Realignment Megathread (All The Moves)

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File a lawsuit and get discovery.
What documentation is going to be uncovered? Not sure many schools will keep good records of "back room talks." I could be wrong though.
IMO, the statements FSU is putting out are proof positive they don't see a viable path to do a backroom deal to get out of the GOR. Any talk of blowing up the GOR in courts is a bluff. Their goal is likely to get a larger slice of ACC revenues, and the ACC might see giving them a bigger slice as a cheaper alternative to fighting an lengthy and expensive legal battle.
FSU needs a place to go before they leave. From what I can see, neither the SEC or the BIG 10 have an apatite to expand until their next media deal (Or if ND wants in.)
 

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Here’s the article McMurphy is referencing. It’s a good read:


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Oregon interim president Patrick Phillips vehemently shut it down. He said he would not have the Ducks in a conference where they have to take less money than UCLA, and any conversation about the possibility quickly died
 

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Oregon interim president Patrick Phillips vehemently shut it down. He said he would not have the Ducks in a conference where they have to take less money than UCLA, and any conversation about the possibility quickly died
The fact they wasted so much time on some devious plot with the Regents to block UCLA’s move is crazy.

Especially considering the Big 10 would have just turned around and invited Oregon or Washington instead.
 
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The fact they wasted so much time on some devious plot with the Regents to block UCLA’s move is crazy.

Especially considering the Big 10 would have just turned around and invited Oregon or Washington instead.

I breezed through it, but ESPN was going to ride solo and pay the PAC while the Big 12 brought in Fox to partner.

It sounds like a nice win-win-win for Fox-ESPN-Big 12 vs the dipshittery going on in PACland
 

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Holy crap. The market is what the vendor tells you, not what you estimate in house. GK’s leadership is a case study in incompetence.

As somebody who created those types of models (in a different industry), this is my nightmare scenario. I cringe every time somebody asks for “a quick back of the envelope number, it doesn’t have to be perfect”.
 

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He went to the presidents with $31-$32 mill/school/year and the presidents turned it down?

This shows the greed of the Athletics departments broke up the conference , but everyone blames the TV money.

What happens when these teams that are used to going 11-1 and complaining, start going 7-5 in a super conference.

Their fans are going to be pissed. :cool:
 

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Eastern Carolina and Florida Atlantic to Washington State and Oregon State is quite a drive. Not a huge deal for athletic departments with 100 million dollar budgets, but these schools will have significantly less funds than that.
 

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This shows the greed of the Athletics departments broke up the conference , but everyone blames the TV money.

What happens when these teams that are used to going 11-1 and complaining, start going 7-5 in a super conference.

Their fans are going to be pissed. :cool:
Has anyone sent this article to Mandel or is he still spewing that the Big 12 ruined the Pac 12?
 

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Has anyone sent this article to Mandel or is he still spewing that the Big 12 ruined the Pac 12?
BIG 10 raided the PAC 12 and then went in for the kill shot.

My hope is that OU and Texas , go 6-6 or 7-5 in the SEC over the next decade , while TCU , Baylor or OSU are consistently going to the Playoffs. :)

Hope OU and Texas becomes Nebraska
 

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As somebody who created those types of models (in a different industry), this is my nightmare scenario. I cringe every time somebody asks for “a quick back of the envelope number, it doesn’t have to be perfect”.
Projections 101, give a range, not a specific number. Unless $50M was their minimum, in which case they f’d up that forecast.
 
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I know the narrative on this board is that GK was an idiot while BY is a genius, but in reality I think the story is the B12 had realistic and strategically aligned presidents while the Pac had unrealistic arrogance. We were both offered the same deal. The B12 took it and established a look of strength and stability. The Pac rejected it and then floundered until they fractured. The commissioners get far too much credit and blame here. Even BY said in a recent interview that he got lucky, he had no idea the TV money and availability window was about to close.
 

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I know the narrative on this board is that GK was an idiot while BY is a genius, but in reality I think the story is the B12 had realistic and strategically aligned presidents while the Pac had unrealistic arrogance. We were both offered the same deal. The B12 took it and established a look of strength and stability. The Pac rejected it and then floundered until they fractured. The commissioners get far too much credit and blame here. Even BY said in a recent interview that he got lucky, he had no idea the TV money and availability window was about to close.

I agree for the most part. The big 12 having its cancers excised and able to move with united purpose gave it a big leg up over a rather fractured pac 12 that still remained somewhat in denial of reality all the way to the end. However there was a decent amount of bluster from GK (the talk about going shopping in the big 12) that did him no favors.
 
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