Key tweets, and it's all gone to Hell.

[uconnbaseball]

Basically that realignment isn't done in the next round will be dramatically more dramatic than anything that happened up to this point. Tough to know whether we should be encouraged or terrified by that.

It was deleted for a minute but came back up

 

[That Guy]

 

[Ha Who]

Key. Maybe for Charlie Brown

 

[noeynox]

This could only mean they are negotiating for 2 PAC 4 schools to take a reduce amount to join the Big12.

 

[pj]

This could only mean they are negotiating for 2 PAC 4 schools to take a reduce amount to join the Big12.

Funny, but I think that kind of leverage only works if you are playing "last man out" in musical chairs. If you need two Pac4 schools to move, eg Stanford and Cal together, then is it really a deterrent to say it's either both together now or it's UConn-SDSU now and they won't get a chance later? Stanford-Cal have to believe that even if B12 took UConn-SDSU now there would be two places for them later.

 

[CL82]

It was deleted for a minute but came back up

Well, we've all had that happen.

 

[husky210]

Why not just take all 4 and go right to 20? 9 game fb schedules work fine with east/west or 5 team pods with cross play

 

[Vowelguy]

Translation: the ACC is gonna get carved up like a Thanksgiving turkey.

 

[LetsGoUC]

ACC killed themselves. Adding schools like UConn and WVU originally would've saved them.

 

[ninety-nine]

This could only mean they are negotiating for 2 PAC 4 schools to take a reduce amount to join the Big12.

San Diego State is the UConn of the west coast. "If you don't jump, we'll take these guys and then you'll be stuck."

 

[ZooCougar]

Non Key

 

[HuskyinWRNY]

Why not just take all 4 and go right to 20? 9 game fb schedules work fine with east/west or 5 team pods with cross play

It'll be everyone but us

 

[JohnFSilver]

ACC killed themselves. Adding schools like UConn and WVU originally would've saved them.

Of course it would have.

 

[CoastAtlantic]

 

[huskymedic]

 

[dayooper]

Until it’s not.

 

[nelsonmuntz]

I wonder if Stanford and Cal are really doing this. Trev Alberts said the quiet part out loud. The end of cable bundling is going to change the business completely. If they aren't in this round of TV deals, then they missed the boat. There is going to be another round of realignment that will probably look a lot different than this one did. I personally think that the first group that starts building subscriptions, wins the next round. Or everyone could just keep chasing scraps of TV deals and see where that gets them.

 

[Exit 4]

Fun chart

 

[dayooper]

I wonder if Stanford and Cal are really doing this. Trev Alberts said the quiet part out loud. The end of cable bundling is going to change the business completely. If they aren't in this round of TV deals, then they missed the boat. There is going to be another round of realignment that will probably look a lot different than this one did. I personally think that the first group that starts building subscriptions, wins the next round. Or everyone could just keep chasing scraps of TV deals and see where that gets them.

The group that had the most leverage to get the most base pay will win the next round.

 

[nelsonmuntz]

The group that had the most leverage to get the most base pay will win the next round.

Where will this base pay come from? Underpants Gnomes?

 

[hoopsfan22]

Where will this base pay come from? Underpants Gnomes?

The same place it does now: subscribers. Whether they are cable or streaming doesn't really matter. Money is money. Where it comes from who cares? The dollar amounts will look a bit different without that guaranteed cable carriage cashflow, but the conferences and schools with the big alumni bases that dutifully tune in to watch the games and don't make plans for Saturdays in the fall will ultimately bring in the most money. The same way it has always been.

 

[Jimdish255]

What did this say?

Apparently Nebraska's getting dumped that's what I heard.

 

[navery12]

Sadly, I am a New York Jets fan. If I believed the media, and I actually chose to, I was convinced Dalvin Cook was going to sign with Jets when he visited Sunday. Turns out he left without a deal. Why? Because he was trying to use them as levarage for a better deal with the Dolphins. He never intended to sign. So many on here and on twitter are saying Yormark is playing the Pac 12. Maybe its the other way around. Maybe the Pac 12 is Dalvin Cook and Yormark and Big 12 are the New York Jets. Maybe they are the ones being used.

 

[dayooper]

Where will this base pay come from? Underpants Gnomes?

The base pay will come from the negotiations with the service. The conferences aren’t built the same and some will have more pull than others. The SEC and Big10 (or a conference that has similar clout) will allow the streaming service to charge higher rates for streaming. To sign the conference to the service, they will want a base pay and an incentive for the streaming.

 

[nelsonmuntz]

The base pay will come from the negotiations with the service. The conferences aren’t built the same and some will have more pull than others. The SEC and Big10 (or a conference that has similar clout) will allow the streaming service to charge higher rates for streaming. To sign the conference to the service, they will want a base pay and an incentive for the streaming.

Just like it worked out for TV and movies. Oh wait, exactly the opposite happened. Instead of the rich getting richer, the entire industry fragmented. But maybe college sports will buck that trend and the Big 10 and SEC will consolidate all the fans from the other schools.