The Rose is a permanent quarterfinal/semifinal in the new playoff. They were losing B1G/Pac anyway.
Realignment Megathread (All The Moves)
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Even then I think they'd be a valuable and respected brand for a long time. Just look at MBB programs like Syracuse or Louisville. They're still given a lot of respect. And Gonzaga has been a huge national brand for decades. I had a friend in high school who would regular wear a Zags t shirt despite living in Wisconsin and that was 20 years ago. They're not becoming irrelevant any time soon.
Money is preferable to respect. I’d rather have Johnny’s Cash than Charley’s Pride.
Money comes with national respect. People want to watch brands they know and respect.
Some teams like Rutgers and Vanderbilt are getting loads of money. Their programs do not get respect nor do they deserve respect.
Trading money for a lower national profile. Not sure there are many long term thinkers in that group.
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These days we spend more time on who is leaving via the transfer portal, how much money does the collective need to acquire and retain players, is your coach on the hot seat and if you did fire your coach who do you want to replace him.
So PAC fans will need to subscribe to linear cable to get tier 1 and both Apple and Amazon to get tier 2? And, the rest of the country is going to get one or two games a week to watch? That's what they're signing up for?
Kliavkoff can sell it as having the ‘potential’ to exceed the B12 numbers. The question is going to be how you measure exposure. There are rumors the coaches and ADs are dead set against any deal that relies heavily on streaming. And the university presidents will value their input in making their decisions.
I do see the flexibility if the PAC plan is for 5 years, but open to moves after 3 years. Maybe Oregon and Washington are willing to go three years at $30M per year...maybe not. Maybe the contract gives each a $10M incentive per year to stay...pushing them to $40M. That reduces the other 8 teams to $27.5M...I would think the smalls...WSU, OSU, Cal, Stanford would be willing...if it meant they could stay. But the others...Arizona, ASU, Colorado, Utah...are they willing? I think all will stay if the money is close to the Big 12...but even then the Oregon-Wash bomb is ticking...
There is real entertainment in reading Scheer go after Canzano in all this mess.
I want to go to a bar, order some wings, and have multiple beers with Scheer.
The dumbest part of realignment Twitter is the PAC 12 dork reporters saying “Big 12 sources are using reporters for their own motives” as they turn around and post rumors from PAC 12 sources.
It's about as dumb as the faction of PAC fans who think adding SMU will somehow catapult them past the Big 12... as if the Big 12 hasn't vetted and turned SMU down multiple times already.
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That’s surprising. The guy I linked is usually in lockstep with Scheer and sometimes even ahead of him.
