IOWA STATE TO BIG TEN?!? Dave Wannstedt thinks so.
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How would he know what the ACC is doing, who has no relationship with Fox?
When the stuff came out about UT and OU to the SEC, it was 7/21. Since it was put out there with solid reporting we had non-denial comments from Sankey, OU, and UT, the same day that basically confirmed they were gone. McMurphy, Thamel, etc. were all reporting that they were gone literally that day.
Wanny said this and from what I've seen there is zero follow up and zero confirmation anywhere else. Either we have something else on this by tomorrow morning morning, or every reporter covering this story sucks at their job or he's talking out of his butt.
This is a really good take.
For those wondering about the significance of 41.
Pac-12: 12
+B1G: 14
+ACC: 14
+ND: 1
= 41
Pac-12: 12
+B1G: 14
+ACC: 14
+ND: 1
= 41
Right - and let's take it he's close. That means on the previous media contract the average of the remaining 8 teams would be $23 million. Keep in mind this doesn't mean each of the 8 are all worth $23 M. Then let's realize that ISU and OSU are considerably above the others in TV viewership, and thus media value. So it's very plausible that ISU could bring $30M or more to a TV contract. So you are almost at PAC media per team value already. Now add in the fact that over a 5 year period a team may only end up with half or even less of the media share.
So without even considering any factors like PACN, or a power play to shore up inventory vs. ESPN by Fox, AAU status, etc., a team like ISU could make the math work for the PAC.
I still look at those numbers and feel like Big 10 is a stretch. While I think ISU would be a good fit for a lot of reasons, and would provide a boost in interest, attendance and viewership for some of the midwest schools struggling in that regard, I still think there would be a financial gap in taking on ISU. Hopefully the Big 10 leaders see the potential in investing in a school like ISU.
I was talking on a per team basis, I assumed everyone knew the whole league doesn't get 14M per year.
Not according to the prescient movie Independence Day.
Except for not having an exact year, nothing about that movie has been incorrect so far.
Boy, the blue check sportswriters on Twitter are absolutely hating on this announcement, which means it is probably a good thing
Right - you've got probably 8 teams in each of those two leagues that are no more attractive than ISU and Okie St., and both leagues are very ripe for poaching, save for the ACC GoR. To add to that, there are probably 10 teams in the Big 10 that would have no guarantees at all in the event of some breakaway, NFL-light league, and probably 4-6 that would absolutely get left out.
Between the current realignment and NIL changes, there are enough schools and leagues that probably see that CFB is at a tipping point where volume-driven stability now is worth giving up the potential to maximize short term revenue.
They are all eating a lot of crow because they all got caught throwing poop at the wall.
Im hopeful that the universal negative reaction to this gives the Pac-12 some pause, if they figured this would be good enough for them to avoid lagging behind the other power leagues. Perhaps expansion with Central inventory is still a good thing.
What was said in the BIGPACACC alliance conference really didn’t help these rumors. Even went as far as saying they have no current plans to expand.
I'd like to think of the B1G taking KU and us as they know KU will bring the room temp brie and wine and look presentable with their little basketball program and MD coats. We'll show up with Busch Light keg slung over our shoulders and get the quizzical looks, but they all know 20 minutes later we'll be holding their legs up for the first keg stands. They know they'll be having so much fun they won't care or notice when we're kicking the crap out of them later at beer pong. Dave Wanstache approves.
If they've learned anything over the last month it's that you don't want to give the perception of openly meddling with schools under an existing grant of rights. I'm not sure them saying this publicly truly means anything.