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<blockquote data-quote="ChiefGritty" data-source="post: 1475783" data-attributes="member: 746137"><p>It's not really an unfair advantage per se for Bama to play a Florida State or a Virginia Tech in Atlanta. That's an easy trip for any big fanbase in the South.</p><p></p><p>The scam is that these big neutral site early season clashes (always one in Atlanta, always one in Dallas, seems like Orlando, Miami and Charlotte are increasingly on that list, etc) are a way for all of these big time programs to play in markets they want to recruit without ever having to play a true road game.</p><p></p><p>It's one of those things that was cool once, but constantly making these fanbases travel and pay huge ticket costs (nobody's season tickets are valid for this, cha-ching), while broadcasting games in antiseptic neutral NFL environments is just the sport eating its seed corn. It's grabbing short term profits at the cost of long-term investment in the product.</p><p></p><p>This stuff always gets coded as "smart" or "savvy" as revenues spiral to the ceiling due to a temporary leveraged position vis a vis existing broadcasting infrastructure. When the winds change on that, and they will, this stuff is going to be revealed for what it is, eating one cookie today instead of two tomorrow.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="ChiefGritty, post: 1475783, member: 746137"] It's not really an unfair advantage per se for Bama to play a Florida State or a Virginia Tech in Atlanta. That's an easy trip for any big fanbase in the South. The scam is that these big neutral site early season clashes (always one in Atlanta, always one in Dallas, seems like Orlando, Miami and Charlotte are increasingly on that list, etc) are a way for all of these big time programs to play in markets they want to recruit without ever having to play a true road game. It's one of those things that was cool once, but constantly making these fanbases travel and pay huge ticket costs (nobody's season tickets are valid for this, cha-ching), while broadcasting games in antiseptic neutral NFL environments is just the sport eating its seed corn. It's grabbing short term profits at the cost of long-term investment in the product. This stuff always gets coded as "smart" or "savvy" as revenues spiral to the ceiling due to a temporary leveraged position vis a vis existing broadcasting infrastructure. When the winds change on that, and they will, this stuff is going to be revealed for what it is, eating one cookie today instead of two tomorrow. [/QUOTE]
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