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ESPN personality busted on social media for inaccurately trying to promote the SEC's strength of schedule

First publishedAug 6, 22:30 UTC
Last updatedAug 6, 23:59 UTC · 11m ago
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ESPN personality busted on social media for inaccurately trying to promote the SEC's strength of schedule
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Well, this isn't going to help ESPN beat the allegations.It's something of an open secret that ESPN wants the SEC to be the dominant powerhouse in college football. Now that ESPN is the home of most SEC television broadcasts, along with the producer of the SEC Network, it's become abundantly clear that they have a vested interest in promoting the conference and its teams.The more SEC teams are ranked in the polls, the more "games between ranked teams" they can advertise.

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Well, this isn't going to help ESPN beat the allegations.It's something of an open secret that ESPN wants the SEC to be the dominant powerhouse in college football. Now that ESPN is the home of most SEC television broadcasts, along with the producer of the SEC Network, it's become abundantly clear that they have a vested interest in promoting the conference and its teams.The more SEC teams are ranked in the polls, the more "games between ranked teams" they can advertise. The more teams that reach the College Football Playoff, the better for the network. Potentially in terms of future promotion and current ratings.

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Well, this isn't going to help ESPN beat the allegations.It's something of an open secret that ESPN wants the SEC to be the dominant powerhouse in college football. Now that ESPN is the home of most SEC television broadcasts, along with the producer of the SEC Network, it's become abundantly clear that they have a vested interest in promoting the conference and its teams.The more SEC teams are ranked in the polls, the more "games between ranked teams" they can advertise.
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