It’s not a fair fight, and the SEC likes it that way
Here's SEC commissioner Mike Slive, I believe informing the media of the conference's new Swiss bank accounts and possible land acquisitions off the coast of Spain. (AP photo)
The real SEC — which is believed to have once been less powerful and lower in stature than the government agency with the same acronym –opened its three-day media bazaar Wednesday at a nice hotel in Alabama. I’m guessing it’s because all of the nice hotels in the Caymans were booked.
The SEC isn’t a conference anymore. It’s an ATM with a practice facility. The conference recently signed two television contracts worth $3 billion. That apparently didn’t satisfy Georgia’s thirst for disposable income, because the school then negotiated its own marketing rights deal with ISP Sports for $92.8 million.
Why General Motors went to Washington for a bailout and not Athens is beyond me.
“Sometimes, it does make you stop and think a little, especially with this economy we’re in,” Georgia athletics director Damon Evans said Wednesday. “It says a lot that, with all of the struggles out there, we can still strike deals like this.”
And then the relative money quote: “A lot of institutions are struggling. We’re not struggling.”
The playing field is tilted. Fair or unfair, the SEC has a significant competitive advantage over everybody else.
Georgia Tech can upset Georgia on the football field, as it did in Athens last season. But it’s not an even fight between the comptrollers.
SEC schools have more money. That means they can build bigger and better facilities. They have bigger recruiting budgets, which means they can lure better players. They have more successful programs, which means they can sell more tickets and attract more sponsorships and tempt more football coaches who might otherwise seek their paycheck in the NFL.
This might shock you. But the NFL used to pay more than the SEC.
If your school is in another conference, this should worry you. Pro athletes have a general belief that any inflated contract is good for everybody in the “union” because it raises the bar and establishes a new comparable for negotiations. But I’m just not sure it works that way in college. The SEC isn’t a comparable. It’s like somebody in Iowa looking at a home built on the cliffs of Malibu and then telling his contractor, “I want that view in Des Moines.”
The ACC has two years left on its television contracts at about $37 million per year. The SEC’s new deals average out to $200 million annually. Realistically, how much does the ACC think it can close the gap? The economy stinks and ACC football teams generally have been out of the national title picture.
Georgia just paid $300,000 for expensive pool dividers called “bulkheads.” Relatively speaking, everybody else is running out to Home Depot for that blue and white rope.
An ACC spokesperson said Wednesday that commissioner John Swofford was at a retreat and couldn’t be reached for comment. (Tech athletics director Dan Radakovich declined to comment on Georgia or SEC finances.) But Swofford recently said he didn’t know how the SEC’s deals would impact his conference, telling the Orlando Sentinel: “Every circumstance is different. Timing is different. The marketplace can be different, depending on when you’re negotiating …”
Close to 1,000 media credentials have been issued for SEC media days. That’s up from 836 last year, despite declining newspaper budgets. (Even with more Internet and blog sites, every media outlet has a shrinking travel budget.) Compare this to the Sun Belt Conference, which held its media day recently via web conferencing in order to save $30,000 per school.
But the Sun Belt isn’t Damon Evans’ problem.
“We do have an advantage,” he said. “We can spend more, which creates more opportunity for success. I’ve heard of cutbacks related to positions and sports programs at other institutions. But you don’t hear those things coming out of the SEC.”
No. They’re just enjoying the view.
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Hillbilly Deluxe
July 22nd, 2009
3:58 pm
And of course the players who make all this money for them should be happy with just a scholarship. Doesn’t seem fair to me but what do I know?
Lee
July 22nd, 2009
4:06 pm
Hillbilly, you’re right, you know nothing. The players don’t have to CHOOSE to go to an SEC school. I’m sure Alcorn State will also give him a scholarship and a free education.
Valdosta Dawg
July 22nd, 2009
4:08 pm
Well with all that cash it is time to bump Sanford stadium up to around 105,000! No new executive suites, open up more season ticket chances for all of us in the DawgNation!
Bama Aaron
July 22nd, 2009
4:23 pm
I take it Jeff got his degree in journalism from a non-SEC school? Who cares if the fight isn’t seen as fair, but there’s no such thing as a fair fight. Only the winner and the loser. Guess which one the ACC is?
Pi$$onaDawg
July 22nd, 2009
4:24 pm
More seats in the SEPTIC TANK of the SOUTH for non-grad rednecks that can’t hunt? WHY? Billy Payne and his friends have money and don’t need to be around DRUNK WALMART FANS awayfrom the AC in the BOXES.
Volman
July 22nd, 2009
4:29 pm
Who would want a degree from the University of Georgia? Not me.. I’ll “settle” for Georgia Tech. UGA is a joke when it comes to academics.
Huh?
