Alright, I see what you're saying. I just didn't buy the argument that they deliver all the small markets in their footprint. Let me rephrase, I buy the argument...of course they do. But it doesn't help your point. Every conference delivers all the small markets in their footprint. That's a given. Pac-12 delivers Portland, Sacramento, Fresno. Big 12 deliveres OKC, Kansas City, San Antonio. They can all claim small markets.
It's the chest-bumping Top 10 that they want. And I didn't consider Miami Top 10 (because they aren't). And I still don't think they deliver Miami more than the Big 12 delivers DFW - which was an argument you made (in contrast to your "I never compared Miami to DFW"). That's just not true. DFW is a football rich city in a crazy sports town. Miami is a questionable football city in a bad sports town. The Big 12 ratings in DFW have to be way more than SEC ratings in Miami...I just can't comprehend that wouldn't be the case.
You're still off the mark. I never said anything about the Big 12 delivering DFW. I was talking about A&M delivering it for the SEC. The SEC isn't picking up UT, OU, and TTech, they're just getting A&M, so the level of penetration that the Big 12 on the whole has in DFW is neither relevant nor is it what I was talking about. A&M grants access to DFW, but as I've said multiple times now in many different ways, they don't penetrate DFW more than UF does both Miami and Tampa, so saying Florida doesn't deliver those to the SEC but A&M will deliver DFW doesn't make any sense. I get that neither Miami nor Tampa are top 10, but being just outside the top 10 doesn't equate to them not being major TV markets.
I'm starting to wonder if you're intentionally making straw-man arguments or if you really are having that much trouble understanding those distinctions...