Big 12 Send Cease and Desist to ESPN
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Too bad that's the only way to watch ISU basketball games so I'm stuck with it.
At what point does ESPN face monopoly charges?
Right. This is all so unpredictable and moving so fast that I don't think it's impossible by any means to actually enforce the 2025 date legally, and in time mutually amend the necessary language to allow the remaining teams to seek new homes SO LONG AS the transition is transparently set to take place AFTER the GoR expires. Just because it's a long shot and never been done before might not matter. Who knows? Good time to be a sports media contract lawyer(?)
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It’s going to be like the Black Draft on Chapelle Show.
I fall asleep every night to SC. Not one peep about conference realignment, even though it’s probably the biggest story in sports right now. You get the feeling they are purposely not reporting anything because of potential legal fallout.
The tin foil hatter in me thinks the reason why the Big 10 "isn't interested" in ISU and KU is because they want the Angry 8 to milk ESPN, SEC, UT and OU for all their worth, and then when the dust settles and things expire, then we go over.
It’s laughable really.
If I were an attorney, this would be the stuff I’d live for! If there’s anything to Bowlsby’s assertions, it could be the chance of a lifetime for the person that argues it.Right. This is all so unpredictable and moving so fast that I don't think it's impossible by any means to actually enforce the 2025 date legally, and in time mutually amend the necessary language to allow the remaining teams to seek new homes SO LONG AS the transition is transparently set to take place AFTER the GoR expires. Just because it's a long shot and never been done before does not matter. Who knows? Good time to be a sports media contract lawyer(?)
Lets see how long it takes these guys to get back to me, and if they were dense enough to be putting any of their dialogue on company email.
Get ready for a big bill. FOIA requests aren't free.
You can de facto accomplish this by dragging out litigation as long as possible. If the big 12 is savy in their legal maneuvering on the appropriate allowable time line you can absolutely drag this out past the GoR deadline. As some have pointed out this has potential practical downsides in recruiting, brand image and stability, etc., but I think that ship has sailed either way unfortunately. Might as well make them pay (literally and figuratively), maximize leverage, and buy time along the way if that's the case. It's a possible 'lose the battle win the war' type scenario bigger picture.
But also if ISU can go to the Big 10 we should do that. I don’t want to be on a team with Baylor either.
I think it’s in isu and the other 7 school interest to stall and make them pay as much as possible. The other conferences are waiting and watching right. No quick exit is a huge possibility right now
I do think this does up the ante considerably. Before, the max starting point for negotiations was $70,000,000 (I think) each for UT and OU. This brings potential damages into play, which have the potential to be enormous.
Either way, there is still a lot of downside to the remaining schools if this drags out, but it was always going to be that way.
Either way, there is still a lot of downside to the remaining schools if this drags out, but it was always going to be that way.
