If Big 12 wants to add UConn, do it for basketball only. Then make a push to add Gonzaga for basketball only.
NYC market for CFB is not good. Most people in the market will only watch the playoffs
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NYC market for CFB is not good. Most people in the market will only watch the playoffs
Arizona is coming at some point; they’re the next domino. I’ve been trying to work out the possible Oregon backdrop in my head. BigXII wants Oregon, and I want Oregon.
BY is brilliant at marketing. He pushes the envelope in exciting ways. He throws out splashy ideas that other conferences would not entertain. One of the possible carrots I’ve seen mentioned to possibly entice Oregon/Nike is a BigXII conference-wide affiliation with Nike. (KU/adidas is the obvious hurdle there). Would the conference be able to make up some of the money gap with B10/SEC, if the BigXII sold its naming rights to Nike? The “Nike Conference” may sound better to recruits than the “BigXII conference that OUT left”, I don’t know. (This may have been discussed ad nauseum, and I’d prefer to avoid whether we’d all want that or not.)
My question is this: Does Oregon even want that (sharing Nike’s benefits with its conference), or does Nike tell Oregon what to do?
BY is brilliant at marketing. He pushes the envelope in exciting ways. He throws out splashy ideas that other conferences would not entertain. One of the possible carrots I’ve seen mentioned to possibly entice Oregon/Nike is a BigXII conference-wide affiliation with Nike. (KU/adidas is the obvious hurdle there). Would the conference be able to make up some of the money gap with B10/SEC, if the BigXII sold its naming rights to Nike? The “Nike Conference” may sound better to recruits than the “BigXII conference that OUT left”, I don’t know. (This may have been discussed ad nauseum, and I’d prefer to avoid whether we’d all want that or not.)
My question is this: Does Oregon even want that (sharing Nike’s benefits with its conference), or does Nike tell Oregon what to do?
Sure he does.
USC and UCLA may be gone, but you can add Pepperdine and Loyola Marymount to recoup the LA market. And destabilize the WCC to entice Gonzaga and St. Mary's.
It's foolproof.
This is petty but I ******* hate that stadium so much that I want no part of Memphis. History is great and all and I know they are putting money into it but that is lipstick on a pig. That place is a freakin dump.
If Oregon joins does the Big12 require a new basketball court . . . . no way that court belongs in the best basketball conference.
As I recall the MU pres was on B12 exec committee before they left. Probably put AZ pres on while he was gone.
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Yeah, one of those things that I'm sure looked good in a rendering but looks like **** in reality.
You are correct. He resigned that role shortly before MU accepted. If Robbins resigns that role, run to Vegas and put $10,000 down to receive $10 that Arizona is moving to the Big 12.
Is that due solely on geography? I mean I can see geography to an extent, but it’s not like Memphis is going to help the B12 in Tennessee and/or Arkansas. At least UCONN opens up New England and some NYC.
I figure if the B12 wants to be a national conference then we might as well go all in.