It's entirely possible that we see both, however The East Coast is a far more logical and profitable addition than The Pacific Northwest. Again, this is simply my opinion, but from a travel perspective ASU and Stanford make a lot more sense to pair with USC and UCLA. They get you into The Bay Area and Phoenix which collectively are more valuable than Seattle and Portland. Just like with Miami, The Sundevils joining The AAU might provide them a level of consideration that they may have not been previously afforded. They profile very similarly to many of the large state universities already in the conference. The fact that they have both wrestling and ice hockey, two sports highlighted on BTN, makes for an interesting side note.
There is no way in hell the B1G would ever consider adding Cougar High.
I think people are focusing way too much on markets. Washington and Oregon bring more eyeballs to football games than any of UNC, UVA, GT or Miami. Miami probably tops the list of those four. There are other factors, including demographics, distance and a desire to recruit HS students (and football players) in those fast growing states. But TV markets? That isn't what's driving things anymore. UCLA and USC were desired because they (especially USC) bring eyeballs to games nationwide. Not because people in LA watch a lot of college football (they don't). It is a critical recruiting ground though. Stanford is not only not in a fertile recruiting ground, the Bay Area has even less interest in college sports than LA does.
Because west coast time zone games suck for ratings and half the schools have very low appeal. Oregon State and Wash State are bottom of the barrel. Stanford and Cal struggle to attract viewers. Oregon vs USC is a big game. Now that game is gone. So what big game is left in the Pac? Oregon vs Washington? Colorado now probably. Utah is decent and ASU or UA is on occasion.
Hmmmm…. Yormack has new folks in place and holiday break is over. Ready for business??
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Stanford top tier is laughable. Nobody has cared about them for decades. Their own students don’t watch the games. Colorado is based on post coach Prime interest and playing B12 teams. If he fails then they’d revert, but certainly not bottom tier.Bob Thompson, former Fox Sports Networks president, did some back of the napkin math to illustrate how unequal media revenue sharing might work in the PAC 10/12.
He valued Washington, Oregon and Stanford together in a top tier.
He put Utah, Cal and Arizona State in the next tier.
And Colorado, Arizona, Oregon State and Washington State were relegated to a third tier.
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What are the members really worth?
I would think so. Baylor and KU are BB schools. Let’s build something special
Stanford’s top tier just for the strange Tree Mascot. I imagine it’s the most suspended school mascot of all time.
You have to look at the entire package a team represents and how that benefits the conference doing the selecting. TV Markets and cable subscribers are still a factor to The B1G. They can still add value when negotiating their linear TV Deals, and provide direct revenue for the conference as they maintain an ownership stake in The BTN.
True but if your goal is to be in all four time zones being in a market that adds a time zone or builds up and under represented time zone is a good thing.
Agreed and conferences, especially the BIG10, care about where their alumns and donors are located, where they can find good high school students that'll pay out of state tuition with less than average financial needs, and of course where great high school athletes are located. Lots of factors that push certain markets over others.
Yeah, there re obvious positives to UNC and UVA and Miami and GT. Recruiting territory, growing areas with money and good HS kids to possibly attend B1G schools. It’s not at all clear what they will choose. But for pure TV draw appeal, Washington and Oregon would be the best. That may not be enough. ACC schools are pretty locked in though.