July 22nd, 2009
4:32 pm
I still like my idea of buying Bobby Dodd stadium and demolishing it for use as a UGA parking lot when any Dawg team is in Atlanta. Damon, give me a call please.
Volman
July 22nd, 2009
4:33 pm
“Huh”— How is that Voldosta State degree working out for you?
Saint Simons
July 22nd, 2009
4:34 pm
45-42!!!!!!!!!! hahahahahahahahahahaha
Horace
July 22nd, 2009
4:36 pm
The ACC plays football?
Voice of Reason
July 22nd, 2009
4:42 pm
Volman- where is Voldosta? learn to spell it before you belittle a degree from a pretty darn good university.
Pi$$onaDawg
July 22nd, 2009
4:43 pm
HUH, Atlanta/GRANT FIELD has indoor plumbing, no pond, and unless hunting Getto Thugs is legal, then nothing for UGA fans to park to go to. Wait, wait, wait, you can go to the Dome and watch what is his name hold a clipboard? Yea, DJ “Shock Me with your UGA degree” #3 as he tells Matt how it was done in the SEC under Richt.
Supersize that order, mutt
July 22nd, 2009
4:44 pm
Horace, they sure did last November. Remember? 45 – 42. And Clemson beat SC. Of course, Florida beat FSU, but they beat the mutts too, I’m sure you will bring up the LSU debacle, but even that can’t take the pleasure out of coming from behind in the 3rd quarter to beat the mutts in Sanford and Son Stadium. THWG
Voice of Reason
July 22nd, 2009
4:44 pm
also, GT and UGA are very different in the types of degrees they offer so you are “settling” for something totally different. UGAis a joke i academics? According to who?
Voice of Reason
July 22nd, 2009
4:46 pm
pi$$on- does Tech have any former QBs good enough to even hold a clipboard in the NFL? didn’t think so.
It would also probably be ggod to make hunting thugs legal so your students could safely walk on campus without getting mugged.
Voice of Reason
July 22nd, 2009
4:47 pm
***good
Pi$$onaDawg
July 22nd, 2009
4:48 pm
Buck BLEW loves Valdosta so it must be a great place.
gatorman770
July 22nd, 2009
4:50 pm
Better be quiet or Obama and the Socialist Democratic party controlled congress will get involved and tax the SEC for working hard and being successful and give the money to the smaller conferences in “fairness” and “neighborliness”!
Pi$$onaDawg
July 22nd, 2009
4:51 pm
Joe Hamilton was in TAMPA BAY for Years holding that clipboard then in the Arena League. Not great but no better or worse than the UGA GODs that had their hands under another man’s butt and cocksack.
Evil Richt 2009 S.E.C. World Tour: "Banned in Columbus"
July 22nd, 2009
4:52 pm
I listened to an interview last week with the commissioner of the Mountain West Conference who made the argument that a college football playoff was inevitable because there was “just too much money being left on the table” by not having one. It struck me how amusing that idea must sound to SEC athletic directors.
Voice of Reason
July 22nd, 2009
4:52 pm
gatorman770- hahahaahahahahahahahaha! well played sir.
bb
July 22nd, 2009
4:56 pm
The leveling factor as Hillbilly pointed out is that SEC schools will still only be able to give 85 scholarships just like every other FBS team and they cannot pay the players above that. Players will still go to other schools because they will not see any extra value in playing for an SEC team.
And the last I checked the game will always be played on a 100 yard long field, which I believe all the other FBS schools have, not in the upper reaches of a 100,000 seat stadium.
The SEC schools may be able to build more and better facilities and hire the best coaches, but their student atheletes will not be able to practice 1 minute longer than any other school.
the bok
July 22nd, 2009
4:58 pm
All this shows is that college was, is, and always will be the ‘free’ minor league for the NFL. It is so amusing to hear people in the south talk about how they support ‘their team’ when the great majority of them never went to college; never mind the school in question. These are not student athletes when most of them couldn’t spell SEC if you spotted them the s and the e. The fact that so much money is spent on something so meaningless as football is a sad commentary on the misguided principles of too many people.
Huh?
July 22nd, 2009
4:58 pm
“HUH, Atlanta/GRANT FIELD has indoor plumbing, no pond, and unless hunting Getto Thugs is legal, then nothing for UGA fans to park to go to.”
Au Contraire. The SEC Football championship game. The SEC basketball tournament. The Chicken Bowl when we have a really really bad year and win only a measly 9 games. Our bi-annual beatdown of the Techies in Atlanta (I guess we’ll have to move it to the Dome). I could go on and on. There are loads of reasons to have a nice convenient parking lot slap dab in the middle of Atlanta for the convenience of UGA fans and alumni. I see no better place than Grant Field. We could probably get that pile of crap at a bargain too in this down market. Damon, please call.
