Scheer is one of the most real and level headed people in the realignment speculation world.
It's refreshing. Definitely appreciate him.
Realignment Megathread (All The Moves)
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Scheer is one of the most real and level headed people in the realignment speculation world.
It's refreshing. Definitely appreciate him.
Yes. Along with Brett McMurphy. The difference is Scheer just flat out ***** on people which is refreshing.
In 2021 Oregon only had 2 late kicks on the east coast. Most were 3:30, 4:00 7:00 on the east coast.
The overall viewership for Oregon should be good. A bunch of network games between 3-7 on the east coast.
BINGO! This is precisely what I think Yormark has been preaching to the media companies. The viewership of those games are normally the highest among non-competitive teams; for which the networks can capitalize monetarily on. Every single debate on here has included the 'we need the bottom dwellers too'. These rivalries are the means to soften the fiscal blow. It's not a trivial amount.
Fox and ESPN want the B12 due to the future viewership expectations and paid the conference to fill their time slots. Fox made it known they didn't want the PAC w/o UCLA/USC due to the poor content and lack of national attention to their product. Actions speak to the health of the conference and the stability of the B12 members.
Great points here. I see similar appeal for NC State with Raleigh. I assume UNC/Duke would be higher on list for SEC or Big 12 expansion.
They seem a lot like ISU but in a more populated area.
ESPN has 2/3rds of B12 contract, Fox has 1/3rd. You have it backwards.
NC State, Duke, and UNC are a stones throw from each other.
In a normal world splitting them would make zero sense
I find it very interesting that this dropped right after we heard about the Big 12 and the four corners schools renewing talks.
Could the conference be vetting members to replace the corner 4 if they do wind up leaving? I could see Oregon/Washington getting behind the PAC replacing them with 4 new members that they could push around easier and secure unequal revenue sharing while they wait for a B1G invite.
Even if CSU/SDSU/SMU and a fourth school join at a reduced share totaling $10 mil per year, that'd still be an upgrade for those schools along with getting to associate themselves with Stanford/Cal/Oregon/Washington for a few years while building up their institutions. Such a scenario could actually make sense for everyone involved.
www.johncanzano.com
Could the conference be vetting members to replace the corner 4 if they do wind up leaving? I could see Oregon/Washington getting behind the PAC replacing them with 4 new members that they could push around easier and secure unequal revenue sharing while they wait for a B1G invite.
Even if CSU/SDSU/SMU and a fourth school join at a reduced share totaling $10 mil per year, that'd still be an upgrade for those schools along with getting to associate themselves with Stanford/Cal/Oregon/Washington for a few years while building up their institutions. Such a scenario could actually make sense for everyone involved.
Canzano: Pac-12 officially exploring four expansion schools
Oregon remains "way on board" with Pac-12, per source.
www.johncanzano.com
Honestly, with divisions being a thing of the past and the fact that bye weeks exist, I’m not really sure even numbers matter anymore.
Its interesting several are saying the deal is 22M per school, some still say 25-26M, but the new breakdown several are going with seems to be 22M.
I think the latest to say 22M is the Monty show, how good they are sourced, I dont know.
But if it is 22M, at 10M lower it becomes way more significant. Not including any possible escalators, if they do increase it.
Totally agree with you. My money is on the presidents taking a bad deal out of academic pride.
Does Arizona or Utah value the academics like Cal or Stanford do? Yes I can see the latter wanting to agree to a bad deal for the sake of academics but not Arizona or Utah knowing they can go to the Big 12 and make at least 10 mil more per year after escalators. If even two teams leave a 10 team Pac, I don’t see how more teams don’t look for the first door out.
Arizona is the wild card here IMO. Because they value their basketball team as much if not more than academics. And the basketball marriage to the big 12 is a no brainer.
I think you'll probably see a clash between the athletic departments and President/University administrators at those schools.
What wins out I'm not sure.
That will be the crux of the issue. Can PAC school presidents stomach wallowing amongst us "truck stop" schools. I don't believe they will be able to. We'll see.
Part of me wants to take those schools, but another part wants to say, eff em. IF Arizona for example, moves to the B12... What do you think that press conference would look like?
"Well, the money wasn't good enough, even though we wanted to stay, but yea B12"?
