PODCAST: Perspective on this morning's news, where things might be heading

[JP4CY]

We’re AAU so it has to be a good number.

Rice Krispie treat royalties?!!

 

[Sigmapolis]

I hope the need for inventory keeps the sport from being cut down too much.

Fox and ESPN need content. A 24-team SEC is not going to be enough.

 

[FerShizzle]

Big Ten athletics revenue in 2019: 700 million
Big Ten research and Patent revenue in 2019: 10 billion

so you are saying that AAU matters?

 

[cyclone1209]

Aren’t both going to be making even more in the very near future? How does that not make sense?

TX could have to give up the longhorn network with this move..

 

[Statefan10]

TX could have to give up the longhorn network with this move..

They will 100% have to

 

[FerShizzle]

TX will have to give up the longhorn network with this move..

FIFY

 

[Clonefan94]

Texas is already #1 in college footgall for athletic revenues...$150 million per year. For comparison, Alabama is down the list at $94 million.
From a monetary standpoint none of this makes any sense.

It means even more money, that's all the motivation they need. Most billionaires have more money than they or their children could ever spend, it doesn't stop them from trying to get more money.

 

[Cyclonepride]

I hope the need for inventory keeps the sport from being cut down too much.

Fox and ESPN need content. A 24-team SEC is not going to be enough.

SEC dominance has already been bad for the game. A 24 team SEC would only make it worse, and make the playoff and national championship a foregone conclusion.

 

[jdoggivjc]

so you are saying that AAU matters?

I think it’s a big reason why you don’t hear UofM and OSU fans chanting “SEC”.

 

[madguy30]

Texas is already #1 in college footgall for athletic revenues...$150 million per year. For comparison, Alabama is down the list at $94 million.
From a monetary standpoint none of this makes any sense.

It does for those that are really greedy but think they deserve more without earning it (lots of marginal football for all that ball washing).

 

[SCarolinaCy]

A quick one for you guys.

PODCAST: Chris Williams reacts to OU and Texas bolting the Big 12. What's next?

Chris Williams reacts to today's news that Texas and Oklahoma have turned in a letter to the Big 12 announcing their intentions to leave the conference. What's next? Some perspective from our publisher.

cyclonefanatic.com

Transcript?

 

[SCarolinaCy]

@ChrisMWilliams How significant do you think it is that Jamie Pollard was Deputy AD under Barry Alvarez when Pollard was at Wisconsin before we hired Pollard here? IIRC Alvarez is now some special advisor to the B1G and his responsibilities include conference expansion. Do you think it likely that Pollard would try to leverage this connection in our favor in order to get us into the B1G?

Absolutely. Has there been ANY word from Pollard since this thing broke?

 

[CyLyte2]

The SEC thinks they are the big bully on the block. It would behoove the leadership of the remaining P5 conferences to band together and oppose the SEC. The rest of us should work together not against each other. If the remainder pinch the SEC off with the Texas and OU addition then the remainder are running the show.

 

[CyLyte2]

Absolutely. Has there been ANY word from Pollard since this thing broke?

No, he's doing his job.

 

[Spartanantler]

I hope every team besides oklahoma and texas gives them hell this year.

 

[Cloneon]

It means even more money, that's all the motivation they need. Most billionaires have more money than they or their children could ever spend, it doesn't stop them from trying to get more money.

Unless things play out like the SEC hopes, this whole power move may be a bust. My eyes are on what the B1G does next.

 

[Selmak The Tok'Ra]

Absolutely. Has there been ANY word from Pollard since this thing broke?

Not that I know of, although as Williams pointed out, the fact that there hasn't been anything from Pollard or Iowa State yet could be a good sign.

 

[Lexclone]

I have yet to meet a person or see an institution, no matter how wealthy, that said, "yep, I have enough money now"

The gap between more and enough never closes.*


*This has been a favorite quote of mine, but I do not know who said it originally.

 

[TXCyclones]

How the University of Texas treated Texas Tech should be against the law | Opinion

Texas should have told fellow state school Texas Tech it wants to leave the Big 12.

www.yahoo.com

 

[Neptune78]

Transcript?

I'd love to read the transcript of the call between JP and Big Daddy Barry.
Would save a lot of time instead of reading 10 threads of posts.