PBR=America in a can
July 22nd, 2009
4:58 pm
I love how fascinated, memorized, jealous, envious, scared, pathetic, & obviously virgin tech fans are with anything UGA. They wake up and until they go to bed obsess over The University of Georgia. So do us all a favor and go to a tickle pile blog or play some WOW. Yall are worse than diarrhea when you think yall will shut up about your 3 point win yall start spewing sh!t again. So do us a favor this time and walk(cut) down the street and not across.
NGL
July 22nd, 2009
4:59 pm
It looks like everyone is excited about another Florida Gator National Championship!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! hahahahahahhahahahahahahahahaha GO GATORS!!!
Kevin G
July 22nd, 2009
5:03 pm
UGA With the exposure it is getting now on tv nationally especially this season is fixing to have an even bigger national fan base. I love it. Every body hate on us that does not like it . . . Ha ha. We will play anybody anywhere anytime
Gay4Jkts
July 22nd, 2009
5:03 pm
pretty much sums up the entire fanbase of the Joke by the Coke. bunch of little babies crying about academics and BS. SEC will continue to dominate…deal with it sissies. next time try to bring something intelligent to these blogs.
Horace
July 22nd, 2009
5:03 pm
SEC overall winning %s and wins and losses vs the ACC
Alabama .88 winning % 30 wins 4 losses
LSU .81 22 wins 5 losses
Georgia .73 98 wins 32 losses
Tenn. .71 66 win 25 losses
Auburn .69 43 wins 18 losses
Vandy .63 39 wins 23 losses
Florida .59 49 wins 33 losses
Kentucky .53 20 wins 17 losses
Ole Miss .50 3 wins 3 losses break even against the acc
S. Carolina .475 155-172 losing record against ACC
Miss. State .375 4 wins 7 losses against ACC
Arkansas 0.0 0 wins and 3 losses against ACC
Overall the SEC has 8 teams with winning records against the ACC, 1 with a .500 record, and 3 teams with losing records against the ACC. Of further note is the absolutely dominating head to head performance of Alabama at 88 % and LSU at 81 %. Georgia and UT also have impressive over 70% winning records and Auburn is nearly at 70 with a 69% winning rate.
Now for a look at the ACCs head to head record against the SEC
Georgia Tech .51 winning % 177 wins 169 losses
Duke .46 winning % 41 wins 47 losses
Maryland .43 26 wins 35 losses
Miami .41 58 wins 81 losses
Boston Coll .41 14 wins 20 losses
Florida state .40 44 wins 66 losses
North Carolina .36 35 wins 65 losses
Virginia Tech .33 18 wins 38 losses
Wake Forest .29 12 wins 29 losses
Clemson .28 42 wins 111 losses
NC state .27 10 wins 28 losses
Virginia .24 8 wins 26 losses
So it looks like GT is the only ACC member who has a winning record against the SEC and even then its barely .51 %. Overall the other 11 ACC member’s performance against the SEC in all time head to head is nothing short of abysmal as any fair minded person can clearly see. Its horrible. Only 1 team with a barely over 50% winning record, 2 teams in the 30 % winning ratio against the SEC and 4 teams with winning %s in the 20s against the SEC. Also, 4 teams that are in the low 40% winning against the SEC.
The SEC VS ACC debate is over.
Pi$$onaDawg
July 22nd, 2009
5:04 pm
voice, #14 Hamilton did as well as your Eric Z, M. Bobo, D. Greene, & DJ. I guess DJ is telling Matt how they did it in the SEC when Matt comes back to the Falcons sidelines to get his notes. George G. is on O’Leary’s staff, Weisnhunt(?) coached the Steelers then Head Coached the Cardinals to the Superbowl against his former team. Donnan, Dooley, Goff took what job after leaving the DOGS? Wait, Wait, Wait their new job is being buried in the endzone with UGA VI and it’s friends.
MiltonDawg
July 22nd, 2009
5:05 pm
SEC is where its at. Corporate sponsors will continue to flock to us because the conference is so much better than the ACC.
Supersize that order, mutt
July 22nd, 2009
5:10 pm
Pi$$onaDawg, don’t forget Billy Lothridge, Heisman runner-up at Tech in 1963. He didn’t do all that much as a QB in the pros, but he played 9 years, 6 in Atlanta, where he successfully handled the punting duties, as well as being a backup QB.
