Yep I had no idea that was happening when it did.And you said your deep sources said the LA schools were not an option.
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Yep I had no idea that was happening when it did.And you said your deep sources said the LA schools were not an option.
And that was my point that if 2 teams agree to a permanent one, what keeps the big guys from telling the lower values schools, hey you are worth less than those two so you should be happy with their amount. Slowly setting up tiers.
It will be interesting to watch. The Big 10 and SEC are clearly doing fine and I think something like that is a ways away, but no one should be surprised if schools like Ohio State, Alabama, Georgia, ect get tired of getting the same amount as Vanderbilt and Northwestern.How great would it be if the Big 10 goes to unequal sharing and the gap between Iowa and Iowa State becomes immaterial
No way the B1G goes to permanent unequal distributions, just makes zero sense. That model has obviously been horrible for conferences that did it, and the B1G is the richest and most stable conference in the country by not doing it.
Except the B1G isn't desperate.Desperate times call for desperate measures. If 8 of the top earning Big 10s schools threatened to break off of the other 8, you would see unequal revenue sharing come to the Big 10 very quickly.
Except the B1G isn't desperate.
Who was it bad for? Not the 800# gorillas of the conference. Do you think OSU and Michigan would have to worry about conference instability? What teams would threaten to leave if they got smaller shares? Hell the Hateful 8 were offering even more of a disparity to get OU and UT to stay. If I was at the bottom of the pecking order in the b1g I’d be a little nervous about the SEC continuing to kick everybody’s ass in the CFP.No way the B1G goes to permanent unequal distributions, just makes zero sense. That model has obviously been horrible for conferences that did it, and the B1G is the richest and most stable conference in the country by not doing it.
If you're saying there's a chance in 10 years that the B1G might become desperate, I wouldn't put $$ on it but anything is possible.The ACC wasn't desperate 8 years ago.
The PAC wasn't desperate 5 years ago either. Given the alternative, I'm sure the other Pac-12 schools would give more money to UCLA and USC to order to keep them from leaving.
If the Big10's new deal is for around $70-$75M annually, I gotta believe OR/UW would join for $40M. Especially, if CFB playoff teams earn a bonus. And I doubt the Big10 would have any expectation it would be permanent. Because, I think 2030 could even be crazier.So the interesting question is how much of a lower payout UW and UO would take and for how long? Would they take 35-40mil per year in the big ten for the remainder of the contract just for the security? Would they take a cut for longer?
That’s a rock and hard place for the lower big ten teams. Say you have 8 bigs and 8 smalls for easy math. Average payout of 80MM. If the top half said we are taking 100 and you get 60, what would the bottom half do? They would get less if they went anywhere else and would not be as close (outside of the LAschools) to the other teams.Who was it bad for? Not the 800# gorillas of the conference. Do you think OSU and Michigan would have to worry about conference instability? What teams would threaten to leave if they got smaller shares? Hell the Hateful 8 were offering even more of a disparity to get OU and UT to stay. If I was at the bottom of the pecking order in the b1g I’d be a little nervous about the SEC continuing to kick everybody’s ass in the CFP.
The 8 smalls say no and then nothing changes. It also wouldn’t happen.That’s a rock and hard place for the lower big ten teams. Say you have 8 bigs and 8 smalls for easy math. Average payout of 80MM. If the top half said we are taking 100 and you get 60, what would the bottom half do? They would get less if they went anywhere else and would not be as close (outside of the LAschools) to the other teams.
Does it have to be unanimous?The 8 smalls say no and then nothing changes. It also wouldn’t happen.
no idea because it’s never happenedDoes it have to be unanimous?
The 8 bigs say they are leaving to form their own conference next time around or you sign on the dotted line. Let’s not mistake who has the leverage here.The 8 smalls say no and then nothing changes. It also wouldn’t happen.
So you dont think the top teams in the B1G eventually could not threaten to leave for the SEC, and the top teams in the SEC couldnt threaten to leave for the B1G? Or Those top teams in those conferences couldnt threaten to leave each conference and create their own, with only the top teams in the SEC and B1G?If you're saying there's a chance in 10 years that the B1G might become desperate, I wouldn't put $$ on it but anything is possible.
But I'll play along. Let's say the top 8 schools threaten to walk if they don't start getting paid more than the bottom 8, and they get turned down. Then what happens? Those top 8 schools break off and form an 8 team conference? Then what happens? There obviously can't be an 8-school conference where all 8 schools are at the top, so then do the top 4 schools threaten to break off if they don't get paid more than the bottom 4? Then what happens? The top 2 threaten to break off if they don't get paid more than the bottom 2?
It's the same reason all the talk about the top SEC/B1G/PAC/ACC bluebloods forming an elite 16- or 20-team "Superconference" is nonsense. No matter how many schools you put into a conference, eventually there will be a top and a bottom. So what happens in that Superconference when all of a sudden Clemson and Michigan and LSU and USC are consistently finishing at the bottom and no longer elite? Wouldn't Bama and tOSU and Georgia demand to be paid more?
Conferences need cannon fodder. No one has a crystal ball but I have a hard time seeing the B1G changing course on a model that has made it the most stable and richest conference in college sports. That's something the PAC and ACC never had.
Yeah, Texas routinely has the biggest budget in the US. They have told donors they don’t have anything to put their name on for a 2-5MM donation anymore. They aren’t concerned about TV money as much as the others.The 8 bigs say they are leaving to form their own conference next time around or you sign on the dotted line. Let’s not mistake who has the leverage here.
The only reason for it not happening is because teams know it is unstable. and the big schools get so much money from donors and endowments that the TV money doesn’t really matter. It’s the difference between ridiculous facilities and ridiculous facilities with gold plated toilets.
The SEC doesn't have to bring in a Vandy because it knows that for every OU it brings in, someone in the conference will become a Vandy. There are just as many L's to go around as there are W's.So you dont think the top teams in the B1G eventually could not threaten to leave for the SEC, and the top teams in the SEC couldnt threaten to leave for the B1G? Or Those top teams in those conferences couldnt threaten to leave each conference and create their own, with only the top teams in the SEC and B1G?
Saying that the OSUs, Michigans, Alabamas, Georgias, etc. dont have leverage is coming from someone that has had the luxury of riding those coat tails for so long. Sitting there saying it could never happen is precisely when you get surprised.
You are right that there has to be someone always at the bottom etc. But none of these people care or even think about that, they care about MONEY. Otherwise the SEC would be bringing in a Vandy for every OU they bring in, and that is not happening.
The counter is to first grab the team you really want and destabilize and devalue the league. Then you get UW and Oregon at a deep discount.Yeah, perhaps there isn't much waiting for the B1G offer and that sets things in motion. I'm just not convinced the B1G is all that interested in OU and UW, if they were I feel like it would have happened at the same time as USC and UCLA.
Cool so they go and form their own conference. Then one of those top schools is on the bottom and their fans lose their mind. You really underestimate how much some of these blue blood schools need to be on top. That doesn’t happen in a conference of peers and top athletic programs have had so much money for so long they don’t want to risk being at the bottom for a couple million more.The 8 bigs say they are leaving to form their own conference next time around or you sign on the dotted line. Let’s not mistake who has the leverage here.
The only reason for it not happening is because teams know it is unstable. and the big schools get so much money from donors and endowments that the TV money doesn’t really matter. It’s the difference between ridiculous facilities and ridiculous facilities with gold plated toilets.