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Hurtlocker

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  1. Watch how the intra conference basketball scheduling occurs. You'd think it would be random so they can have different teams play each other, but they don't. The networks make sure that its always Kansas/Kentucky every year, or Texas/Tennessee. The B1Gs rights are owned by BTN, which is now primarily owned by Fox. The schedule will end up being whatever garners the biggest audiences against Ohio State, Michigan, Penn State and USC week in and week out. The trophies are fun to talk about in the pregame, but they don't have an impact on audiences. Ohio State/Maryland last year drew 6.6m on ABC in the afternoon....running opposite of Minnesota/Iowa drawing 2.5m on Fox.
  2. True, you also have promotion of BYU, Cinci, UCF, and Houston, primarily due to desire meeting timing. If the Pac dissolved a year earlier, the four left without chairs may have had one. And, if this bullshittery with FSU has legs, you may see Syracuse, BC, Wake and Tech join them on the outside.
  3. Not sure if you've been paying attention, but destroying geography and rivalries has pretty much been the defacto approach for the past 20 years.
  4. That's why you see more of those protected games in the West, they're just putting a fence around those teams so the big brands can play each other more. The only rivalry game in the B1G that matters to Fox is Michigan/Ohio State.
  5. Haha i had 14 hours driving and couldn't remember which one it was, but I remember it giving me a chuckle when he said, "She can't say nothin because NDAs and all that but its the one the BoR said we need more money, so you figure it out" He was so sneaky.
  6. Random realignment hearsay of the day from some homer whose daughter works at the SEC Network - they're planning some announcement with FSU in 2-3 weeks. Also, it will involve two schools.
  7. I think we can all agree that no one likes Missouri.
  8. Or land an hour away in Harrisonburg. Hell, you could land in LAX and take an hour to get to the Rose Bowl.
  9. They don't have to. Pretty sure the Big 12 would be happy to take Pitt, VTech, and some combo of Louisville/NCState/Duke, while the B1G grabs UNC/UVA
  10. Basically came down to $4.5m per game. Guessing we'll see late night games on peacock or FS1 to pay for them.
  11. SDSU just built a new stadium, not sure what ASU's is for.
  12. Technically, the ACC owns the GoR agreement with the schools and ESPN pays the ACC for the right to broadcast their games. If FSU moved to the SEC, ESPN can't air them, even though they hold a broadcast agreement with both, unless the ACC approves that use of their rights. Some negotiation or "make right" would need to occur, because the ACC will lose value with FSU gone, as will ESPN, since their contracts and the agreement to build the ACC network was with FSU involved. If FSU left next year, they'd owe a buyout (which in the ACC is 3 years of revenue) then ESPN would trigger a composition clause, informing the ACC that their revenue will decrease by $X. Then the ACC would look to FSU and say, "There's your number. We'll hand you back your rights once we're all even" It took the B12 a year or so to figure out a solution and that was in the last year of the GoR, i still struggle to see how this will be an easy move for FSU.
  13. Not sure why the SEC has to counter Oregon and Washington. USC was added to counter the SEC's move. If I were the SEC I'd just sit back and say "scoreboard"
  14. USC/UCLA got full B1G payout because they came in during the contract negotiations. All of the B12 adds got full in with increases from FOX/ESPN, so around $32. Oregon/Washington make $30m, with $1m/year increases until the next contract when they'll be full payout.
  15. Wow I picked the wrong week for a vacation.
  16. Yeah that happens from time to time, Oklahoma State jumped huge once, Oregon did it a year ago with like a $100m donation, and A&M did it a few years prior. agree
  17. Personally, i don't think so. The SEC has enough brands to service. ND is the only additive left.
  18. I can see them making more bball money by selling/marketing it differently, but that's just being more efficient. Last year a lot of top games ended up streaming or hidden. They just didn't do a good job featuring. For some reason football games are booked on a 7 day window, but most basketball are booked in the summer, and they rarely change. If you got more games onto main channels and had good audiences, say 1-2m avg, you could definitely gain more smack, but its not going to out draw football. In that same regard, i think Storrs is more an ESPN/NYC play, than anything else. Like they're offering to treat UConn like they treat UNC/Duke, where every game is featured on ESPN, regardless of who they play.
  19. Yeah the upside is that GoR lasts until 2036 and the downside is that GoR lasts until 2036. If the B12 stayed at 14 and waited, i can see them gobbling up Pitt and Vtech once the splinter occurs.
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