Kevin G
July 22nd, 2009
5:12 pm
Like what was said on college football live . . The sec east is like the american league east in baseball. Florida is the yankees and georgia is the red Sox. Florida will Have their time to shine and win some NC like the yankees did in the 90S. Georgia will win some in the coming years like the red Sox finally started doing. The time is coming to an end for florida. Florida will always be Competitive but this is just a cycle that always happens in all sports
Gen Neyland
July 22nd, 2009
5:12 pm
Yes, we of the SEC have become the New Wave Football Carpetbaggers. The view from up there is nothing short of fabulous, so I hear. Too bad I personally won’t get a cut of the dough…
BAMA STAN
July 22nd, 2009
5:16 pm
12 NATIONAL TITLES – 21 SEC TITLES!!!
Volman – your attack on UGA academics is actually shows how out of touch you are with academics in the SEC.
Since the State of Georgia incorporated the Hope Scolarship – the caliber of student has risen to where it is extremely competitive to get into UGA. Same now applies at Univ. of Tennessee – which stated that it wants to “follow the footsteps of the University of Florida and University of Georgia in becoming recognized as a TOP 25 Public University.
Auburn and Alabama also focussing on increased respect.
ROLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLL TIDE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!1
Pi$$onaDawg
July 22nd, 2009
5:19 pm
So, Kevin G when the Gators are DOWN UGA will win the SEC and a shot at the NC? That only seamed to work some 29 yrs. ago. Bama has won, the Gators have won, LSU has won, a 13-0 Auburn should have had a chance to win, but I still don’t see a DOG in the Hunt as you would suggest. I guess all the other teams in the SEC EAST are the Yankees and UGA is always is the CUBS.
Pi$$onaDawg
July 22nd, 2009
5:20 pm
I forgot the VOLS with Tee Martin won too. Did I leave anybody out? UGA was not even close ever.
Otto
July 22nd, 2009
5:30 pm
The SEC fought long and hard for this. It used to be the Big 10 and PAC10 with the funding and media advantage. The SEC now has every advantage going its way stadium sizes, tv contracts, and most of all AL, GA, and FL are some of the most talent rich areas of the country.
It is a shame D1 CFB is handicapped to 85 scholarships. The limit has allowed 2nd tier programs to beat top level programs once or twice a year.
honky jones
July 22nd, 2009
5:40 pm
It’s a plantation! Predominantly young black males playing for the entertainment of rich white southern alumni. Pay the athletes, enough b.s. about the value of a physical education degree from a sec school. Puleeze!
Huh?
July 22nd, 2009
5:45 pm
Pi$$onaDawg, can you even comprehend how stupid you sound talking trash about national titles? Lets just say its like a fat guy standing on the sidewalk talking trash to people running a marathon. You are a Techie are you not? If we want some insight on what its like to play on Blue Turf and get absolutely blasted in the Chicken Bowl we will be sure to let you know, but nobody is at all interested in what a Tech fan has to say about winning national freaking titles. Let the LSU and Florida fans say all they want about UGA not winning national titles, but a Tech fans? I’m sorry but that’s just hysterical. Go polish your commemorative Chicken Bowl ring and leave the big boy college football talk to the professionals. This is no place for a Tech fan.
lakesidegator
July 22nd, 2009
5:47 pm
Hey, “suupersize that order, mutt” — Billy Lotheridge was prosecuted on charges related to a telemarketing scheme in Santa Rosa county, Florida. I was the prosecutor. It’s been a while ago, early 90’s I think, and he didn’t go to jail, just probation. His lawyer was a former Gator football player. It was a sad time, as Lotheridge was a hero of mine back when he played at Tech. You may want to re-think name-dropping him, though, in future posts to UGa folks.
$hitonaJacket
July 22nd, 2009
5:48 pm
Donnan-Just elected into the college football hall of fame
Dooley-Successful career as a Athletic Director
Goff-I’ll give you Goff, we were just glad he went away.
Will Muschamp-Current defensive coordinator and next head coach at University of Texas
Kirby Smart-Defensive coordinator at University of Alabama
Now, lets talk about the Tech guys:
George O’Leary-Fired from ND before he set foot on campus due to fraud on his resume.
Joe Hamilton-Resigned from GT in disgrace after getting arrested for drunk driving and marijuana possession.
Chan Gailey-Well, go ask your buddy ‘m’ about Gailey.
So, what was your point POAD?
I also find it comical that you make fun of ’sidewalk Walmart fans’ when we can clearly tell from your writing that you never stepped foot on the GT campus. If by some miracle you did, it just confirms that all the talk about GT’s academic superiority is just hot air because you are quite simply a moron.
Lars Taint
July 22nd, 2009
5:49 pm
Pi$$ on a Dawg must have just started watching football last year. UGA finished 2nd in nation 2 years ago. I think that would qualify as being close. Also, in your post about the SEC East, of all those teams you mentioned (except for Florida) are in the West, genius.
