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Originally Posted by Prison Bitch
Re-alignment will reverse itself eventually. That is my bold prediction. Nobody thinks that superconferences will fail, but I do. Look at all sorts of organizations (companies, countries even) that merge and grow big. Look at how many eventually fail and break apart. That's where these sports are headed.
THe only thing college sports can sell is rivalry & tradition. They can't sell quality of the sport vs. the pros. What reason would a person in Iowa City have to watch games against Rutgers or Maryland? I mean, I guess to see their own team play. But nearly every fan cares vastly more about BIG matchups than non-cons. Aren't these adds basically non-cons? College sports programming is a massive bubble right now and when it pops, the economic reasons will pop too. Then schools will go back to geographical focus.
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Not out of the realm of possibility, but we have to remember what is driving the bubble. Its driven by the fact most TV viewers, if they watch a program when it actually airs, watch sports programs, which is what drives the market value for advertising. Most other shows are DVR'd so people can skip past commercials.
If advertisers figure out a different way to maximize their money, then perhaps sports programming will even out. I just don't know what that is yet.