You make a statement like this when no AD wants to go on the record and none of the ADs want GK anywhere near a microphone right now.
Realignment Megathread (All The Moves)
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Honestly, if several of their fan bases and most of their media weren’t such giant arrogant pricks, I might feel sorry for them.
But let it burn.
Looks as if Big12 planted Kliavkoff at Pac12
So losing a midpoint team is suddenly going to make Pac12 TV money go up significantly?
That must be new math. Or the median & mean are quite different. Not buying that or ORWA would be in Big10 or SDSMU would already be in Pac12.
The replies in to that statement are gold. I have had several laugh out loud moments reading through them.
As much praise that Yormark deserves right now, don't forget that Bowlsby brought in 4 strong enough schools to put the Big 12 in the position they are today. More importantly I think, he really went after ESPN and other leagues for colluding against trying to dissolve and divy up the Big 12 two years ago. He also banded the remaining Big 12 members together to stand up to UT and OU and not let them off the hook, and requiring them to stay their remaining 3-4 years per the GOR. The league also could have accepted a good buyout offer, but knew they needed to buy themselves as much time as possible to expand and get their ducks in a row prior to the UT/OU exit. Pollard also seemed to play a crucial leadership role in all of this as well.
I just want to task the people that keep repeating that narrative over there, if they have ever played Jenga.
Seriously if they cant see that this further destabilizes their conference....after now 3 have left, they really have blinders on.
Compare that statement with Yormark’s two word statement. Brevity is the soul of wit.
Obviously X/10 < X/9. And I am certain the the CW didn’t pay attention at all today so X won’t decrease and the deal is still in place as it was.
All kidding aside, with the same deal divided 9 ways, the rumored 21 million dollar deal changes to 23.3 million and still trails the big 12 by ~10 million per year. Roughly 70%.
They will finally get to claim some recent national titles in men’s basketball. Why actually win them when you can just invite those from outside who have?
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My uninformed opinion is the prospective Pac12 media partners all want and are only willing to pay for the best games.
Why would CW want Oregon State vs. Stanford primetime, when they can get just as many views showing Riverdale. Likewise, Apple doesn't only want tier 3 content as it won't drive subscriptions.
Probably the delay in the media rights deal now is the Stanford math majors they have crunching numbers now have to divide by nine instead of 10. A little bit harder.
I’ve come to agree with a few others on here now that said there never was a deal. When the Big 12 secured their extension, the major players said we have all we need. They figured the teams they were willing to pony up for would be a cheaper get as individuals if they fold into other conferences.
Nobody was thrilled with the way CU left, but taking CU in now is essentially the death knell to the Big 12's biggest competition for survival. And for just that by itself I'm more than happy that they're back.
