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Re:CA Governor Signs Bill Allowing College Athletes to Profi... by wgerard on Monday September 30, 2019 @02:15PM (#21118128)
> There's not going to be much national demand for a state-only organization

Uh, this would be true of many states but not of states like CA/TX/FL.

There would absolutely be demand for a CA-only athletic organization.

There's a reason California did this and not, say, Alaska (no offense to Alaska of course).

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Re:CA Governor Signs Bill Allowing College Athletes to Profi... by MisterBastahrd on Monday September 30, 2019 @03:10PM (#21118662)
There's not one example of a regional sports league that has had any sort of success in recent memory.

One of the foundational reasons that the WWF / WWE became the dominant power in the wrestling market is that they were the first to ignore regional barriers.

Rinse, repeat.

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Re:CA Governor Signs Bill Allowing College Athletes to Profi... by wgerard on Monday September 30, 2019 @04:47PM (#21119524)
> There's not one example of a regional sports league that has had any sort of success in recent memory.

Er, we're talking about them right now. College sports are extremely regional but still have significant national appeal. Many, many people tune into SEC conference games who have no connection to the SEC.

If you think people wouldn't watch an SEC-only league (I'm using the SEC here because it's the most obvious example), then I think that betrays your knowledge of college sports.

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Re:CA Governor Signs Bill Allowing College Athletes to Profi... by MisterBastahrd on Wednesday October 02, 2019 @12:23PM (#21138196)
I think that the SEC has the drawing power it does because of how it competes on a national level. The SEC in and of itself is a bunch of mediocre to good teams and a few powerhouses that bear the load for its reputation. Every P5 conference in existence would be irreparably harmed if they engaged in purely regional competition / contracts.
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Re:CA Governor Signs Bill Allowing College Athletes to Profi... by jessaustin on Monday September 30, 2019 @03:52PM (#21119090)
Every collegiate conference is regional. [0] Long flights are expensive and inconvenient. You could maybe justify a national conference for men's basketball, but that would eliminate all the minor sports and also would probably violate Title IX.

[0] admittedly, minor confused conferences like Conference USA and Big 12 stretch the definition a little bit, but they're still essentially regional.

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