Well Louisville and BYU should have been added when TCU and WVU were.
Realignment Megathread (All The Moves)
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Reading in the forums of some of the potential ACC schools we could get if the ACC blows up, there is very little interest in going to the Big 12. Some are delusional in thinking they can backfill with the Big 12. Others think it will a merger of the best of the Big 12 and ACC. That's delusional too as the Big 12 is the stronger league.
We won't do it but almost would rather invite Memphis and UConn where they would be buying in bulk Big 12 shirts Day 1 than inviting schools that don't want to be here.
We won't do it but almost would rather invite Memphis and UConn where they would be buying in bulk Big 12 shirts Day 1 than inviting schools that don't want to be here.
College Presidents don’t like Louisville:
University of Louisville taken off probation with accrediting agency
After a year in limbo, the University of Louisville is no longer at risk of losing its accreditation. The university’s accrediting agency, commonly called SACS, revoked U of L’s probationary
And just like ASU and Utah, when the **** actually hits the fan their admin will come running.
My feeling is that it wont exactly be about adding value, per se, It will be about eliminating contracts, and pulling teams from the competition, and control, if and when it happens.
B1G (Fox, etc) and its media partners may want to take teams, in order to take them from or prevent ESPN or others from locking them up.
SEC (ESPN, Etc) and its media partners may want to lock certain teams in and keep them in their control.
B12 will want to add to its value, will want to shop to more partners or a better deal.
Media partners, may find value in eliminating a conference contract, while you may have to pay more to a couple schools, you dont have to bid on an entire conference. 2 schools at 100M is less than 16 schools at 30M, for Fox, 4 schools 100M is less than 16 at 30M, for ESPN, this is especially true when you are getting rid of the lower value schools. And then you have the B12 and partners, adding 4 schools at any price is going to be less than 16 schools for an entire conference.
Therefore moving into 2030+ it is beneficial for basically any media partner already in the game to eliminate another conference. Thus leaving the scraps to anyone like Amazon to bid on if they want to enter the field.
Yes there are other scenarios at play, but this is one of the ones I could see where it is not exactly about if a school "adds" value.
