Usc isn't playing in the cold...Texas never did, why would they
Realignment Megathread (All The Moves)
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The B1G's moves thus far have been focused on large TV markets or historic programs. With that in mind, I wonder if the next targets for them may be
Washington : Seattle
Cal or Stanford but not both : Bay area
Arizona or ASU but not both : AZ
Colorado : Denver
This would take them to 20, secure the largest markets in the country and make them a national brand. It also gives USC and UCLA logical travel partners.
I left Oregon out of the equation because of TV sets and they really are not historic if you go back more than 15 years or so. Oregon doesn't seem to do much to move the bottom line up. If they do add Oregeon, then maybe look for look for 1 or 3 more additions: KU, NC, and a powerhouse from the Southeast. Really sucks to type one of those.
The B1G could surround the SEC if it really wanted to.
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That’s what I would think too, but all of this is done behind the scenes. So it’s possible they weren’t made aware and thus, not part of the usc/ucla move.
This. although it sucks that the non-rev dont get to compete with their revenue ones. I've never been a D1 athlete but I'm sure you want to compete with your counterparts.
Tweet was about State Regents, and tying schools together to both move as one and force the conference’s hand. National politics could be in play if someone ultimately gets left out that wants in, but right now there are viable avenues to pursue.
ACC would keep rights to all Clemson/FSU games until the end of the contract which means they can air any FSU home game even in the Big Ten/SEC. And not pay them a dime. At this point, it would be over $300 million. But that is just the amount of revenue that the teams would forfeit. ACC may value it differently (i.e. higher) in a cost/benefit analysis. It’s not just an exit fee. It would have to be negotiated, and there is no way the rest of the ACC would let them leave early without paying a huge amount. I could see it being over $500 million.
Never said it did, In my list I had AZ ahead for the B1G because of AAU. Otherwise its basically a toss up, maybe a tie. Arizona has a better Bball brand. Arizona State has wrestling. They really are fairly even I think. I think you could argue both ways as far as the Big 12 is concerned, that is why I say its really a tie.
Have to figure these schools break away from the ncaa, and hence basketball is worth more down the road...no reason to give all the money to the ncaa when the schools can take it
Down the road ku might be worth more, but at the same tine if Penn state is making 150m to ku 40m, why shoullnt Penn state be better at basketball eventually as ku gets worse
People are thinking king too narrowly...everything is going to change
Down the road ku might be worth more, but at the same tine if Penn state is making 150m to ku 40m, why shoullnt Penn state be better at basketball eventually as ku gets worse
People are thinking king too narrowly...everything is going to change
I would think there is going to have to be some mutual agreement.
ACC rights are around $35M/ school in 2021/22 dollars. The ACC deal with ESPN runs through 2036. I bet there are escalators in the ACC deal increasing rights by 5-10% annually. So over the next 14 years that might be $60M/school on average annually..
Is someone going to pay $850M so UNC, FSU, etc. can break their GOR? $100M minus $60M equals $40M. No profit in breaking GOR unilaterally.
If there was, UT & OU would be gone.
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Of course it will. When paying openly for players comes, and it may sooner when we think, there will be an upper and lower division of the Big Ten with some agreement to allow teams to move up or down, and payout will reflect whether you are up or down. The lower division will mostly play the lower division, and the upper division will mostly play themselves. And payouts will vary accordingly. This is ALL a long play to sort the wheat from the chaff of college football.
ESPN owning that, and owning the SEC contract might be all it takes....You have to think they are looking very hard at how to get their big brands together in the SEC.
Doesn't GoR mean that the conference gets all TV athletic revenue? If a school leaves the ACC for the B1G to make 70 million more, doesn't the ACC get all of that?
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How is the almost certain add of CU, Utah, Az, ASU not a better position?
Maybe it highlights how bad things were.
It’s power 2. The only schools like ISU in power 2 are getting grandfathered in.
Big 12 becomes #3 conference today or best of second tier depending how you see it. Then ACC, then G5.
Then they wait a few years like OUT is my guess. But at this point, the money is so big, the ACC is ******
I think this is one of the big challenges for the new Big12 Commish. Creating a mindset where basketball value is in the conversation with football. After all there are 30+ contests vs 12.
#1 basketball conference stays #1 adding one elite program and three average.
Will still be reported as 3rd or 4th best everywhere but math, statistics and actual results.
We all knew this was coming at some point and we’ve set ourselves up to be the 3rd best conference. That’s all we could’ve asked for honestly. As long as the conference has a seat at the table when it comes to the CFP, we’re all good.
Except Big 12 is not dead. It may not be in same stratosphere as B1G and SEC, but it is in better shape than PAC 12.
