It's a lot more than "ag". Unless you're looking to run a Fortune 500 company one day or get into high level politics or something else where the name of the institution on the diploma actually matters, then a diploma is a diploma.
Kansas to Big 10?
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It's a lot more than "ag". Unless you're looking to run a Fortune 500 company one day or get into high level politics or something else where the name of the institution on the diploma actually matters, then a diploma is a diploma.
Probably similar in the core undergrad courses in the first year or two. But I think "quality of education" includes things like access to faculty connections and how it positions you for acceptance to elite grad programs. In those areas it's just not close. Saying that on average a kid graduating with a BA/BS from Mississippi St. is equally positioned for top-end career offers or acceptance into top grad programs as a kid from Michigan is just fiction.
ISU doesn't have to have a national following to go Independent, it just needs to make sense from a media rights standpoint.
The AAC payout per school is $9M annually. The MWC is around $5M.
Whereas, the Big12 schools less OuT is between $15-20M. So some of the 8 are actually worth more than $15-20M as an independent. Is ISU one of those schools? If ISU is, it might make sense to be an independent in football and join a conference for all other sports.
Scheduling is a bigger deal than having a national following. Especially if ISU would rely on a subscription based revenue model.
Most people don't go to grad school. And Michigan is not like most of the Big 10. I can tell you right now nobody is going to be any more impressed with a bachelors from Iowa than they are Mississippi State unless you are in a medical field. Those ranking are really good for fans to jerk off over though. Undergrad degrees aren't really that impressive.
Yeah, that's along the lines of my ag reference. I've no doubt that Mississippi St. has some programs they do better. But you're really not talking about the masses of students who are majoring in things like business, biology, education, chemistry, communications, pre-professional programs, etc. Yeah if I want to be a veterinarian I'm going to ISU and being happy with it. But if you're in the more common majors that are shared by all major public universities, there's no way a kid from Mississippi St. is going to be as highly regarded as a kid from Michigan. And a big part of it is the industry/business connections they gain from faculty that's just flat out superior.
Mississippi State has a good vet school. Doc Thompson from ISU was on the faculty there forever. He's from my hometown. His son just took a job at ISU from K-State. These schools are all connected.
Uhm… I think we all know those division championships in the old Big 12 north weren’t exactly murders row.
As a business owner 2010 what? Lol it’s about the future my gosh folks things have changed since then you negative Nancy’s
I have no doubt it is. What I'm saying is that most kids don't major in vet or ag science. Most kids major in things like business, biology, education, communications, social sciences, computer sciences, health sciences, engineering, etc. And in those disciplines, a BA/BS from a Michigan, Wisconsin, Illinois, etc., is more highly regarded by employers, brings better industry connections from faculty, and opens more doors to elite grad programs on average than a school like Miss St.
Your characterization of Kirk Bohl's comments are a bit more negative than Kirk's actual tweet.
Big 10 is interested in AAU schools, of which ISU and KU belong.
A source saying they "don't know if they'll get any place". aka the source knows nothing. The guy makes Sargeant Schultz look like Nostradamus.
Maybe on average. That doesn't mean individual degrees from certain schools aren't more prestigious than ones at Big 10 schools. For example, if I wanted to major in journalism I'd much rather go to Mizzou than almost any school in the Big 10.
The ability to build models is meaningless.
Having industry knowledge and making correct assumptions is what counts.
Hell, I could create an accurate analysis on the back of a Pizza Pit napkin if I had industry knowledge to make the necessary assumptions.
[QUOTE="ImperialCyclone, post: 784tothink ISU adds value to the PAC more than the B1G. I also think butts in seats is going to be a huge indicator of streaming revenue. These all complicate the models. Lots of unknowns. I would say the value added potential is more likely KU/ISU in the PAC. AAU schools is huge for that conference. I hope that ISU/KU/Okie State end up in the PAC together. I just think the B1G is the longest of shots (despite it making a ton of sense).
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I know it's a completely different model, but why can pro sports add expansion team after expansion team in every league and project money and income from each and every one, but top level college keeps working itself to get fewer and fewer top-level teams?
Wouldn't the ultimate end all of this be just two teams standing in another 30 years. Texas and Alabama? Maybe?
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I know it's a completely different model, but why can pro sports add expansion team after expansion team in every league and project money and income from each and every one, but top level college keeps working itself to get fewer and fewer top-level teams?
Wouldn't the ultimate end all of this be just two teams standing in another 30 years. Texas and Alabama? Maybe?
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I know it's a completely different model, but why can pro sports add expansion team after expansion team in every league and project money and income from each and every one, but top level college keeps working itself to get fewer and fewer top-level teams.
Wouldn't the ultimate end all of this be just two teams standing in another 30 years. Texas and Alabama? Maybe?
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NFL models based on inventory alone. Conferences have differing payouts. Inventory not exactly 1:1.
NFL models based on inventory alone. Conferences have differing payouts. Inventory not exactly 1:1.
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So Yes, Alabama and Texas are all we have left in 2055
I love everyone’s optimism…I really do. I wish I shared it. I sincerely hope I am wrong. I do not know what variables Fox (for example) would use. I fully admit that. I do not know anything in the slightest. My gut and intuition is just telling me to be prepared for a financial change to our athletic department. Will I go to all games and donate more going forward? Absolutely. It’s also okay for Cyclones fans to differ in our opinions.
