I hesitate to refer to Out Kick as a legitimate media outlet, and they just reference the Greg Shwain guy, but it's starting to become reportable by more than just anonymous individuals
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CU has rejoined the Big 12 and broken college football - talking out asses continues
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Not necessarily your point, but parity is one of the things that I dislike about the NFL model.
It could if we were one of the schools obstructing an Apple deal and or expansion. Ill assume that CU and two other schools opposed any deal that didnt have linear as a primary component.
I guess we’ll see after Tuesday.
Whatever happened its obvious there was not anything close to a united set beliefs or principles in terms of how to move the conference forward. I have little doubt that people across the table saw this plain as day too and it probably didnt help negotiations. Kind of sad if we had a hand in this. I bet this internal strife possibly reaches back into the Larry Scott era
If the Pac does stay together at nine or eight and they do complete a deal with someone I hope they expand quickly. Whoever was behind the ivory tower standards in terms of who to add or not needs to realize that they just blew up their precious conference. Stop wasting time and add SDSU, Fresno, CSU, and whomever else to get back to being a viable conference.
No. UCLA already has to pay child support to Cap from their B1G contract.
How would stopping UCLA from moving the the B1G prevent Cal from sinking since there is no P12 to stay in?
Could see CU being one that blocked the deal due to lack of visibility on linear networks. Would put a lot of money on the schools blocking expansion were Cal and Stanford.
You're hitting on one thing that *a lot* of college football fans forget: a lot of laws that apply to regular business and industry also apply to the NCAA, conferences, and schools.
The entire current broadcast model only exists because the NCAA lost a huge case in front the US Supreme Court back in the early 80s. That ruling and those laws still apply today, and anti-trust is at the heart.
Also: NIL isn't some new idea that the NCAA just came up with. It was imposed by the Supreme Court when the NCAA lost their latest case to get to that point.
And, these weren't "close calls" by a divided court - they were big losses with judges appointed by both parties in the majority. The case applying the anti-trust laws was 7-2*, and the NIL case was a whopping 9-0.
The point is that the NCAA, conferences and schools often legally cannot "just do [fill in the blank]," even when it's the most logical thing to do.
*An unimportant footnote: there was a former college football player on the court at the time of the broadcast antitrust ruling, someone who finished 2nd in Heisman voting his senior year. That justice was one of the two in the minority. His statue sits outside Folsom: Byron "Wizzer" White.
The UC BOR should have stopped UCLA from leaving initially. I would have saved the Pac, even if USC left as they'd still get the LA market for subscriber fees.
In that scenario, the Pac 11 could have gone on the offensive and grabbed some Big 12 schools to get into three time zones and Texas, kept the LA market and still had a conference of mid to above average brands. Probably would have a media deal better than what the Big 12 currently has.
So, in the end, it's the state of California's fault
In that scenario, the Pac 11 could have gone on the offensive and grabbed some Big 12 schools to get into three time zones and Texas, kept the LA market and still had a conference of mid to above average brands. Probably would have a media deal better than what the Big 12 currently has.
So, in the end, it's the state of California's fault
It would have to be more than just cu. But I guess we shall see soon. If a media deal is signed now with no further defections, than yes, cu was the sole blocker.
Nah...just go to Orlando, watch the Buffs than take a cruise
I remember that "alliance". Seems like it was just a bunch of ass talking with no purpose in retrospect.
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Cope harder
Dan Lanning's agent is probably already cold calling SEC schools for next season
Dude. You know better than anybody how much better New Orleans is compared to Orlando. Orlando is for kids. New Orleans is for adults who want to act like college students.Nah...just go to Orlando, watch the Buffs than take a cruise
hokiehead said:
I remember when Oklahoma and Texas left the XII and there was the "alliance" between the Pac, B1G and ACC.
It really looked -- at least to me -- like the XII was finished.
How quickly things change.
Dwight being George K here, about to be pranked hard by B1G Jim.
I remember when Oklahoma and Texas left the XII and there was the "alliance" between the Pac, B1G and ACC.
It really looked -- at least to me -- like the XII was finished.
How quickly things change.
Dwight being George K here, about to be pranked hard by B1G Jim.
I'd suggest retrospect wasn't needed to conclude that -- I think it was suspected by most to be meaningless during the presser when it came out there was nothing in writing.
and it certainly seems probable that the LA schools defection was already in the works at the time.
Same vibes that UO had in 2016 when they were honoring their Duck mascot against the Buffs.
Big talk after getting smacked by the Beavs lol
Love all the cringe cope from the P12
Yes. It was a bunch of nothing.
The presser. https://pac-12.com/article/2021/08/24/pac-12-acc-and-big-ten-announce-historic-alliance-0
And yes, it was less than a year later USC and UCLA leaving to B1G was official.
Its an alliance until I have a good reason to stab you in the back...
Always a great take when the coach who has been in the conference for one season talks about conference history.
The Ducks have lost just as many Pac 12 Championship games as the Buffs have in the past 7 years.
(Yes, I'm ignoring the fact they won 2 in that time frame as well - that isn't the stat I quoted, dammit!)
USC and UCLA left, Stanford and Cal won't expand with any programs that admit students who scored less than 1400 on their SATs. Oh, and USC has been horrible which is what really took the Pac 12 brand to the bottom. So yeah, it's Calfornia's fault
Is he talking about the same conference his school has been maneuvering to exit for the past year? Also, I'm totally in favor of Pac 12 coaches providing a little extra motivation for CP, so keep it up.
On second thought, too much punctuation and not enough swearing. We're ok.
Oh, NOW they have a media deal to present
Congress should absolutely step in. This is a train wreck in terms of the damage its doing.
Do it!
Order restored. Should be good now