Realignment Megathread (All The Moves)
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Speaking of which, did we finally kick out the sqawks? They have been noticeably absent from this the las couple days.
I wouldn’t be shocked at all. I’m not sure they’ve wanted to play all that much since 2020.
Until they find out they can go to another conference with equal revenue and get the same or more than their cut of the B1G.
You know there will be the Nebraskas in the B1G and SEC that think they are equal to OSU or better then everyone else that deserve more, and be pissed. When you start doing what we did for OUT over the last couple decades it is the beginning of the end. The cracks started to form during Covid when the obvious special treatment OSU received made others mad.
They all go along with it while they are getting the same $$ but when they start getting a reduced cut they will start to revolt, just like Nebraska did.
The OU/WA $30M figure and $100M Big10 payout per school are apples/oranges.
The $100M people keep talking about is basically the mid-point in the Big10's NEW CONTRACT. Aka 2028/2029.
Fox paid the BIG10 schools something like $54M this year. No way the FOX Big10 deal has become that much more lucrative in 2024 since the Big10 renewed it's deal 6 years ago. USC & UCLA are nice adds, but that incremental money gets spread out over 14 existing Big10 schools.
I also think its relative. Meaning, I think those schools are only worth 30M each to the Pac, which I think might be a bit low, but no more than 40.
But what they are worth in the B1G is totally different. You cant take what they are worth to the Pac, In the Pac, on the west coast, playing the west coast, etc as the figure for other conferences. While I dont think they are worth 100M each in the B1G, (I dont think too many in the B1G are, and have a hard time believing USC is at this point) But they are probably worth at least double each in the B1G, if not a bit more.
Simply from being in the better conference, the better media deal, the better media exposure, being 1 less Power conference, etc. Their value would increase immediately.
Same with what they are worth in the Big 12, although not to the level of the B1G. My feeling is they are probably worth 30 in the Pac, 50 in the Big 12, and 70 in the B1G, Just because of the affiliation and what it would do to the landscape of CFB.
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Plus what really adds the value are the quality of contests.
If I’m SEC, I might take ASU or AZ and Utah or Wash/OR if B1G doesn’t to get on those TV time slots once a week.
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Several big names will find themselves out in the cold when dust settles
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Interesting take here. A couple things I would move around, Like I have a feeling a couple of those ACC schools might end up in the B1G but maybe not if they are pushing their value to the moon, and only taking those that match that.
I have a hard time leaving GaTech, Miami, and Pitt out though. And its interesting they left out Wazzu and dont even count them as notable.
Arizona State board seems to be stuck on a merger that excludes ISU, Kansas, and Kansas state but includes all the new Big12 additions, Cal and Stanford.
Depends on what factory you are next to. Used to work there, and when working by Gen Mills it smelled like fruit snacks. When by Quaker Oats it smelled like fruit loops.
The smell significantly went south went you were talking areas around Cargill or ADM and others.
Then there is Clinton, week old dead animals smell better than that place.
And who can forget the year they stole a natty with the fifth down.
Haven't spent much time in Clinton the last 15-20 years, but the smell could get pretty bad.
Would always drive through CR on Hwy 30 during college when going between home and Ames. Could always tell where you were by the smell.
So they think the Big XII will vote to merge with the PAC and exclude 3 of the 8 schools with voting rights.
