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This is in response to the whining about the "Cartel" never allowing the AAC into the P5. It is actually the Power2 + Pac12 eke their way to decent numbers.
Get past that. Econ 101: Cartels are going to cheat. Any vulnerability by a member leads to further disintermediation to the point that the fringe players are cannibalized. You will soon have both the B1G and the SEC annual University share being twice the ACC and the B12. The Championship Game? March Madness? TV spots? Encroachment into other revenue phases of college athletics operation? Shared revenue streams in far broader areas?
What happens when one P5 Conference received over $50m from the Conference Network and other sources and other P5 Conferences are maxing out at $23m? What do you think will happen? O ... but we have a GoR. I am not an attorney; but, my take is that just means there is an interesting calculation of an Exit fee. It won't stop more musical chairs.
The hard thing for us to take, as our MBB wins & WBB wins & our Football needs greater upgrades, is to see the chest-pumping exclusionary practices of many in that "Cartel". Like Pitt announcing they aren't going to deem to play certain conferences (like the AAC). Tuff Juice. What goes around comes around. It will be a leaky ship when the plucking gets done.
The other thing that is obvious is the separation of goals by the P5 on how they expanded. TCU in the Texas based league led to marginal additional TV eyeballs; Rutgers presumably adds marginal revenue for every cable box. The B1G, however, is in a very interesting Game. They are looking to collectively storm the Global Rankings in academics. Why? Where do you think high-paying kids are going to go. Brand. Then, just work that for far higher competitive students.
Get past that. Econ 101: Cartels are going to cheat. Any vulnerability by a member leads to further disintermediation to the point that the fringe players are cannibalized. You will soon have both the B1G and the SEC annual University share being twice the ACC and the B12. The Championship Game? March Madness? TV spots? Encroachment into other revenue phases of college athletics operation? Shared revenue streams in far broader areas?
What happens when one P5 Conference received over $50m from the Conference Network and other sources and other P5 Conferences are maxing out at $23m? What do you think will happen? O ... but we have a GoR. I am not an attorney; but, my take is that just means there is an interesting calculation of an Exit fee. It won't stop more musical chairs.
The hard thing for us to take, as our MBB wins & WBB wins & our Football needs greater upgrades, is to see the chest-pumping exclusionary practices of many in that "Cartel". Like Pitt announcing they aren't going to deem to play certain conferences (like the AAC). Tuff Juice. What goes around comes around. It will be a leaky ship when the plucking gets done.
The other thing that is obvious is the separation of goals by the P5 on how they expanded. TCU in the Texas based league led to marginal additional TV eyeballs; Rutgers presumably adds marginal revenue for every cable box. The B1G, however, is in a very interesting Game. They are looking to collectively storm the Global Rankings in academics. Why? Where do you think high-paying kids are going to go. Brand. Then, just work that for far higher competitive students.
