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  1. Its clear he failed to explain it to himself. He put out the most ridiculous things. It was clear he was regurgitating whatever stories people told him and didn't understand it at all. He may have had reasonable sources, but that doesn't mean their information was reasonable.
  2. Monday and we had at least one friend without power.
  3. Well that really isn't that far out of line from what Hurtlocker has told as, and I value his opinion! WVU gets the Big 12 attention in a lot of eastern markets. Its the Mountaineer diaspora. I can't say there is anyone below them I really disagree with but #s 25-28-Miami, Washington, Oregon and UCLA.
  4. https://www.espn.com/college-football/story/_/id/40458844/conference-change-logistics-sec-acc-big-ten Meanwhile, everyone is worried about flagpoles and redoing courts. "LONG BEFORE MONDAY'S celebration in Norman marking the dawn of Oklahoma's new era in the SEC, Greg Tipton, the school's executive associate athletic director for internal operations, facilities and events, had an epiphany. It was last July, and Oklahoma was already well into its process to chronicle all of the Big 12 logos around campus to be replaced with new SEC marks. "I need to go count those flagpoles," he thought, about the flags that fly over the south end zone videoboard at Gaylord Family-Oklahoma Memorial Stadium and represent each conference member. "You have your American flag, your state flag, your OU flag high up in the center, but then there were 10 flagpoles. I'm like wait, there's this ... We've got to fix this...." TCU, however, is over such calculations. At a school that has been in five conferences -- SWC, WAC, Conference USA, Mountain West and Big 12 -- since 1995, staff has a more measured approach to the changes. "I'm taking all the flagpoles down," said Sassan Sahba, the Horned Frogs' associate AD for facilities and game days. "I'm just putting a graphic on the wall. I'm not going to add in flagpoles for this year, have them be there for three years. Who knows if we're down to eight teams in four years? It just doesn't make any sense. So I'm just taking them all down. I'm putting graphics up on the brick wall in [the north end of Amon G. Carter Stadium]. It is what it is...." Texas tasked its employees with taking photos of Big 12 logos so it could catalog them, wary of a wayward logo making its way to social media after it had made the move. Like Oklahoma, the Longhorns aren't very experienced in moving. Their last move, from the SWC, was more of a resignation that the sport was changing, but there was still romanticism in the old league, much like there was for Oklahoma and the Big Eight and for the Pac-12 by all the former members who are now headed elsewhere. No one felt the pressure if one of those logos remained. This time around, it's serious business.... Texas' Drew Martin, a senior associate AD, said the Longhorns replaced the Big 12 logo with the SEC mark in December on their volleyball court more than six months before they were official league members because Gregory Gym, their volleyball court, also serves as a rec sports center. Texas replaces the court every five years, doing it when school is out over winter break. So they discussed it with both conferences and came to an agreement...."
  5. You're adding two of the best teams. That's the thing about UNC. That is a dilution. And realistically there are only 4 teams outside the SEC/Big 10 who are a threat to win it all-FSU, Clemson, Notre Dame and Miami. Last year there were 5-6 more, Texas, Oklahoma, USC, Washington, Oregon and maybe UCLA.
  6. These are the ACC and Big 12 schools.
  7. Agreed. Below are the TV ratings per the Sic-em analysis from 2013-21 for ACC and Big 12 schools. Only 4 schools are ahead of Stanford who wasn't valuable enough to get in the Big 10 or to get a full share in the ACC, but FSU and Clemson rate pretty high:
  8. This guy seems to think FSU (and others) will be out of the ACC in the relatively near future according to his contacts in the legal profession. Josh Pate is with 247, so you can take it or leave it:
  9. We had trouble winning 9 or 10 in the Big 12. All it takes the right coach and USC will start winning again.
  10. That was a special season. But I loved the way Colt McCoy would almost always find a way to comeback and win. 2023 was pretty good. 2024 or 2025 may be pretty special.
  11. They'll strike and kill the golden goose much like baseball hurt its popularity with multiple strikes.
  12. Yes. Basketball and football and some non-rev P4 athletes benefit and everyone else loses.
  13. The smaller Div I schools kept the rules on amateurism and fought every attempt by those of the P5 who wanted to do more. And the non-FBS schools (other than Big East) are getting way more than they contribute to the tourney. The P5 could say, fine, we'll just have our own basketball invitational and leave you out.
  14. If it is paid directly by the schools, then they have to figure out how Title IX impacts it. If its paid by collectives by now, then it doesn't apply. Many of the schools are talking about taking over the NIL, but I don't see how it would work without giving them Title IX headaches.
