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Message: [QUOTE="nzm136, post: 3431325, member: 2531"] Markets are irrelevant for payouts (ignoring ancillary benefits, like recruiting). Fan support is what matters. Like every other product on the planet, price is the result of the intersection of supply and demand, and revenue (R) is the product of price (P) and quantity (Q). The surrounding geographic area isn’t a factor into the equation - unless you want to argue that certain fans are more affluent than others due to cost of living differences, but the impact of those variances is tiny. I know deals are negotiated on market levels (carriage rates for a media market), but they’re ultimately the result of weighted averages of fan interest. (Cable providers care about their product price elasticities, which is 100% derived from the network mix that they offer and the packages by which they offer them. Networks derive their values from a combination of fan mix and fan interest - for the purpose of being commanding carriage fees - and fan interest - readiewers - and fan demographics for the purpose of advertising. A school’s value is based on its ability to fill those needs, which has nothing to do with location - at least not directly). ATM added value to the SEC because they have an absurd number of fans who are fanatical, and the bring other soft benefits as well (like recruiting). Slimming down to 65 eliminates a lot of the dead weight (USF, ECU,Tulsa, etc.), and tighter geographic alignment leads to more compelling storylines and associated fan interest (and therefore value). The real issue IMHO, is that there isn’t a strong central body to coordinate, so there is an incredible collective action problem that hurts most (maybe all) schools. [/QUOTE]

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