SWAC Media Day 2025





The Founder said:
Why is the SWAC headquarters in Birmingham?
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"You know who" made a covert deal w/ the city of B'ham for free rent and the infamous crumbs off the table clout chasing of the sec w/ the sec HQ situated there.

Did some semblance of research of a positive location for the SWAC HQ actually occur? smh

One of the things I thought about 20+ years ago was the possibility of the SWAC HQ being situated either ON or near one of our campuses to fully utilize the regional media market and increase the SWAC presence in that area as well, aside from bring potential employment opportunity to the local areas. Have a rotating feature between campuses every 3-5 years. (??)
 
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simple question - just have your favorite city donate them office space and other things and they'll leave overnight

no city will guarantee what Bham has and a media day away from there wouldn't work honestly - Atlanta would be the only other option as the alabama, mississippi and baton rouge outlets are located close enough to drive along with the outlets that way east
 
What’s wrong with Birmingham? I think it’s a good location and the Swac got a great deal.
The Swac should never come to a city like Atlanta because the city does not support Their own HBCU’S. Furthermore there are Swac schools there in the city.
 
Lenard said:
"You know who" made a covert deal w/ the city of B'ham for free rent and the infamous crumbs off the table clout chasing of the sec w/ the sec HQ situated there.

Did some semblance of research of a positive location for the SWAC HQ actually occur? smh

One of the things I thought about 20+ years ago was the possibility of the SWAC HQ being situated either ON or near one of our campuses to fully utilize the regional media market and increase the SWAC presence in that area as well, aside from bring potential employment opportunity to the local areas. Have a rotating feature between campuses every 3-5 years. (??)
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ghostwriter said:
simple question - just have your favorite city donate them office space and other things and they'll leave overnight

no city will guarantee what Bham has and a media day away from there wouldn't work honestly - Atlanta would be the only other option as the alabama, mississippi and baton rouge outlets are located close enough to drive along with the outlets that way east
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The conference is no longer in that building Bham let them use. They purchased their own building in 2020

swac.org

SWAC Announces Purchase of Corporate Office Building

The Southwestern Athletic Conference officially has a new headquarters to call home. The league formally announced the purchase of a 16,000 square feet corporate office building located near downtown Birmingham on Tuesday morning
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Fiyah said:
The conference is no longer in that building Bham let them use. They purchased their own building in 2020

swac.org

SWAC Announces Purchase of Corporate Office Building

The Southwestern Athletic Conference officially has a new headquarters to call home. The league formally announced the purchase of a 16,000 square feet corporate office building located near downtown Birmingham on Tuesday morning
swac.org swac.org
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trust me there was some assistance somewhere to get them to commit to the city longterm
 
ghostwriter said:
simple question - just have your favorite city donate them office space and other things and they'll leave overnight

no city will guarantee what Bham has and a media day away from there wouldn't work honestly - Atlanta would be the only other option as the alabama, mississippi and baton rouge outlets are located close enough to drive along with the outlets that way east
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Interesting how mention the media outlets.

On a consistent basis, only TV stations from the following markets actually make their way out for SWAC Media Day

Baton Rouge (Covering Southern and Grambling to help out their sister stations in North Louisiana)
- WAFB
- WBRZ
- WVLA (NBC33/FOX54)

Shreveport (Covering Grambling)
- KSLA

Monroe (Covering Grambling)
- KTVE

Jackson, MS (Covering all 3 Mississippi SWAC Schools)
- WLBT
- WJTV
- WAPT

Huntsville, AL (Mostly Alabama A&M)
- WZDX FOX 54 (Of course, I'll cover Alabama A&M and Alabama State for various reasons. But I also find other storylines)
- WHNT
- WAAY
- WAFF

Birmingham, AL (Alabama A&M and Alabama State... But most of their questions are about the Magic City Classic)
- WVTM 13
- ABC 3340
- CBS 42 (Usually if Dee Jackson is available. If he's at the SEC Media Days, then CBS 42 does not show up)
- WBRC FOX 6 - Haven't seen them at Media Days in 4 years.

This is about it for television stations. I've never seen a Florida, Arkansas or Texas TV Station there over the past few years. Grant it, you can now just record interviews and videos to show on air. But still.
 
TvSportsGuy21 said:
Interesting how mention the media outlets.

On a consistent basis, only TV stations from the following markets actually make their way out for SWAC Media Day

Baton Rouge (Covering Southern and Grambling to help out their sister stations in North Louisiana)
- WAFB
- WBRZ
- WVLA (NBC33/FOX54)

Shreveport (Covering Grambling)
- KSLA

Monroe (Covering Grambling)
- KTVE

Jackson, MS (Covering all 3 Mississippi SWAC Schools)
- WLBT
- WJTV
- WAPT

Huntsville, AL (Mostly Alabama A&M)
- WZDX FOX 54 (Of course, I'll cover Alabama A&M and Alabama State for various reasons. But I also find other storylines)
- WHNT
- WAAY
- WAFF

Birmingham, AL (Alabama A&M and Alabama State... But most of their questions are about the Magic City Classic)
- WVTM 13
- ABC 3340
- CBS 42 (Usually if Dee Jackson is available. If he's at the SEC Media Days, then CBS 42 does not show up)
- WBRC FOX 6 - Haven't seen them at Media Days in 4 years.

