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Originally Posted by eazyb81
Yes, because schools and conferences never want more money. Good rebuttal!
It will be when the SEC partners with ESPN on the network, and ESPN also owns the Tier 2 inventory.
Fastest way to get full carriage in SEC country? Go to a 9 game schedule and give each team a conference game on the new network.
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By "don't need much help", I mean "tier 1 is pretty much maxed out", not "eh, it'd be more money, but the SEC doesn't need more money", that would be a silly response.
That said, I probably should have lumped Tier 2 in with Tier 3, not tier 1.
Regarding Tier 3, if you want to give each team a game, just give each team a game, you don't need to go to 9 to do that.
This also doesn't address the undeniable fact that AD's and coaches are, generally, strongly against 9 conference games, and vastly prefer 8. Especially in the SEC, where even though there's 14 teams they still stuck with 8 games even though it meant a 6-year rotation (12-year rotation when counting home vs away).
BCS schools want 7 home games every year. That is very difficult to do with 9 conference games without sacrificing a lot of quality. If the SEC didn't want to go to 8 for 14, they aren't going to 8 with 16, especially since it would be easier to schedule 8 with 16 than it is with 14.