current b10 members want Cal and Stanford to piss pound in athletics and "collaborate" for academic endowments.
Realignment Megathread (All The Moves)
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I just don't see the difference between BYU and Utah....6 of one, half dozen of the other...no need to double up there and take up a valuable spot.
He also speaks from a position where Michigan and Ohio St are smart enough - for now - not to make the same mistakes the Big 12 made. The question is, how long do the upper schools like Michigan and Ohio St, or Alabama and Georgia in the SEC, want to keep paying the teams like Northwestern, Rutgers, and Vanderbilt? With where ESPN wants to take college athletics, that temptation only grows by the year.
WAOR is plenty bad. They haven't been as public as Utah but that was because they believed the Big 12 was so far beneath them that they didn't have to comment. With the Colorado news out this past week, their Big 12 bashers came out in full force. In fact, since the recent news, the Utah bashing of the Big 12 has been less and WAOR more.
I agree with this. Why do you need Utah when you already have BYU? Salt Lake City market isn't a whole lot bigger than Des Moines.
From what I just read, this is very true. A major difference is Utah is very active on Twitter so it has been very public. WAOR has been in their forums, so not as easy to see.
Michigan won’t ever make that move. OSU, not sure but kinda doubt it. Also this board kinda needs to make up its mind. Most people talk about all the extra money places like Iowa and Texas have gotten and how they have done nothing with it while at the same time saying the top schools in the most powerful conferences would do this to get more money to do what? Again it’s the presidents making these decisions not the AD’s or coaches.
I won’t argue with you. Probably in the end comes down to who can we get, what we can do to make us the most money.
Fairly sure our good friend MHVer just reads Scheer tweets and then riffs off them for his
The two aren’t mutually exclusive. I believe many of those programs are at a point of diminishing returns, at least if/when they start paying players directly.
But if/when the sports media rights bubble bursts those programs will have decisions to make. They’re universities, but they are being run like businesses now. And, whenever a business’ revenue goes down YoY, cost cutting occurs, including layoffs. This would be no different (look at the P12). I think there probably is one more TV contract of growth for the SEC and B10. But around 2040, when the tv offers remain the same or shrink, decisions will be made.
Fluegar said something similar that MHVer calling the USC/UCLA move came after he said it. The best explanation I have found for MHVer is that he is reading other tweets and forums, but tweaking them to sound like inside info and to be more definitive in nature. With additive positivity for WVU and the Big12.
I can’t disagree because who knows what could happen 17 years from now. In 2006 no one would have thought we would be here today, that’s just too far out to make any realistic prediction. Personally I don’t think the sports bubble is going to burst anytime soon. At least not for the top 2/3 conferences.
I agree with this. The Northwesterns, Vanderbilts, Rutgers are safe for another 15-20 years I’d say.
I think the P12’s struggles right now is an early signal of bubble bursting though. Even when the Big 12 neared collapse in 2010, it wasn’t because it couldn’t field a TV contract, it was because all the schools were departing (mostly for non-monetary reasons)
Vandy will likely always have a spot in the SEC. If for no other purpose than to store documents the SEC doesn't want exposed by FOIA. Every major conference does this with their private schools.
100% agree with you (and don’t want to cave this) but Vanderbilt rolled over pretty damn quick when people came asking for names and documents. Not going to post a link but a quick google search will give it to ya
I think if the B1G wanted them, they'd have already gotten the call. If they were going to get a media deal, they'd already have a media deal. I don't see where they have a better option than the Big XII. Hope isn't a plan.
