentum is building quietly behind the scenes as conferences and networks prepare for significant change.
-House settlement approval pending shortly
-Governance rules potentially modified
-Conferences looking at adding an additional conference game (more $$?)
-P2 conferences in talks regarding cross conference scheduling agreement
-P2 conferences MIGHT establish a revised conference championship format ... based on
having 4 divisions. Result = additional games = more $$$
-If media agreements are going to be revised / adjusted ... then it is the perfect time to go to the next stage
of realignment and add teams ... for the new CFP format that will be structured for the 2026 season?

Put on your tin foil hat and discuss.
 
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Rickd said:
Interesting hypothesis regarding justification or need to renegotiate or adjust the B10 and SEC media agreements well in advance of their current expiration dates:

Momentum is building quietly behind the scenes as conferences and networks prepare for significant change.
-House settlement approval pending shortly
-Governance rules potentially modified
-Conferences looking at adding an additional conference game (more $$?)
-P2 conferences in talks regarding cross conference scheduling agreement
-P2 conferences MIGHT establish a revised conference championship format ... based on
having 4 divisions. Result = additional games = more $$$
-If media agreements are going to be revised / adjusted ... then it is the perfect time to go to the next stage
of realignment and add teams ... for the new CFP format that will be structured for the 2026 season?

Put on your tin foil hat and discuss.
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Another small factor that's been touched on earlier in this thread - Nielsen got approval late last year to add first-party streaming data into their rating measurements (to go along with the normal panel measures). Amazon was the only client to use the new measurement so far, and they found an 8% increase in viewership for TNF compared to the panel-only measure. If the viewership numbers are recalibrated, then in theory the networks can renegotiate more money from advertisers when those deals expire, giving them more money to spend on things like college football.
 
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