Well, you have made a lot of really broad statements here. And I am not gonna debate them. Only I do want to point out that for one conference to lose members, those members had to have somewhere to go. Those billets are getting fewer and fewer.
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No one on here knows if UConn got played because no one on here knows if Yormark made it known to UConn whether or not we were behind the schools accepted in terms of their priorities.
Ok let’s make it more simple…..
Well, just think of the likely sequence of events if UConn is lucky enough to get an offer from the ACC. Such an offer is preceded by discussions. The parties agree on a whole host of issues over a period of weeks. When everything is lying flat, the ACC presidents meet and a consensus to invite UConn is reached. Then a little birdie whisper's in UConn's ear that an application to join the ACC would be favorably received. Based on the hint, UConn transmits the application (it has already prepared well in advance). The ACC presidents meet again to accept the application. If you think that the B12 would at the 11th hour rush in and make a last minute offer to snatch UConn away -- after turning UConn down twice already in favor of dominating the Utah market -- then I have a bridge in NYC that you might be interested in. Ain't happenin'. Forgetaboutit.
I think Yormark played both sides of the FB and BB angles, which was smart because no matter how it played out he could claim victory. It seemed like from the time USC/UCLA announced they were leaving that the buzz started about the 4 corner schools to the Big12. Yormark certainly takes his direction from the university presidents so FB won out. Hopefully he can still sell his BB vision now that he's loaded up on the FB/southwest-mountains side.
Wake up and smell the coffee! UConn got played by Yormark big time. Everyone swallowed the bait, hook, line, and sinker.
Nope - never had a sip of coffee in my entire life.
Don't count on it. Can't trust him.
We shall see. But I just don't get it why everyone who feels spurned thinks we got played. Just because a potential business deal doesn't happen, it doesn't mean that one party played the other. One party simply had other better options and or couldn't make their business partners (i.e. media companies) happy enough. Bottom line is our football is and has held us back for a decade and we have to improve it to move up into a power conference. The Big12 also knows we'll be available whenever they want us. Sad, but true.
What they mean is that “they” got played because they chose to believe internet rumors that made them feel good, and then he to feel bad when it didn’t come to pass.
I’m enjoying silence more than “we are proud members of the Big East”…
It's not internet rumors, Yomark publicly talked about his vision for the conference several times, was at UConn was at Rucker.
Then again, and ACC offer isn't coming either.
On the other hand I've done Jell-O shots on an empty stomach. Surprisingly, it didn't end badly.
This is what I find to be the most mind boggling. The PAC 12 always struggled with national relevance because of the time zone issue. Their games were on too late. So why add 4 schools in the Mtn time zone? Last I checked, I've seen a lot of MWC games on TV starting around 8:00 or later. You'd think they'd wanna look east and get teams that allow for games to be played easily in prime slots. Not saying it can't be done with the 4 corner schools but it just seems odd that they look at the conference who struggled with TV deals partially because none watched their games due to time zone.
The problem the Pac 12 had was all of their football slots with the exception of Utah were in the Pacific time zone. (Arizona doesn't use daylight savings time). The networks want some late games, but they are less valuable time slots. The Pac 12 understood the time zone issue and even had USC and Arizona St play a 9 AM game at USC in 2020 to get the noon Eastern time TV slot.
I imagine that at the moment the priority for the remaining four PAC schools is to keep the conference itself in tact to keep the undistributed NCAA credits. If the conference dissolves the four remaining schools are further screwed (especially as evidently due to the lack of media contract there are no departure fees for the six most recent departures).
Did you hear Ray Anderson's comment on sending ASU's soccer team to Syracuse? That pretty much says it all. The man spent time in Cambridge, too.
To say nothing about the exit fees of all those schools -- assuming that even though the media deal is not in place that the exiting schools still have to pay fees. That would be a pile of money. So bringing in a lot of MWC schools would perhaps do the trick.
Your stomach or somebody else's?
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