Supersize that order, mutt
July 22nd, 2009
5:59 pm
lakeside, I did not know about Lothridge’s telemarketing scheme, nor can I find any mention of it in any Google links. The question, however, was about whether Tech had ever had any QB’s who made it in the pros. Pi$$ named a few; I merely reminded him of Lothridge. Regardless of what he did after his football career was over (whether good or bad), he DID make it in the pros, although as a punter.
Borat Obama
July 22nd, 2009
5:59 pm
SEC blah blah blah This is all meaningless rubbish. You are stupid people, you Volunteers and Gators and Bulldogs and whatever else is out there. You call each other rednecks and make stupid arguments over stupid things.
Supersize that order, mutt
July 22nd, 2009
6:01 pm
Donnan in the hall of fame? WHY??? Must be because of his record at Marshall; he pretty much sucked at UGAG. He was fired, wasn’t he?
jhaynes
July 22nd, 2009
6:01 pm
all i want in life is to beat fla, ala, tenn, lsu, sc, vandy, kentuck, miss, old miss, aubrn, and anybody else that plays ga in whatever sport.
Jeff Schultz
July 22nd, 2009
6:06 pm
Somehow, I figured this would turn into the Ugas vs. the Buzz. Oh well, …
Bama – are you mocking Cal State Long Beach, because we will tear you UP!
Saint Simons – first one to mention the score, you get a prize, I think.
Gen Neyland – first carpetbagger reference. I think you get a prize too
Bama Stan – and the last national title was, uh, how long ago?
$hitonaJacket
July 22nd, 2009
6:12 pm
Yes, he was fired from UGA and yes he was elected mostly for his career at Marshall. All that and you can only comment on Donnan? Yeah, I would be embarassed by the clowns I listed from Tech and keep my mouth shut as well.
And if we want to go way back on the QBs, we can throw Fran Tarkenton out there who achieved more in the NFL by himself than the combined careers of every single Tech QB.
SEC
July 22nd, 2009
6:14 pm
Im kinda tired of hearing “if you didnt go to the university you shouldn’t be a fan or you have no voice to debate”. First i did go to UGA, 2nd i have never lived in “atlanta” and i am a falcons fan, a braves fan, and a thrashers fan. I do not live in gwinnett and i have attended the gwinnett braves games. Am i allowed to do so since i dont live there. Im sorry they dont have the grayson falcons. I was born to bleed red & black and thats all i will ever do. Just because somebody did not attend the university does not mean they can’t be a fan. I actually applaud them even more. GO DAWGS!!!! GO SEC!!! F**k tech and the ACC
GT
July 22nd, 2009
6:16 pm
This makes you happy? To me it makes me wonder what is going on in the rest of college football. Maybe in the self congradulations we are not seeing a bigger picture, maybe college football as a whole is not as healthy as it should be. This certainly leaves me to believe the rest of the country is concerned about other matters or the poorer south has it’s priorities upside down.
SEC
July 22nd, 2009
6:20 pm
In the south they call it “their team” cause as SEC fans we are like family. Why do u think its called bulldog nation. and that can go for every other SEC team. Look at alabama. They do not have a pro sports team. I highly doubt the whole state went to Bama or Auburn. So i ask u, the bok, does your comment hold any weight now?
UGASlobberknocker
July 22nd, 2009
6:51 pm
Gatorman is right..and Bama Stan usually is. They are in the vast minority of lucid posters on this blog.
Honking Bobo's Nose
July 22nd, 2009
6:58 pm
My bro, Honkie Jones: this plantation stuff goes right over the heads of the “red-around-the-collar” folks. But, it’s sadly true.
Supersize that order, mutt
July 22nd, 2009
7:06 pm
$hit, I am amazed that it took so long for any of you mutts to mention Tarkenton. He WAS INDEED one of the greatest NFL QB’s ever; I do not deny that at all. If I remember right though, he was a better NFL QB than a college one. I think Charlie Britt, who later played for the Rams, shared some of the QB duties while at UGAG, although that may have been a poor decision on Butts’ behalf. Zeke Bratkwoski was also a great NFL QB from UGAG, although he never beat Tech while in school. As far as why I picked Donan to comment on, he was the only one on the list that was questionable as a Hall of Famer. And although Tech has certainly had its share of losers as coach in the last 40 years, the fact remains that Heisman, Alexander, and Dodd are all in the Hall of Fame, and Ross probably should be. O’Leary might have eventually qualified if he had been honest. I fully expect that Paul Johnson will be one day. And, to give credit where credit is due, Richt probably will be also. You see, even though I HATE UGAG and LOVE TECH, I still know a bit about the history of both schools, and I DO give credit where it is due. Can you say the same?
THWG
Hart Co.
July 22nd, 2009
8:09 pm
Supersize that, you sure give your self plenty of it too, dumba$$.
jacketbacker
July 22nd, 2009
8:33 pm
all of these advantages and Ugag still lost to little ole Tech in football, basketball and baseball!!!…i enjoy the view just fine thanks!!
