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<blockquote data-quote="doneagain" data-source="post: 130837402" data-attributes="member: 1396145">Not trying to pick a silly fight as I generally don’t care, but again there are 14 other FBS schools geographically closer to DC than Blacksburg, including UVA. There are 4 D1 basketball schools just in DC, not including the dozens of other surrounding D1 Basketball programs closer to DC than VT. Literally about 30-40 D1 programs closer to DC than VT.I just don’t get How people think VT brings the DC market? I would be more open to the idea that they deliver the Richmond and Tidewater market areas, though UVA fans would argue that.For argument”s sake, WVU’s largest transplant population of alumni and former WV residents is in Charlotte. That doesnt mean WVU brings the Charlotte market. Pretty sure they have cable tv there, too.I have the SEC and B10 network on my cable package. Don’t need Alabama in West Virginia to get the SEC network. For that matter, WVU does more to bring the Pittsburgh market than VT does to bring the DC market. And Morgantown is actually listed as Part of the Pittsburgh TV market.<a href="https://www.thevab.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/05/2017-2018-TV-DMA-Map.pdf">https://www.thevab.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/05/2017-2018-TV-DMA-Map.pdf</a>DC residents are not going to pay premium cable prices for the SEC Network because of VT just so it can be carried in basic packages. They might do it because of the SEC, itself, but not in anyway because of VT.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="doneagain, post: 130837402, member: 1396145"] Not trying to pick a silly fight as I generally don’t care, but again there are 14 other FBS schools geographically closer to DC than Blacksburg, including UVA. There are 4 D1 basketball schools just in DC, not including the dozens of other surrounding D1 Basketball programs closer to DC than VT. Literally about 30-40 D1 programs closer to DC than VT. I just don’t get How people think VT brings the DC market? I would be more open to the idea that they deliver the Richmond and Tidewater market areas, though UVA fans would argue that. For argument”s sake, WVU’s largest transplant population of alumni and former WV residents is in Charlotte. That doesnt mean WVU brings the Charlotte market. Pretty sure they have cable tv there, too. I have the SEC and B10 network on my cable package. Don’t need Alabama in West Virginia to get the SEC network. For that matter, WVU does more to bring the Pittsburgh market than VT does to bring the DC market. And Morgantown is actually listed as Part of the Pittsburgh TV market. [URL]https://www.thevab.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/05/2017-2018-TV-DMA-Map.pdf[/URL] DC residents are not going to pay premium cable prices for the SEC Network because of VT just so it can be carried in basic packages. They might do it because of the SEC, itself, but not in anyway because of VT. [/QUOTE]

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