1135 miles L.A. to Seattle. NOT breaking up the travel.
Realignment Megathread (All The Moves)
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Trying to figure out how Washington at over 1,300 miles away from LA makes a good travel partner with UCLA and USC.
Pardon my ignorance on this topic but do the schools go by bus or do they fly? If they fly I really don't see distance as that big of a deal since its only probably like an 1.5 hours longer on a plane.
The SEC is going to heavily push for more members when the ACC contract comes due. The only reason they are getting $70 million is because ESPN is making a ton from its cash cow in the ACC. And with Disney signaling that they are tired of these mega sports deals, someone is going to have to pay the piper.
Totally agree. I have seen a reason the B1g 10 would want to add west coast teams would be as travel partner but the math doesn't add up. Especially for the Penn St and Rutgers of the current B1G signing up for multiple more trips to the west coast.
Longer trip means higher cost. And not just for the football team. You have to factor in all teams that are participating in the B1G. Track, tennis, golf, gymnastics, swimming, etc. Those add up over time.
This rumdum is getting crushed on his Twitter because he keeps calling Arizona AU when it’s the university of Arizona.
Cities with pro football and basketball really trim the room for growth in my opinion.
I do think the time zone plays a factor as well, not just distance. People in the pro leagues, especially in the NFL and MLB say that going West coast to East coast and playing a day game is harder to adjust to.
For all we know they aren’t.
I think it’s pretty clear now the Gonzaga talk was just to highlight how flat footed the PAC is as nobody is hearing anything about it. For all we know UConn is similar although I’d argue UConn brings something no other G5 does.
I’m pretty certain AZ is in already and just formality. The question is if that triggers other developments when it goes concrete. Could be WA/Ore or could be asu/Utah sudden 180. Personally I’d much rather stop at our likely 14 than double up Utah/Arizona knowing ACC adds will be there.
Knowing what AZ wants and is passionate about, the Pac should’ve already added Gonzaga as a basketball affiliate if they were on Yormark’s level of this game, maybe even before USC/UCLA exit.
ESPN is hurting. The best deal they have going is the ACC contract. There is no way ESPN wants teams to try and leave the ACC for the SEC contract (also held by ESPN).
Same reason that we hear rumors that ESPN/FOX do not want the Big 12 to go to 16 right now. They are strapped and did not want to bid on the PAC media deal to begin with. The Big 12 going to 16 just backdoors them into paying for four PAC teams at a time that they are hurting and laying off hundreds.
Not that they don't like the content, they are just trying to save some $$ in the near term.
Same reason that we hear rumors that ESPN/FOX do not want the Big 12 to go to 16 right now. They are strapped and did not want to bid on the PAC media deal to begin with. The Big 12 going to 16 just backdoors them into paying for four PAC teams at a time that they are hurting and laying off hundreds.
Not that they don't like the content, they are just trying to save some $$ in the near term.
I’m guessing air conditioned bars are better anyway than spending a late afternoon on asphalt in 115 degree sun.
It’s not just tv windows that make 100% of games night games.
It’s tough to know though if it’s a special hurt or the normal layoff cycles. Streaming coming to a reckoning is perhaps unique, this era where they all loved losing money to pad their subscription #s.
Working with media companies myself you can set your watch by a cycle of huge layoffs and big hiring cycles. Employees are just faceless #s to these media conglomerates.
I agree that they are hurting, but the "did not want to big on the PAC media deal" has a lot to do with knowing that the Big 12 would take desired properties in the event of a conference implosion, IMO.