Is it too let to get a new realtor? ;-)
Sent From Shane's iPhone Go Gators! & Skol Vikes! ALPCA #8756 Europlate #1045 On May 5, 2013, at 11:34 AM, "mail.bobparks.com" <[email protected]> wrote: > I can see it now. August 1, 2015. I'm up late worrying about a real estate > closing. There's nothing to watch on HBO, nothing on Showtime. The Military > Channel is showing the thirtieth replay of some documentary about Boot Camp. > It's beginning to look like I'll have to check out Gatorzone. Then I pause, > think about what might be on the SEC Channel, I turn over to see... The 1997 > Florida/semi game is just beginning. > I'm up until almost dawn watching, captivated, thrilled, depressed, sweating > over a game I've seen many times. I know what the outcome will be. Still, I > feel a sense of satisfaction know Quezzie was right in the post-game > interview when he says, "We were ranked #1 this season too." > Ah, life is good. Who cares about that real estate deal? > > Oliver Barry, CRS, GRI > Real Estate Broker > Bob Parks, LLC > 1517 Hunt Club Blvd > Gallatin TN 37066 > 615-972-4239 > 615-826-4040 > Sent from my iPhone > > Begin forwarded message: > >> From: Shane Ford <[email protected]> >> Date: May 5, 2013, 8:49:20 AM CDT >> To: GatorNEWS <[email protected]> >> Subject: [gatornews] [SUN]: Slive adds SEC Network to extensive legacy >> Reply-To: [email protected] >> >> Slive adds SEC Network to extensive legacy >> >> Southeastern Conference commissioner Mike Slive, second from right, takes >> the podium after ESPN President John Skipper during a news conference >> announcing the launching of the SEC Network in partnership with ESPN on >> Thursday in Atlanta. (AP Photo/John Amis) >> >> By Pat Dooley >> Gainesville SUN Columnist >> Published: Thursday, May 2, 2013 at 6:34 p.m. >> Last Modified: Thursday, May 2, 2013 at 6:34 p.m. >> The unveiling of the SEC Network in Atlanta on Thursday was typical Mike >> Slive. It wasn't hurried, it was well thought out and it will be a >> tremendous success. >> >> That's what we have come to expect from the SEC commissioner. >> >> The SEC Network isn't a knee-jerk reaction. If it was, we'd have had one a >> long time ago. The league started seriously talking about it seven years >> ago, but there were concerns. >> >> So the SEC waited for other leagues to try it out. You be our guinea pigs, >> Big Ten and Mountain West. We'll see what problems you have and whether we >> can solve them. >> >> And the SEC did by becoming partners with ESPN for the longest rights >> agreement ever. Distribution? We've got your distribution. It's called the >> Ocho. ESPN has more networks than HBO. >> >> So here we are, with an SEC Network ready to launch in August of 2014. If >> you're like me, you can't wait. >> >> But the league did. It waited until a digital website could be launched in >> 2009. It waited until it could see the numbers from the Big Ten's effort. In >> Nashville at the SEC Tournament, Slive told me he was waiting until the >> hoops season was over so the announcement wouldn't take away any attention >> from March Madness. The league even waited another week to make the >> announcement because of the tragedy in Boston. >> >> While we contemplate how our viewing habits are going to change when there >> is an SEC Network, I also wonder this — I've had many conversations with SEC >> officials who have expressed a concern over sagging attendance at football >> and basketball games. Wouldn't it be counter-productive to show more games >> on TV? >> >> It's just the way of the world today, an almost if-you-can't-beat-them >> attitude. They're talking about increasing revenues by $1.5 million per team >> per year with this deal. That'll pay for a lot of soccer balls and batting >> cages. >> >> And almost every football and basketball game is on TV now anyway. >> >> I have high hopes for the SEC Network because I have been waiting for >> someone to develop “30 for 30” type of documentaries on things that were >> important to me, but may not be a big enough deal to warrant a national >> piece. >> >> For example, I'd love to see one on Steve Spurrier. Or Billy Donovan. Or the >> Rick Pitino Kentucky years. Or the LSU baseball dominance. Or Florida's >> national title run in soccer. >> >> Believe me, I could give them a list of 100 that I would sit and watch. >> Maybe I'm watching too much TV. >> >> Certainly, the time is right for the SEC to strike with seven straight >> national titles in football and 149 in all sports since 1990. The SEC is >> white-hot right now even if its basketball image is low. The exposure this >> network will give to basketball, with more than 100 games being televised, >> has to help. >> >> I was on Tim Brando's national radio show Thursday, and he said this will be >> Slive's legacy. Possibly. The guy has done so much right in the last 11 >> years that I think his legacy will be more extensive than simply starting a >> network. >> >> But the SEC Network, once referred to as Project X by Slive, is going to be >> a big deal in so many ways for the 14 teams that make up the league. >> >> It was interesting that the announcement came in a city without an SEC team >> — Atlanta. But Atlanta may be the biggest SEC city in America. It's a >> mixture of alumni from every school in the conference. >> >> It's an SEC world. The rest of you are just living in it. >> >> And now you're about to be bombarded by it. >> >> Contact Pat Dooley at 352-374-5053 or at [email protected]. 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