whaler11
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So then I don't really get why you really protested Pudge's characterization of your position. Pudge's point is that the same pie won't necessarily be divided because it allows them to re-open and re-negotiate. That means it has little to do with the amount of individual money a school brings it, it all has to do with the ability to renegotiate...since the rights for live entertainment themselves have been increasing steadily increasing in worth.
A school doesn't have to bring that much money because the conference is appreciating in value every year, and so any individual school is really an excuse to allow the conference to up the value of the contract as a whole and get more money up-front.
Since every time Delany so much as sneezes it's a sign why don't we look at what he said:
It's not about what the Big Ten does for a school, it's about what a school does for the Big Ten.
Seems pretty clear.
If the 14 schools hypothetically get $40MM each in television money in 2017 - do you really believe the league would expand if they got $40MM each with 16 teams?
Of course for this hypothetical you have to ignore that there isn't another legitimate candidate available.
Minnesota is going to let UConn in if they don't get extra revenue? Rutgers is going to lose a recruiting advantage to UConn for no extra revenue? Penn State is going to play Michigan or Ohio State or Wisconsin less often for no extra revenue? Iowa is going to spend money sending teams to Storrs and E Htfd for no extra revenue?
You don't think their analysis includes projections for a 14 versus a 16 team league? You don't think their analysis differs based on who 15 and 16 would be?
This conversation seems silly - if a school doesn't positively impact the current membership financially they aren't getting invited. You can debate what the threshold is for inclusion or any individual school's ability to meet the threshold but that you need to be a net positive seems fairly obvious.