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

[CoastAtlantic]

 

[CoastAtlantic]

 

[Rufus]

I’m sure the ten remaining schools in the PAC are dreaming of the day they might get an invite like USC and UCLA did to the B1G. UCLA losing money in the move is laughable. If not for the move, the Bruins would have had to cut multiple Olympic sports.

 

[CoastAtlantic]

 

[Rufus]

UCLA travel costs will not come close to wiping out their financial gains. That is laughable.

But the B1G will continue its raid eventually. I don’t disagree with that point at all.

 

[gioff2323]

I’m not convinced BIGs next raid will look westward.

 

[bobbyinaz]

Conference realignment: Amazon interest may affect Big Ten, Big 12, Pac-12 composition as talks continue

Further realignment could be on the horizon as media rights packages remain outstanding

www.cbssports.com

 

[CL82]

Conference realignment: Amazon interest may affect Big Ten, Big 12, Pac-12 composition as talks continue

Further realignment could be on the horizon as media rights packages remain outstanding

www.cbssports.com

Wow I don’t know how to feel about this:

I mean I’m flattered to be included, but I’d rather have a linear deal.

 

[CoastAtlantic]

 

[CoastAtlantic]

 

[billybud]

Transformation Committee....

Expand playoffs in all sports...maybe to 25% of the teams...

NCAA Transformation Committee introduces concept for potentially expanding fields in postseason tournaments

Requirements for Division I tournaments could be modified, and that may include Men's and Women's March Madness

www.cbssports.com

 

[CoastAtlantic]

 

[uchusky32]

They are the market.

 

[CoastAtlantic]

 

[CoastAtlantic]

 

[CoastAtlantic]

 

[Urcea]

 

[huskymedic]

Meanwhile Big12/Fox playing hardball:

 

[bobbyinaz]

Meanwhile Big12/Fox playing hardball:

FOX demanding guarantee games in the future to let them out early is them swinging a big hammer.

I don't blame FOX. With UT/OK going to SEC/ESPN once they leave there is no money on the table for FOX to get from the 2 of them so they may as well squeeze every dime they can before they go

 

[CoastAtlantic]

 

[huskymedic]

 

[CL82]

This is interesting. I’m not sure I see it getting sufficient votes from the school presidents In that there are more have nots than haves. Still, perhaps the Boston colleges of the world have come to the realization that their best and highest function in athletics is as a parasite. The tick doesn’t tell the host where to walk or what to do. It just hangs on.

 

[huskypantz]

This is interesting. I’m not sure I see it getting sufficient votes from the school presidents In that there are more have nots than haves. Still, perhaps the Boston colleges of the world have come to the realization that their best and highest function in athletics is as a parasite. The tick doesn’t tell the host where to walk or what to do. It just hangs on.

It's pretty tough to set a budget when your revenue is based on team performance. Obviously that happens to some extent when it comes to attendance and merchandise revenue, but if it's the different between 18 million and 54 million (50% swing off 36.1m) that's huge. Also, what if 75% of the league makes the NCAA tournament or goes bowling? The more I think about it, the more I'd advocate for a lower static allocation (ie 30m) and then pool the last 6m per team and divvy it up to the top performers.

 

[UConnJim]

It's pretty tough to set a budget when your revenue is based on team performance. Obviously that happens to some extent when it comes to attendance and merchandise revenue, but if it's the different between 18 million and 54 million (50% swing off 36.1m) that's huge. Also, what if 75% of the league makes the NCAA tournament or goes bowling? The more I think about it, the more I'd advocate for a lower static allocation (ie 30m) and then pool the last 6m per team and divvy it up to the top performers.

You can pay teams a fixed amount and then have a variable component based on performance. Say the total revenues for a 14 team conference are $504 million or $36 million per team. You could pay a fixed $30 million per school for a total of $420 million and then pay the rest of the pool, $84 million, based on performance. So, a school that has a good performance year might earn $60 million and the next team earns $50 million,... Or, you could have multiple teams make $45 million based on performance,....

Remember, this is something like the Big East tried to do with Miami, but Miami opted for the steady payouts of the ACC. In my opinion, unequal payments says the conference will not last as an entity for long.

 

[JeepCSC]

That would mean an extra $10 million or so for UNC this past year. Sign me up until we get off this island.