45-42!!!
THWG
BruffDawg
July 22nd, 2009
9:07 pm
Bama Stan, I like your posts more every day. Way to stick up for the SEC. As if we needed it. As for losing to the Nerds, even a broken clock is right twice a day.
Dobearsbare
July 22nd, 2009
9:30 pm
Well this nothing new. The SEC has money. Stop the presses. Jeff, are you going for some kind of wealth envy thing here? I think you’re singing to the wrong choir. Yeah, it would be nice if ISP did something about the housing crisis, but they’re in business to make money, and they’ll make tons of it with Georgia. Same with the two TV deals. So what’s the conference and its schools supposed to do? Say, “nah, everybody else is poor and your priorities are misaligned, dear broadcast partner, so we’ll kindly ask you to find somewhere else to park your brinks truck,”? Maybe these deals actually will create some jobs.
leon
July 22nd, 2009
9:31 pm
it must suck being a yellow jacket, going around 24/7 365 obsessed with UGA, knowing your school colors are urine, your mascot is an insect, you tailgate next to an interstate, your women have zits, half the male student body has never had a date with a female, and you lose 7 out of 8 to your most hated rival and you know deep down who is your daddy .
Sanford Drive
July 22nd, 2009
9:31 pm
SEC > everyone else. That’s obvious to everyone. Next post.
Joke
July 22nd, 2009
9:35 pm
More money huh?
Why don’t you check the endowments at schools in the Big 10 and ACC versus the $EC. Here’s a little secret…it ain’t even close.
5th Down Reggie
July 22nd, 2009
9:36 pm
gatorman, that’s exactly what i was thinking. since the SEC is so successful and profitable it’s about time Obama jumps in to “level the playing field” with the other conferences to give them a chance. god forbid someone be rewarded for success and hard work…
anyone heard from Reggie Ball lately???
Hillbilly Deluxe
July 22nd, 2009
9:48 pm
Everybody gets rich in college football except the players. From most of the posts it seems most people think that’s how it should be.
gtfanfrom1951
July 22nd, 2009
10:01 pm
The ACC will have great year and close the money gap.
SugarHillDawg
July 22nd, 2009
10:27 pm
200 million for the SEC and 37 million for the ACC? That’s a typo right? No , it just goes to show you how far below the ACC is. Hey Comrade Schulz, your leftist leanings are tiresome—-I guess the SEC should give some $$$ to the less fortunate ACC huh? We still live in a capitalist country(for now atleast) and the SEC negotiators job was to get top dollar and they did.Don’t hate, try to emulate!!!
clickdawg
July 22nd, 2009
10:29 pm
the obsession continues, go dawgs, f-tech
G. Tampa Bedwetter
July 22nd, 2009
10:53 pm
Lemme see ………….. if you work your butt off to be successful; and it works; you are allowed to get bigger and better.
Then the fruits of your labor pay off to the max …………………..
You should just give all of your profits to the Ga Techs of the world ………….
I get it …………… Obamanism
Gen Neyland
July 22nd, 2009
11:02 pm
JS : As for the prize, does it have 4 wheels, 8 or more cylinders and a motor that runs strictly on petroleum based fuel..? If so, I’m in…
FlaRR
July 22nd, 2009
11:11 pm
The richest owner or most profitable team doesn’t necessarily win the championship, just look at the NFL, NBA, MLB, etc. And that’s in the pros, where if you have money, you can try (with some restrictions) to buy the best players. The resulting SEC advantage on the field of all this money will actually be minimal, given all the NCAA scholarship and recruiting restrictions that will tend to levelize things. By the way, where does all that money go? Why are UGA season ticket holders having to pay thousands of dollars just to reserve their seats? That should be the real point of the article for SEC fans.
Drew
July 22nd, 2009
11:22 pm
Nice ACC vs.SEC stats Horace, except THUGA has not played Miami since 1967, and THUGA and Vince lost. How about some recent stats like 45-42?????
Island Dawg
July 22nd, 2009
11:39 pm
Joke, when has an SEC team used endowment funds for sports? Endowment is for academics and academic facilities. I have not checked the stats, but regardless even if what you say is true it’s moot here. Also this whole plantation crap is racism disguised as anti-racism. There is no way many of these kids could afford the costs of college without their athletic scholarships, and it is a great opportunity for them. We love our players and do not view them as “slaves” in any way. You guys su(k!
Bamaht52
July 22nd, 2009
11:45 pm
Everyone is so jealous of the great SEC.Rolltide!!!
