Realignment Megathread (All The Moves)

2speedy1

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For the people saying, that streaming is the future.....But this is the present. This contract goes into effect next year.

Meaning for several years, even if everything moves to all streaming, they will get much less. Currently streaming has a way to go to get near linear. So maybe a contract 5+ years from now things will equalize a bit, but not for several years.

By the time streaming catches up.... it will be time for a new contract, and they will have struggled through the entire one.
 
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Clonehomer

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For the people saying, that streaming is the future.....But this is the present. This contract goes into effect next year.

Meaning for several years, even if everything moves to all streaming, they will get much less. Currently streaming has a way to go to get near linear. So maybe a contract 5+ years from now things will equalize a bit, but not for several years.

By the time streaming catches up.... it will be time for a new contract, and they will have struggled through the entire one.

As we’re seeing suggested with this Apple deal, streaming opens up more possibilities to have very specific info about which schools are driving the subscriptions. So as this goes more and more streaming, there may be a more direct relationship of fan support to revenue. So Rutgers being in the NY market may not mean a whole lot if no one subscribes as a Rutgers fan.

So I wouldn’t be surprised at all if we see a completely new model come the next round. Perhaps, that model where fan support drives dollars instead of conference affiliation.
 
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Since this has devolved into the pods discussion I'll throw in my two cents! After a certain size (16 or 18) conferences should just operate with 2 divisions that essentially function as there own conferences for scheduling and what not, but only align for media deal negotiations and championships.
After the ACC collapses, the Big12 will have 24 teams, and 3 divisions- east, west, and central.
CCG will be 3 div winners and a wildcard.

Conf bball tournament will be set up like the world cup, group play and then a knockout. That tournament will be so compelling that it will being in a metric **** tonne of cash. Yormarks vision for monetizing bball.
 
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SolterraCyclone

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Disagree. UVA is great, but UNC is better. In my discipline at least (business), UNC is one of the top 10 schools on the planet. UVA is great too (Darden) but a definite half-step behind.
Neither are as good as Stanford, and they didn’t make the Big 10’s cut. I’m not sold on UVA getting a B10 bid (I do think UNC will though).
 

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Meanwhile in the ACC, more rumblings that FSU may be getting closer to challenging the Grant of Rights to make a move

 
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LeaningCy

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Just happy this is taking some of the national attention away from the gambling scandal. I'm focusing on this story instead of Dekkers.

Today is the ultimate CF server stress test with the amount of major news hitting both inside and outside the cave. Fire up the auxiliary nuclear reactor.

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