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Realignment Megathread (All The Moves)

alarson said:
Honestly I'm kind of surprised the pac 12 isnt inviting them either way. If they stay together they would probably want them to keep their presence in southern california. If they dont, the remnants definitely need that backfill
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Seems like a common sense move.
I was bored with this topic this morning. I'm interested again right now.

Game on! Here we go!
 
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SolterraCyclone said:
I stand corrected here after reading the article. It sounds like SDSU’s letter was more to ask for an extension on the year’s notice/exit fee increase. Probably to give more time for a P12 deal and subsequent invite.

The MWC basically said screw you and we take the letter as intent to resign. SDSU’s AD tried to backtrack but now they’re in a terrible position. I’m speechless SDSU could fumble something that poorly. They’ll fit right in with the P12 if/when they get an invite.
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You'd think they'd have a better idea of the MWC response. Someone over there could've given them the temperature check.
 
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Proton said:
Maybe it has to do with unequal revenue sharing. Colorado and Arizona are leaving the door open to exiting the conference for leverage against an unfavorable deal. Hopefully we’ll know in the next couple weeks.
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Scheer had a good comment recently. If the PAC’s revenue sharing model is based solely on football, why would Arizona agree to that?
 
KnappShack said:
You'd think they'd have a better idea of the MWC response. Someone over there could've given them the temperature check.
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They shouldn't have needed it. San Jose, New Mexico, Wyoming, Hawaii, Nevada and Utah State were all instant 'No' votes. I have no idea how they thought they could get a majority, let alone a super majority.
 
HouClone said:
George K. and the Pac fans believe this new deal is an outlier and that they won't be hamstrung by the economy, ESPN layoffs, Fox not involved, Big 12 going first, etc. the next time around, in about 5 years. Thus, Pac schools have to weigh going to a new conference for long term or sticking it out with the schools they want to be a part of knowing the monetary and exposure impact will be a blip. That is what the Pac is thinking.
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Another thing I don’t like in the reporting on this is that anything mentioning the Big 12 is sure to note that Texas and Ou are gone. The reporting on the PAC makes it seem like their two biggest and best branded schools USC and UCLA aren’t gone. Everything about it is living in denial.
 
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Klubber said:
I think a lot of people are misinterpreting all the "we're staying together, we're committed to the PAC" talk as meaning no one wants to leave, they all hate the idea of associating with the Big XII, etc.

Fact is, Arizona and ASU have been unhappy in that conference for years. UCLA's athletics budget has such a gigantic hole in it that they were going to have to drop a bunch of sports if they stayed. You'd assume others in the conference have similar financial issues.

Colorado has made far less money as a PAC member than they would've had they stayed in the Big XII. Their football program is a shell of its former self, and their facilities are now way behind other P-5 schools.

The Buffs football team looks very WAC like. It was really noticeable in the game I watched last year when they played TCU. The speed, size, strength, athleticism difference was hugely in TCU's favor

PAC teams staying in that conference risk becoming so far behind other P-5 teams that they'll never catch up.

So really you have to think all this chummy comaraderie is just a show so a media deal can somehow get cobbled together. This way teams leaving can do so with a clear conscience that they didn't blow things up, and did everything they could to keep things together until the very end.
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Oh yes. We as ISU and Big 12 fans know all about this kind of posturing. That’s all it is posturing.

After learning about Wash. Sts financial crisis I had the idea that there could be a back door deal to be done with them that no one would see coming. Front them some money to move to the Big 12 and then CU moving is almost forced.

Pick up whatever pieces are left after that.
 
Gunnerclone said:
Oh yes. We as ISU and Big 12 fans know all about this kind of posturing. That’s all it is posturing.

After learning about Wash. Sts financial crisis I had the idea that there could be a back door deal to be done with them that no one would see coming. Front them some money to move to the Big 12 and then CU moving is almost forced.

Pick up whatever pieces are left after that.
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Wazzu is actually a pretty good cultural fit in the Big 12.

Poor, poor Oregon State in that scenario....
 
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If I was the Mountain West my response would be you can pay $1.5m, that is non refundable, if we mutually agree you pay $16.5m additional if you formally resign prior to August 31st. Basically you can pay $1.5m for a two month extension and we agree to no negotiations on your buyout if you leave this summer. If they don’t leave this summer they pay $1.5m and original terms stay in place into the future.
 
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Could someone explain to me how a PAC 12 -USC/UCLA + SDSU & SMU would get a TV deal worth more than their current 20.8 deal? Let alone match or beat the 32 million extension the Big 12 has? Anyone? I wasn’t a business major but I’m also not ******* a moron.
 
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