Island Dawg
July 22nd, 2009
11:47 pm
Drew, how bout 7 of 8? Win by 3 and engrave on a ring after getting crushed by SEC LSU…nice
Bamaht52
July 22nd, 2009
11:49 pm
Want recent stats Mr.Drew? How about LSU 38-Georgia Tech 3 or Bama 31-Clemson 10.Have a nice night.
Island Dawg
July 22nd, 2009
11:51 pm
Also, Drew, I don’t think UM was in the ACC in 1967. In fact, I am 100% positive they were not.
Island Dawg
July 23rd, 2009
12:10 am
52, I believe that LSU-38 GT-3 would be the most recent stat for Mr. Drew since he seems to like them as recent as possible. See that’s the deal: I have no problem at all with any fanbases like I do with the Techies. I can chill out and drink a beer with fans from any other program. They land a couple lucky punches on big brother and then act like they’re king of the castle. BTW, you can call us rednecks but I don’t recall us ever desecrating your stadium like y’all did in ‘98. The thought of our hedges placed next to a Mr Spock poster in some nerd’s dorm room still fills me with rage. Win at least a conference c’ship then talk. THWGT!!!
GT Gators
July 23rd, 2009
3:49 am
UGA fans are really funny…..You hate(d) UF especially when Spurrier was there and even more now that Meyer has your number and still boast about UF accomplishments….The SEC has always been a great conference and will continue to be…..The SEC Commissioner did an excellent job negotiating the TV contracts for the conference. And most people in this state grew up in the era that UGA put Ga on the map with a young man from Wrightsville, Ga. and Larry Munson saying Go Lindsey Go!!!!! They won a National Championship in 1980 with Belue, Herschel and Lindsey. So I would venture to say that although most UGA fans are not alums they are passionate because thier parents taught them that there was one team in the state of Ga…….The Dawgs!!!!!
In the early 80’s the Braves, Falcons and Hawks were horrible!!!!! The Dawgs were the team that you could hang your hat on…..Then came a small forward for UGA to play for the hometown team and put the Hawks in the playoffs…..But please don’t sit there and type that the SEC is superior because of UGA’s accomplishments unless you want to talk Gymnastics!!!!
Any success that UF, LSU, Alabama, Tennessee has had on the diamond, gridiron or hardwood does not translate to UGA!!!!!! You had a good run a couple of years ago in football. You played well in baseball. And won the SEC tournament in basketball in 2008. But as Ricky Bobby would say 2nd place is the 1st LOSER!!!!! If you want to take the LSU victory over GT in the Chick-Fil-A bowl as a victory for yourselves then go ahead if it makes you feel better. If you want to say that a 3 pt victory doesn’t gives you room to talk then go look at the margin of Victory in the 7 game winning steak and we all could say those were flukes also here are the results.
November 24, 2007 – No. 6 Georgia Beats Georgia Tech 31-17
November 25, 2006 Georgia Tech Falls 15-12 to Georgia
November 27, 2005 No. 13 Georgia Edges No. 20 Georgia Tech, 14-7
November 27, 2004 Georgia Tech Falls to No. 8 Georgia, 19-13
November 29, 2003 Georgia Tech Falls To No. 5 Georgia, 34-17
11/30/02 Jackets Fall To Georgia, 51-7
11/24/01 Bulldogs Too Much For Yellow Jackets, 31-17
Nov. 25, 2000 at Georgia WGCL-TV (Ch. 46, Atlanta) W, 27-15
Nov. 27, 1999 GEORGIA ABC W, 51-48 (OT)
Recruiting results for UGA (Source Rivals.com)
2009 6 Georgia
2008 7 Georgia
2007 9 Georgia
2006 4 Georgia
2005 10 Georgia
2004 6 Georgia
2003 6 Georgia
2002 3 Georgia
With Top 10 recruiting classes since 2002 and a fluke 3 pt win in 2008 along with 3 wins less than 7 points and 2 other 14 pt wins and a 17 pt victory with 1 blowout in the Chan Gailey/Reggie Ball era at GT and you complain about GT fans????? To hear you UGA fans talk it is like GT didn’t even compete the last 8 years and we had a liability as a coach and at QB who gave away games all the time……Please, under CPJ and his HS offense there will be no Reggie Ball giva away games for you to hang onto. And one last thing…..Meyer will stay in Gatorland because of what this article states….MONEY!!!!!!! Now go ahead and dispute the facts here……I don’t hate UGA or it’s fans I have lots of UGA friends and they don’t hate Tech fans or Gator fans they just love the Dawgs just like I love the Gators and Jackets…….THWG!!!!!!
Dobearsbare
July 23rd, 2009
6:40 am
Obsess much?
