More Pac-12 Turmoil

[WalkingCY]

 

[SoapyCy]

Stewart Mandell and Bruce Feldman talk about this enough. They've even gone as far as comparing what conferences pay for rent for their home offices. They have said the PACs office is about as expensive as it gets in real estate and its pissed off ADs.

They can be pissed off all they want but let's look at reality.

They're all high paid.
Rent/expenses don't come from university budgets so they're not eliminating the biology program to pay for rent.
They all get paid no matter what happens.
Right now they have a boogie-man without having to do anything.

 

[Althetuna]

Don't worry guys, 5 years from now it will be all good!

"Can I have that deal?"-Every head football coach ever.

 

[TykeClone]

The PAC will never catch up to other conference revenues as long as their demographic continues to be apathetic towards college sports. The best thing they have going for them is geography, as it would be hard to justify expanding that far west. Some day Colorado will come crawling back to us.

Given what Larry Scott said, they should already be in talks to do so.

 

[Sigmapolis]

The story about that HQ reminds me of an old investing proverb --

Once a company builds itself a fancy headquarters, start shorting it.

It is no longer a young and hungry beast looking for rapid growth and to change the world at that point. One that cares fundamentally about its products and mission, even if it resides in some trashy suburban office park that basically nobody else wanted.

It is now a conventional institution, settling in for what might yet be a long and profitable life, but it is still converting itself into a life of status and contentedness, not changing the world.

It is all downhill from there.