This is about it for television stations. I've never seen a Florida, Arkansas or Texas TV Station there over the past few years. Grant it, you can now just record interviews and videos to show on air. But still.
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No stations from Montgomery?
 
TvSportsGuy21 said:
Interesting how mention the media outlets.

On a consistent basis, only TV stations from the following markets actually make their way out for SWAC Media Day

Baton Rouge (Covering Southern and Grambling to help out their sister stations in North Louisiana)
- WAFB
- WBRZ
- WVLA (NBC33/FOX54)

Shreveport (Covering Grambling)
- KSLA

Monroe (Covering Grambling)
- KTVE

Jackson, MS (Covering all 3 Mississippi SWAC Schools)
- WLBT
- WJTV
- WAPT

Huntsville, AL (Mostly Alabama A&M)
- WZDX FOX 54 (Of course, I'll cover Alabama A&M and Alabama State for various reasons. But I also find other storylines)
- WHNT
- WAAY
- WAFF

Birmingham, AL (Alabama A&M and Alabama State... But most of their questions are about the Magic City Classic)
- WVTM 13
- ABC 3340
- CBS 42 (Usually if Dee Jackson is available. If he's at the SEC Media Days, then CBS 42 does not show up)
- WBRC FOX 6 - Haven't seen them at Media Days in 4 years.

This is about it for television stations. I've never seen a Florida, Arkansas or Texas TV Station there over the past few years. Grant it, you can now just record interviews and videos to show on air. But still.
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In a broad sense, "texans" in total have absolutely ZERO interest in (sub-)FCS level school sports, not just SWAC/HBCU sports. With both Texas Southern and Prairie View A&M being either in the city of houston and in the vicinity of houston proper, the media here has a pecking order that reads: ut-austin/txa&m/sec, uofh/baylor/big xii, rice univ, ...

We don't get the coverage we HBCU/SWAC alums would like locally in the larger urban areas around houston, dfw, etc.

Thank goodness for hbcusports et al online communities.
 
DAHILL said:
No stations from Montgomery?
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The last time I saw a Montgomery station in Birmingham for SWAC Media Day was in 2022. It just so happen that SEC Media Days were also in Birmingham.

Adding to what @majiksity said, Sadly, the management at the stations don't care about ASU and Skegee like me and Dee Jackson did when we were in Montgomery, They rather cover the SEC teams and Troy. #SadButTrue
 
Lenard said:
In a broad sense, "texans" in total have absolutely ZERO interest in (sub-)FCS level school sports, not just SWAC/HBCU sports. With both Texas Southern and Prairie View A&M being either in the city of houston and in the vicinity of houston proper, the media here has a pecking order that reads: ut-austin/txa&m/sec, uofh/baylor/big xii, rice univ, ...

We don't get the coverage we HBCU/SWAC alums would like locally in the larger urban areas around houston, dfw, etc.

Thank goodness for hbcusports et al online communities.
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Swac Alums get to the city and also lose that passion they had elsewhere to fight those battles -especially these young ones - can't explain why but it's obvious

The older black reporters still cover them cause that's how they cut their teeth but this new generation don't care as much as it's about their highlight reel
 
TvSportsGuy21 said:
The last time I saw a Montgomery station in Birmingham for SWAC Media Day was in 2022. It just so happen that SEC Media Days were also in Birmingham.

Adding to what @majiksity said, Sadly, the management at the stations don't care about ASU and Skegee like me and Dee Jackson did when we were in Montgomery, They rather cover the SEC teams and Troy. #SadButTrue
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And THAT'S why we appreciate your coverage so much. One of your predecesors - Reggie Benson - was absolutely great in this manner. He worked at the Montgomery Advertiser for year before moving to Huntsville. He would always cover ASU when he could when he was in Huntsville. Most times, he was the only outlet we had that we could find out any news regarding ASU - or SWAC for that matter because the Advertiser nor Al.com (Birmingham News or Birmingham Post Herald before Al.com) would provide any coverage.
 



TvSportsGuy21 said:
The last time I saw a Montgomery station in Birmingham for SWAC Media Day was in 2022. It just so happen that SEC Media Days were also in Birmingham.

Adding to what @majiksity said, Sadly, the management at the stations don't care about ASU and Skegee like me and Dee Jackson did when we were in Montgomery, They rather cover the SEC teams and Troy. #SadButTrue
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But let something negative happen on those campuses and they will be on it like ants on a meat skin.
 
Fiyah said:
swac.org

SWAC Announces 2025 Football Media Day Attendees

The Southwestern Athletic Conference has announced the student-athletes set to participate in the league’s annual SWAC Football Media Day on Wednesday, July 16 at 10:00 am CST at the Sheraton-Birmingham.
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Kind of glad to see Fant come back as a grad player. Didn't deserve to go out like he did in 2024 after showing flashes in 2023 averaging 8 yards a carry
 
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