SEC must return to divisions and should have four based on geography

[Catfanlou]

There is a reason The NFL,NBA, NHL, and any league with more than 12 teams has divisions . It gives the have nots like us HOPE of winning our division . Without that why buy tickets to see your team that has no realistic chance each year of winning anything . It’s not by accident that the two most wealthy athletic programs in the nation played for the national championship last night . We will never compete with them for a championship. Maybe an upset here or there but never a sustained winning season to compete with their HUGE. advantage .

If at least we could play three regional rivalries and compete for a division championship our fans would have an incentive to buy tickets . Now it’s just to see football I guess and hope we come in fourth or fifth in the league rather than 13 th or 14th. Not a way most fans like me want to spend their time and money .

 

[sieken]

I pretty mundane on divisions. You still have to beat good teams to get anywhere. I would like to see the SEC spend some serious cheddar on Tech Geeks to write an algorithm that balances the schedule every year. It can be done if they truly have a desire to balance it out.

 

[Soupbean]

There is a reason The NFL,NBA, NHL, and any league with more than 12 teams has divisions . It gives the have nots like us HOPE of winning our division . Without that why buy tickets to see your team that has no realistic chance each year of winning anything . It’s not by accident that the two most wealthy athletic programs in the nation played for the national championship last night . We will never compete with them for a championship. Maybe an upset here or there but never a sustained winning season to compete with their HUGE. advantage .

If at least we could play three regional rivalries and compete for a division championship our fans would have an incentive to buy tickets . Now it’s just to see football I guess and hope we come in fourth or fifth in the league rather than 13 th or 14th. Not a way most fans like me want to spend their time and money .

Appreciate your thoughts and would be behind something like this if it wasnt for the fact that its all moot because as soon as you did its all going to just change again. Once the commissioners went all in on the money side theres only one thing you can count on at this point and thats more constant change. So no point in doing much planning like this Im afraid, we'll have the Vancouver Canucks and Ottawah Rough Riders in the conference soon!

 

[bthaunert]

There is a reason The NFL,NBA, NHL, and any league with more than 12 teams has divisions . It gives the have nots like us HOPE of winning our division . Without that why buy tickets to see your team that has no realistic chance each year of winning anything . It’s not by accident that the two most wealthy athletic programs in the nation played for the national championship last night . We will never compete with them for a championship. Maybe an upset here or there but never a sustained winning season to compete with their HUGE. advantage .

If at least we could play three regional rivalries and compete for a division championship our fans would have an incentive to buy tickets . Now it’s just to see football I guess and hope we come in fourth or fifth in the league rather than 13 th or 14th. Not a way most fans like me want to spend their time and money .

While divisions sound nice on paper, they really wouldn’t mean anything for postseason play because the SEC isn’t playing semifinal games to determine the SEC champion. I mean, I guess you could brag about winning the “SEC North Division” but it would come with zero benefits outside of a banner to hang (a weak one at that).