  15. Based on the recent NCAA championships TV deal, women's basketball ($65 of $115 million) is more valuable than all the other miscellaneous sports combined.
  16. It would seem that if they gave everyone 22% of media, ticket and sponsorship money of their sport, it would be logical and should be compliant. But Title IX is not the least bit about logic. Logically, you could have 3 pools and give everyone in each pool only from their own sport's money: Men's football and basketball Women's basketball All other sports These are the 3 class action categories in the House lawsuit.
  17. This is extremely relevant to realignment. A lot of schools won't make it.
  18. https://www.washingtonpost.com/sports/2024/05/18/house-v-ncaa-settlement-vote/ Title IX, future anti-trust. Big mess even after the settlement.
  19. When they are good, people watch.
  20. They should have tried to kill off the Sun Belt in their previous expansion. Instead they left it alive and kicking to pull up the best of FCS. And the AAC kept pulling from them, so eventually CUSA was the one pulling from FCS.
  21. https://sports.yahoo.com/sources-new-college-athlete-compensation-model-may-cost-power-schools-300m-each-over-10-years-003140102.html?guccounter=1&guce_referrer=aHR0cHM6Ly90LmNvLw&guce_referrer_sig=AQAAAIIae29YRf0gPY0Ebf9-47Y2PoDbqv0QbxYaauX0XXMyzEe6oqxvGc5WRI8o9Mw2nxL0Ysk6blngAA4V7mXo76p0mBPQ4cXHaxwbVIEu-vcjbrosfoAcusKRpzWYJpKjFxz_QfZFN-qaaMXZkK3yex7C8KP8xkMbvf5Y4cNmb2Wm Will all the P4 stay? How much of the G5 will be able to afford to stay? They won't be required to revenue share as they aren't part of this lawsuit, but that doesn't exempt them from other lawsuits and the cost to continue to compete. And even more, this will increase the number of schools sending their resumes to the Big 10 and SEC. "...As industry executives continue to negotiate with plaintiff lawyers in the House antitrust case, details of a future compensation model — a necessary piece to any settlement agreement — continue to emerge. Those who shared details were granted anonymity as they were not authorized to speak about a proposed settlement that continues to undergo changes. While negotiations are active and have been for as many as eight months — not a new revelation within the industry — concepts of the proposed new model are becoming more formalized as leaders work to meet a deadline set by attorneys. Money figures are becoming clear: For those in the power conferences, the price tag is steep. The 10-year settlement agreement could cost each power school as much as $300 million over the decade, or $30 million a year. That figure assumes a school meets what is believed to be: (1) a $17-22 million revenue distribution cap for athletes; (2) at least $2 million in withheld NCAA distribution for back damages; and (3) as much as $10 million in additional scholarship costs related to an expansion of sport-specific roster sizes — a concept previously unpublicized...."
  22. I just don't see how going beyond 20 makes sense for the SEC or Big 10 at current contract rates. Only ND, FSU, Clemson and maybe Miami bring in high enough ratings to justify expansion financially. And it makes no sense to go to 24 for any reason other than financial. But clearly people are talking about it. 4X18 or 2X20, 2X16 just makes more sense than 3X24.
  23. https://sports.yahoo.com/how-the-new-college-football-playoff-format-came-to-be-and-what-it-means-for-the-sports-future-165149801.html Good article on why Sankey became Cranky and became the Grinch that stole CFP $$s for the G5 and M2. And what comes next???! "...During a meeting of CFP commissioners in November, well before the revenue negotiations began, a discussion point emerged about the CFP’s future. “There was a belief that all of us had to stay together as is,” Sankey recalled. “I never viewed it that way.” Sankey’s honest and stunning admission may indicate the future course of the SEC and perhaps the Big Ten too. It casts doubt on the glue that binds the nine leagues together. Schwarz believes the future is not necessarily two 20-team conferences that create a separate entity, as so many predict. Instead, he sees two 24-team conferences plus a third, possibly three 20-team leagues. “They’d all love to rip one of the four apart and make it a Big Three,” he said. Said one high-placed college athletics insider: “Five power leagues could not survive. Neither can four....""
  24. 16-18 is Prestige Worldwide. The rest will still be around for ooc wins.
  25. You give him way too much credit. It was not really a police chase. More of a parade. A boring parade. And whoever at NBC switched from game 5 of the NBA finals for that earned his ticket to hell!
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