Preston
July 23rd, 2009
6:53 am
I wonder when obama’s going to step in and say that this isn’t fair and make the SEC share that money with the other conferences. It just isn’t fair that the best conference in college football makes more money as a reward for excellence. (sarcasm)
Dogs Stink
July 23rd, 2009
7:02 am
Just proves the SEC is just football, no interest in academic excellence.
m
July 23rd, 2009
7:04 am
Bobby Dodd Stadium at historic Grant Field is going to be the site of the SECOND STRAIGHT annual arsewhipping of the dawgs. Get used to it.
45-42…glad it still hurts so bad…and it is only the beginning.
Dogs Stink
July 23rd, 2009
7:10 am
Any Kid that is serious about Academic Excellence would not be interested in the SEC. Maybe Vanderbilt is good, but with the likes of LSU, USC, UGA and Miss., academics are not required in SEC.
RGP
July 23rd, 2009
7:18 am
Well, lots of money for sports to be sure…..but, you still are stuck with an SEC-level educational institution (I do pity Vandy).
2BT
July 23rd, 2009
7:20 am
mutt fans, if the two teams lined up TODAY to play, Tech’s probably installed as a 4-5 point favorite. That number will be closer to 10 by the time November gets here. Keep thumping your chests during July and August because, just like last year, the egg on your faces from December on is PRICELESS!
Lisa
July 23rd, 2009
7:33 am
The SEC also has the most arrests, they cheat the most and they have horrible academics. They should do things the right way and see how great they are.
MyWhiskeyClear
July 23rd, 2009
7:37 am
Hi it’s Georgia Techhere,
Please put me back in the SEC! I’m a founding member who should never have left. I still play the SEC more than any ACC team and beat them more than any ACC team.I I even hold more SEC titles than several current SEC teams. I still play in the center of the SEC market, and SEC money would turn me back into a competitive SEC team over time. Thanks, bye.
jumbeauxtiger
July 23rd, 2009
7:39 am
nice research Horace.
David
July 23rd, 2009
7:41 am
So in the SEC they have it backwards. The football teams have tons of cash and the fans are not that well off. The ones that actually graduate probably have the lowest average pay than any other BCS conference, and I’ll bet it’s not even close.
jumbeauxtiger
July 23rd, 2009
7:43 am
All you have have to do is look at the size of the stadiums in the SEC to know that there is more interest in football than there is in the ACC. UT, UGA, Bama, LSU, Fl & Aub are ranked in the Top 10 in the nation in attendance.
NC
July 23rd, 2009
7:50 am
Tech puts up billboards to sell season tickets…UGA puts up billboards to try to get people to hire their grads (remember the “Hire a Dawg” billboard on 285 last year?)
aasteve
July 23rd, 2009
8:03 am
This is a total perversion of college athletics and the whole university concept. When did George Steinbrenner buy the SEC?
GT
July 23rd, 2009
8:18 am
Headlines of the AJC tells it all today. Georgia has one of the worst high school graduation percentages of any state in the country. You know athletics are actually helping that number look better, if Johnny can’t read but he can play football we will figure a way to graduate him, thus helping the numbers but not Johnny. We live in one of the most impoverished states in the country and the rest of the SEC is worse than we are, why is it so great to see all this money wasted on football? We don’t have money to be big spenders and the ones that do aren’t wasting it on football, somewhere there is a lesson here.
SugarHillDawg
July 23rd, 2009
8:20 am
M! I thought I smelled the stench of a NERD! The only thing Tech is gonna beat when it comes to UGA next year is a hasty retreat to the exits in the third quater so y’all can play the latest NCAA 09 on Xbox and fantasize about beating UGA!
Brunswick Marsh Dawg
July 23rd, 2009
8:28 am
8 out of 9 hahahahahahahaha!!!
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8:36 am
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Saint Simons
July 23rd, 2009
8:46 am
Roddy Jones just scored again!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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8:52 am
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SickandTired
July 23rd, 2009
9:00 am
Well with big money comes big pressure. Look for the coaches at places like Georgia to find themselves on the hot seat when a national championship can’t be delivered. Saint Mark is on the clock whether the Dawg Nation fanatics will admit it or not. They want that championship and they want it soon or they’ll want someone that can get it for them. And here’s a prediction, because of the big money from these contracts it means the athletic department is flush with money for the visible things like facilities. It also means that the bag money in cash for recruiting is even more flush which leads to recruiting violations. Write that prediction down. Georgia, under investigations within two years. Gotta have those 5 stars Mark. That is if you want to stay on the radar screen with Urban Meyer who can outcoach you, out recruit you and dog gone it, he’s just better.
Once a Dawg, always a Dawg
July 23rd, 2009
9:04 am
Can’t believe any tech fan would mention Hamilton. A druggie who can’t speak an English word you can understand. I would find it real hard to believe that half of the people in the huddle could even understand the play. Which would explain all the running around for his life he did back then. And he got accepted to the self proclaimed “academic” school? What a joke!