It is not about the money as far as my interest. I own two sites on the Rivals.com network, Georgia and as, of last spring, Georgia Tech. If it were simply about the money, I would allocate resources diminished by mandates that restrict coverage at Georgia to Tech because the ACC has not placed such things on their media outlets.

We at UGASports will do what we have always done regardless of the outcome; be that the SEC alters their policy or leaves it as announced. We will be innovative in finding other ways to keep our subscriber base content with our coverage, and our coverage will not suffer because of any outside influences. We retool, not rebuild.

In addition, I am not saying that the SEC should not have the ability to set policy. When Mike Slive scolded the coaches to be nice to each other following several high profile gaffs, which was fine. What is not fine is the SEC dictating to state schools the terms of which they can provide freedom of the press.

(Emphasis mine.) Part of the quotes requires reading the article for context, but the main points are there: the new policy will encourage coverage away from the SEC rather than toward it. Coverage = advertising.