RE: So if the Big Ten raids the ACC & Big East?
I also keep seeing people who have just read headlines saying things like"look at the teams you will play! Maryland will never make money!" Bs. Outside budgetary sources state that extra income solely from the conference payouts would net Maryland nearly 100million EXTRA dollars by 2020. That is why they did it and why everyone else will too.
- Posted by hovis
"look at the teams you will play". I've read where people think Maryland is too far away from most B1G Ten opponents. Miami, FSU and GT aren't? I think the only B1G Ten schools that are farther from Maryland than Miami is are Nebraska (by about 150 miles) and Minnesota (by about 50 miles). There will be six B1G Ten teams in the eastern time zone, and maybe more if they go to 16 teams.
The geography is more than compensated for by the extra revenue. This was a no brainer for Maryland and Rutgers.
RE: So if the Big Ten raids the ACC & Big East?
I also keep seeing people who have just read headlines saying things like"look at the teams you will play! Maryland will never make money!" Bs. Outside budgetary sources state that extra income solely from the conference payouts would net Maryland nearly 100million EXTRA dollars by 2020. That is why they did it and why everyone else will too.
- Posted by hovis
"look at the teams you will play". I've read where people think Maryland is too far away from most B1G Ten opponents. Miami, FSU and GT aren't? I think the only B1G Ten schools that are farther from Maryland than Miami is are Nebraska (by about 150 miles) and Minnesota (by about 50 miles). There will be six B1G Ten teams in the eastern time zone, and maybe more if they go to 16 teams.
The geography is more than compensated for by the extra revenue. This was a no brainer for Maryland and Rutgers.
Exactly! Why can't anyone get that on the other threads? It is not how long you are on the plane but who pays for the ticket!
RE: So if the Big Ten raids the ACC & Big East?
Another possibility might be that Boise State and SDSU reconsider and stay in the Mountain, the Big 12 likes their position with only 10 schools to split the pie with and the Big 10 after gaining a presence on the east coast and giving PSU some near neighbors stops. With UCONN (or UofL) and Rutgers leaving and BSU and SDSU not coming the BE survives by adding ECU and ?? and remains the best conference that isn't one of the big five, and the ACC remains a basketball conference that plays football.
RE: So if the Big Ten raids the ACC & Big East?
Another possibility might be that Boise State and SDSU reconsider and stay in the Mountain, the Big 12 likes their position with only 10 schools to split the pie with and the Big 10 after gaining a presence on the east coast and giving PSU some near neighbors stops. With UCONN (or UofL) and Rutgers leaving and BSU and SDSU not coming the BE survives by adding ECU and ?? and remains the best conference that isn't one of the big five, and the ACC remains a basketball conference that plays football.
- Posted by lazydawg58
I appreciate your optimism. This may be possible for the short term but here are the major forces behind all this: Conferences gain money by increasing their "footprint" as far as viewership on tv is concerned no matter who they add as long as they have the requisite viewers available.
Right now any team not in the big 10, big 12, or sec gets an enormous pay bump to move to these conferences.
For these two reasons alone it is unlikely that any conference becomes satisfied with their slice of the pie as the moves that they make will increase revenue and the moves that these respective schools make are sure to be to their benefit. I have heard that Boise St. and another team have quietly inquired about re-admittance to the MtnWest as well as BYU seeing what kind of money they could expect if they came in.
I just cannot find a reason why it would slow down now or until the big conferences are satisfied that they have reached the highest amount of profit that they can achieve.
RE: So if the Big Ten raids the ACC & Big East?
Yes I think it is highly likely that this isn't even close to being over, but I was just throwing out another possibility. Through the years I've come to realize that no matter what seems logical or inevitable there are always forces at work that can very well lead to very different outcomes. If one school doesn't do what seems to us be the most logical, for whatever reason suddenly everything changes. What if Texas and the PAC reopen negotiations and suddenly the Big12 becomes the weak link? Or Louisville and Cinci go as a package to the Big12? Expect the unexpected. :)
RE: So if the Big Ten raids the ACC & Big East?
Yes I think it is highly likely that this isn't even close to being over, but I was just throwing out another possibility. Through the years I've come to realize that no matter what seems logical or inevitable there are always forces at work that can very well lead to very different outcomes. If one school doesn't do what seems to us be the most logical, for whatever reason suddenly everything changes. What if Texas and the PAC reopen negotiations and suddenly the Big12 becomes the weak link? Or Louisville and Cinci go as a package to the Big12? Expect the unexpected. :)
- Posted by lazydawg58
You're right. Wouldn't it be a hoot if Texas went to the PAC along with Oklahoma, OK State and TCU? That would certainly cool FSU and Clemson's jets.
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