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Lonestar88

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  1. I don't see it this way at all. ESPN and FOX were willing to pay the SEC and the BIG more money in part because they knew they weren’t going to pay the PAC. And now they get all of the best teams from the PAC anyway. That Apple deal was so shitty that the PAC decided to disband instead. Maybe they will be in the future, but Apple isn’t a threat to ESPN or FOX yet.
  2. This all could just be Oregon and UW trying to get leverage in negotiations with the Big 10.
  3. If UO and UW stay in the Pac-12, I assume they either didn’t get the Big 10 offer at all or it was insanely and insultingly low.
  4. That would be less money. MWC teams get 4 mil a year per team.
  5. Well, the alternative is the Pac disintegrates and they make even less money.
  6. ESPN absolutely paid for Texas and OU, just not in the way you think. They had to pay Fox. Fox has Big 12 rights and we’re losing their two biggest bell cows. They got compensated for that by ESPN, with money and additional inventory. I don’t think the exact amount was ever made public though. Theres no such problem for these departing PAC-12 schools though, because the Pac doesn’t have a tv deal. So any network money spent can just go the the conference/schools.
  7. Nebraska didn’t get a full share until their 7th year in the conference. Rutgers and Maryland didn’t get it until their 8th. USC and UCLA are getting full shares immediately. So that tells you how much the Big 10 wanted each school. Washington and Oregon are desperate and have no leverage because they don’t really want to go to the Big 12 and the Big 10 is kind of lukewarm on them anyways. They aren’t going to get full shares for a while.
  8. This would be my hope. I know Duncanville would like their guys to announce before the season and that would make the Durham and Simmons announcements make sense even if they weren’t going to the same school. But if it’s not a Duncanville thing, then it’s hard for me to find another way to spin it. Now that’s an interesting twist.
  9. Simmons and Durham have been mirroring each other with their announcement tweets, and Durham is going to LSU. Hard to see that as a positive for us.
  10. The handwringing over the Umeozulu brothers is so dumb to me. They barely even talk, most of the drama surrounding them is created by this board. Zina is not a recruitment you should spend any time handwringing about, he will commit to us in the fall or he won’t. He’s not a must get and given what we know about the parents he’s not going to decommit and commit a bunch of times or do a bunch of outlandish stuff. There’s not much to even discuss.
  11. Why not? It’s definitely weak, but that’s what’s been reported.
  12. If I’m Oregon, I’m making the move to the Big 12. The Big 10 is clearly waiting for the ACC to destabilize, those are the targets they really want. (I’m including ND in this) And USC will do everything in their power to stop Oregon from getting in. When you see reports about USC not wanting other west coast teams in because of recruiting challenges, they are specifically talking about Oregon, that’s by far their biggest west coast threat.
  13. Sure, but the point is there are considerations beyond good football matchups. And those other considerations aren’t in Utah’s favor.
  14. If this were just about good football matchups then they wouldn’t have taken Colorado, and they sure as hell wouldn’t be contemplating UConn. Money wise, it’s better to get into the Arizona market than take a second team from Utah.
  15. Y’all are severely underestimating the value of FSU.
  16. LSU just had another cornerback commit. That’s their 4th corner and 6th DB overall in this class. I’m sure they’d gladly ditch one for Mack, but taking this many already may reveal something about what they think their chances are with him.
  17. Should be an even bigger concern now. Pac-12 is on life support.
  18. This is by far the most legit criticism of AAU. I’m a Mavs fan, so I love Luka, but he plays like James Harden. Almost no one would argue Harden plays the game “the right way” and yet Luka is somehow the face of European “fundamental greatness” taking over.
  19. Honestly, I’m open to the possibility, I just need more info to buy into it. There’s a lot of factors at play. I could be underestimating the Chet hype, I just remember he wasn’t even the consensus #1 guy until relatively late in that recruiting cycle. (You can check the 247 composite rankings history) He got that perfect rating late too. I also think his class wasn’t as good as the one Flagg is in, which is why I don’t see ranking or draft slot as the end all be all.
  20. Got you on the Europe thing. Still don’t know if I agree that white players in diverse areas fair worse (that’s the point I was originally replying to). Chet is from a diverse area. A player goes number 1 every year, they aren’t all Lebron James. Some drafts are better than others, some graduating classes are better than others. I don’t think simply comparing a rank or a draft slot is all that useful. It’s just a discussion, no need to be a dipshit.
  21. You think the reason there are Central/Eastern Europeans thriving in the NBA is because the countries are really white? By that logic, we’d have more White American superstars too, because there’s still a shit ton of super white areas here. There are 20+ 5 stars every year and like 50+ high 4 stars, it’s actually not as special as it sounds. Flagg is on a different level. And I’m not talking about ratings services anyways, I’m talking NBA hype. Flagg is already moving the needle in NBA circles in a way Chet never did. Edit: Also, Chet is from Minneapolis, which goes against your theory anyway. Minneapolis is not some lily white city.
  22. I don’t know if your point is true, but I do know the sample size is probably too small to draw a solid conclusion. There aren’t very many top white American basketball prospects overall. And there have been none I can think of to the level of Cooper Flagg since Bird. Off the top of my head though, Walker Kessler is from Atlanta and he was a 5-star coming out of high school and just finished top 3 in rookie of the year voting.
  23. Its almost like worrying about the numbers before anyone even commits is stupid.
  24. This is as bad of a top 25 as Rivals or ESPN has ever done. Just look at some of these guys offer lists. Yeah, the logic is not consistent here.
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