Why wait? If the B10 offered WA and OR a half share for the rest of their current deal, they’d take it today. It gets them where they want to go and the money will be there eventually.
Simple, because the b10 is in the drivers seat here, they know that Washington and Oregon will jump if given the opportunity, and are not going to move to the B12 because of the money difference between what B10 schools get and what B12 schools will get.
Word is the B1G preferred Oregon to UCLA. I know they want some of the ACC schools but sounds to me like at least Oregon is a big want.
The iowa mens basketball team wants no part of Oregon.
I can follow the reasoning there. Not unlike I’m not sure the B12 should take both Arizona schools.
Yeah I have a feeling that the Big Ten is going to add ACC schools instead along with the SEC picking off a couple. After that the ACC merges with the PAC and perhaps a couple Big 12 teams to be a national conference.
Could be, but Oregon's US News ranking is #105 of all universities, while Washington is ranked #55. The B10 talks a lot about academics. Washington state also has 7.7 million people, while Oregon only has 4.2 million. Meaning less people paying into BTN at the full price.
Why would any big 12 team join the ACC and PAC after thoughts. If the best teams are gone, it would be smarter for the Big 12 to take the next 4 best teams let the rest collapse.
CU and Arizona are good adds, and important in the weird Game of Thrones way realignment has played out by weakening the PAC for the future. But any decision comes with an opportunity cost that may hinder future decisions.
There’s a reason WA and OR don’t have a B10 invite. One possible explanation could be that the B10 doesn’t want them. The other possibility is Fox doesn’t want to pay up for them for this media deal.
The brands left from the ACC/PAC will still be stronger than what is in the Big 12. They are all and have been power 5 teams for a long time. The Big 12 is a mish mash of mid majors, leftovers, and religious schools moving their way up. Once the ACC loses teams it will backfill. You don't think West Virginia wouldn't jump in a heartbeat to play closer games and rejoin their rivalry with Pitt? What about Cincinnati and UCF? Yep they'd go too. It's going to destabilize the conference again when it happens. Or course that is probably years away but it's going to happen. Just like the Big 12 fought to survive the ACC and PAC will do the same.
You do realize Oregon and Washington have more media rights value that half the current Big10.B10 won’t take Oregon and Washington by themselves because they don’t increase the pie enough to make it worth it. Sure they could come in at a reduced share (like Neb, Rutgers and Maryland did), but the conference ultimately wants everyone to be equals so they wouldn’t have it be a permanent reduced share.
However, I could definitely see them joining with Notre Dame and one other school. ND brings enough that the addition of four would be worthwhile. I could see that 4th school being another P12 school to get one more west coast team. Or I could see it being an ACC school that might even have a couple others come with to make it a six school add instead of four.
Who the hell knows
