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

[UConnJim]

True. Alienating Gator fans is also some thing that's not going to happen, however. So where would that leave a politician with reasonably well-developed self preservation instincts? The answer is sitting silently on the sidelines.

With material opposition on either side of an issue, politicians won't take a side.

Sitting on the sidelines means any legislation won't pass.

 

[CL82]

Sitting on the sidelines means any legislation won't pass.

 

[Rappin'Rodney]

Settlement designed to pay college athletes gets preliminary approval

 

[Durks07]

Finally some good news!



/s

 

[Ha Who]

Finally some good news!



/s

The first line of Rudy is rule number one

 

[uconnyankee]

Why would this be good news?

 

[Ha Who]

Why would this be good news?

It is horrible news

 

[Tfoyle]

so if u take BIG, SEC, B12, ACC+ND and PAC2 you get to 70. This sucks.

 

[UConnTrumbull]

Just in case you didn’t read the article: most of the SEC/Big Ten sources basically said they’re not interested. At least at the moment.

 

[jostar1]

 

[Dream Jobbed 2.0]

This is why you join any power league for a dollar a year

 

[Forte]

How is all this picking up steam so fast out of no where with every scenario excluding anyone whos not in the haves effective immediately?

 

[Alum86]

This is why you join any power league for a dollar a year

Agree. Didn’t we just turn our noses at a FB only invite because it was “not a good fit?” Join now, worry later.

 

[Ha Who]

Agree. Didn’t we just turn our noses at a FB only invite because it was “not a good fit?” Join now, worry later.

Didn’t realize PAC 12 was part of the 70

 

[JohnFSilver]

This opens up a lot of anti trust issues with the G5 and others. Essentially, if they take private equity, the are going to be subject to anti-trust accusations.

I just don’t see the rest of college athletics willing to allow this kind of consolidation. Also, that also opens up the league as a for profit enterprise.

Just way too complicated.

 

[jostar1]

Agree. Didn’t we just turn our noses at a FB only invite because it was “not a good fit?” Join now, worry later.

The PAC as newly reconfigured isn't part of the 70, but it appears that Project Rudy does include Washington State and Oregon State, at least when they started working on the proposal. The schools in the P4 Conferences total 67, plus ND makes 68. The other two must be Washington State and Oregon State.

 

[Samoo]

Well, as long as our crack negotiator Ben Dover is on the job, UConn has nothing to worry about...

 

[Fishy]

This proposal is nonsense.

 

[Patman]

so if u take BIG, SEC, B12, ACC+ND and PAC2 you get to 70. This sucks.

its not happening

There is no "alt proposal" that is going to work because it doesn't benefit the big 10 or sec. Its a day dream by the have-nots, WVU and Syracuse.

 

[Stinger92860]

This opens up a lot of anti trust issues with the G5 and others. Essentially, if they take private equity, the are going to be subject to anti-trust accusations.

I just don’t see the rest of college athletics willing to allow this kind of consolidation. Also, that also opens up the league as a for profit enterprise.

Just way too complicated.

The 70 schools, for the most part, represent the largest schools in a state. I doubt that senators or congressmen from those states will support anti-trust action Initiated by the DOJ. Yes, there may be other schools of consequence in these states but it won’t move the needle from a political perspective.

if we have a PAC offer we should take it Now.

 

[Sea Goat]

Fight fire with fire - round up the royalty in college BB and take over MM. There is big money to be made once we get the NCAA and its plantation control of MM out of the picture.

In the meantime, I hope Benedict is doing more than "monitoring" the situation...

 

[Chin Diesel]

Fight fire with fire - round up the royalty in college BB and take over MM. There is big money to be made once we get the NCAA and its plantation control of MM out of the picture.

In the meantime, I hope Benedict is doing more than "monitoring" the situation...

The problem is all the royalty outside of UConn is already in the P4.

Remember in the past 50-60 years, UConn and nova are the only two non-P2/3/4 schools to win basketball championships.

 

[Stinger92860]

Fight fire with fire - round up the royalty in college BB and take over MM. There is big money to be made once we get the NCAA and its plantation control of MM out of the picture.

In the meantime, I hope Benedict is doing more than "monitoring" the situation...

Those same 70 schools will join to take over the basketball tournaments also. This is a scenario many here were concerned about and why they felt it necessary to save football. There were detractors, mainly basketball focused yarders, who did not believe it could happen. This is a possible future.

 

[Chin Diesel]

The problem is all the royalty outside of UConn is already in the P4.

Remember in the past 50-60 years, UConn and nova are the only two non-P2/3/4 schools to win basketball championships.

For full disclosure I need to add UNLV in 1990, Gtown's win in 1984, and Marquette in 1977.

 

[Chin Diesel]

Those same 70 schools will join to take over the basketball tournaments also. This is a scenario many here were concerned about and why they felt it necessary to save football. There were detractors, mainly basketball focused yarders, who did not believe it could happen. This is a possible future.

Right. In one group you'll have UCLA, Kentucky, North Carolina, Duke, Kansas, Indiana, Mich St, Louisville, Indiana, and the rest of the P2/3/4.

In the competing tournament you'll have UConn, Villanova, and SDSU and maybe Gonzaga.

Tough call as to which tournament will get $$$$, eyeballs and press coverage.