So, are you saying that USC and UCLA are more valuable than Texas and Oklahoma?
Realignment Megathread (All The Moves)
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Basketball is essentially a non factor.
It will be easier to just start unequal revenue sharing, than to kick members out.
Still allows the top dogs to have teams to beat up on.
Makes it so those that earn less and are "free loading" leave on their own.
Unlikely anyone gets kicked out, its more likely the this happens or the major players leave to create another league with others.
Also another fair option. But if we get to unequal revenue sharing, then why not just let anyone join the league so long as they agree to take revenue at a lower rate. There’s a whole lot of schools who would sign up for that.
I just don’t think that actually solves it totally. Then again, none of this actually makes sense to any of us and we could debate in circles about hypotheticals that never happen
UCLA in my mind has very little value, more like an add on to bring USC. I would put USC and OU at the same caliber and texas above both.
I was thinking permanently reduced shares. I agree with you.
Have read from a lot of different sources that it is very unlikely the B1G will add those two because they simply won't increase revenue. Seems kind of nuts to turn down those two, but could be great benefit to the B12. Only school that apparently will move the needed is ND, but then the B1G is at 17 teams. 20 just seems like a more comfy number. Stanford is out there too, which brings zero dollars to the table, but they do add some academic cache. B/C of the academic issue I cannot see Stanford being interested in any move other than the B1G.
A great example of the power of passionate fans and streaming is the MLS deal with Apple TV. Those fans are nuts and their subscriptions are VERY sticky versus Netflix fans who have already finished stranger things.
I'm in this camp as well. I won't believe that we are actually taking a Pac 12 school until I see the press conference to announce it officially. I just can't convince myself that we have the stones to pull it off.
Same. Hopeful there was some truth but seemed implausible to be this soon.
That's what I feared. ESPN probably stepped in to keep the Pac alive.
I don’t disagree with this sentiment but apples deal with the mls has lower payouts then the current Big12 deal and is less then a third of the payout the big ten is going to get. Big ten is expected to be over a billion a year for 16 teams while the MLS is getting 250mil per year for 28 teams
They lost me at 131 teams. Those two league want to take over all D1 CFB? I suppose that is one way to break off from the NCAA.
It wasnt Dodd that reported that, he may have repeated it. But that report came out of Arizona.Canzano somewhat mildly refutes Dodd's reporting. A Pac source at one of the four corner schools says no meetings are on the books with the Big 12. Maybe this is all a technicality over how we're defining "meetings" but it reads like a full denial that this is as far along as Dodd reports.
Canzano: Oregon Ducks make a wish list, while Pac-12 rallies behind scenes
Ducks covet Big Ten or SEC invite.www.johncanzano.com
