You know it’s true when they do this.
My biggest question: all this for just 20 million? Seriously? Whats next?
This is the most Mickey Mouse thing yet, reminds me of all those attractions at Epcot that were brought to you by a corporate sponsor. Yeesh.
I would be good with the sec sponsored by buffalo trace since most imbibe bourbon on game day.
Snagged a couple of bottles of Blantons at the local wal-greens, this location also had a bottle of 12 year old eagle rare just a shade north of $300 that the manager said lasted less than a day on the back shelf…didn’t unnerstand that one…GO DAWGS!!
….brought to you by DraftKings
Who will be the first to have them as a sponsor? You know it’s going to happen. For the kids, of course.
Supposedly the MLBPA’s latest proposal for their CBA included removing individual player prop bets, supposedly to try and lessen the harassment of players…. Who knows whether it was a serious proposal or just thrown out as a bargaining chip, but interesting nonetheless….
Tejas Tek? Askin’ for a friend
You misspelled Tejass…
They sold out for less than $2m per member. No wonder Cody Campbell wants the SEC and Big 10 to be forced to subsidize the Big 12’s media rights.
Hahahahahahahaha!
Using Texas Tech as the example, why should the SEC, Big 10 and ACC subsidize TT’s media payout when their OOC is Abilene Christian, Sam Houston and Oregon State (the P12 is Group of 6 now)?
Who are the big 10,
This sport just cannot stop beclowning itself. Lord knows what would happen to it if there were not so many gambling addicts in this country. I’m on the edge of just saying fuck it.
I have been planning some vacation trips and recently discovered that I’m no longer mentally blocking out the fall when it comes to scheduling. For all my adult life, fall was off limits for any leisure activities that conflicted with following the Dawgs and CFB. I guess that’s no longer the case.
I’m happy we got two championships before it all went down the tube.
I can understand this … I agreed to take a 2 week international work assignment where the weekend is the OU game at home. My kids will use my tickets for that game. I’m of the opinion that I’ll see OU in 4 years … oh, well.
A few years ago, I would have said I can’t be away for that weekend.
Same. I booked an October trip with my wife and did not even look at the schedule beforehand. Fall used to revolve around the football schedule, but those days are gone.
This is so sad, but met too. Can’t even elaborate, but the passion is gone.
We should all be very nervous, because Greg and the empty suits in Birmingham are all saying to themselves that this aggression cannot stand, man!
The only questions I have is who is going to be the SEC corporate sponsor and how soon will it happen and how much is it going to take?
Coco Cola, State Farm, GEICO,BMW ????
2 weeks tops on getting the deal done
Over/under at $75 million.
Who, when and how much, lets here it.
Multiple schools serve Pepsi in their athletic venues, so Coke is a no go.
State Farm is based in Yankee land in Illinois … no way.
GEICO is also a Yankee company … Maryland.
BMW? The Alabama schools would say no just as South Carolina would say no to Mercedes.
The sponsor could be from North Korea as long as there’s enough cash on the table
That is probably true.
It is not probably true. It is true.
Porsche. SE headquarters in the ATL.
The a$$holes from Tejas would make sure it was Dr. Pepper or Buc-cees.
There really is only one correct answer to the SEC title sponsor … Chick-fil-a.
Seeing what they’re already doing with Duke’s mayo for money shots, I’m terrified at the thought of Pat McAfee and a tub of Chik-fil-a’s Polynesian sauce
Looking back to an old t-shirt that had the Dawgs Offensive line = Georgia Power Company now that’s a sponsor I could get used to.
I think that would fit very well!!
I remember a quote attributed to Ted Turner when questioned about advertising, Ge said, when I die, I hope that on Mt tombstone it will say, “Here lies Ted Turner, brought to you by Coca Cola”.
It is going to continue and accelerate
These idiots are not reading the tea leaves. Revenue is increasing but the base will soon decline. Boomers will die off and the next gens won’t be as supportive. The money is coming in big from fewer…that will dry up and then the economic death cycle begins. Wild attempts to expand the base will ensue (like going to foreign markets) and the “product” will stop looking the same. Buyers/fans will flee. This is one of the oldest Harvard Business Review case studies of what goes wrong in a business but the current suits in charge are just greedy middle managers fighting for their own turf and not for the good of the whole. A slow train wreck that Congress and a Commissioner will be too little too late to stop.
Among others, LSU, Wisconsin and Kansas are already doing this. It’s coming, and it’s a sign of the end times.