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New PAC-12 Forming

ZooCougar said:
The terms of that must have been something awful.
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Or they feel like there are other potential opportunities and the Pac 12 wanted to lock them in. Probably a bit of both.
 
CL82 said:
Or they feel like there are other potential opportunities and the Pac 12 wanted to lock them in. Probably a bit of both.
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The PAC 12 has struck out so many times. The word is everything is heavily slanted to OSU and WSU. They are nuts.
 
The PAC probably wanted something like full membership and $15 mill per year but UConn didn't want to pay that much. :D

They still need one more sucker to join and support OSU and WSU
 
ZooCougar said:
The PAC 12 has struck out so many times. The word is everything is heavily slanted to OSU and WSU. They are nuts.
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That's what I've been reading. It's sounds like the opposite of when Uconn, Cincy and USF reformed the Big East/American. When it seemed like Aresco did everything not to offend the new additions, While almost forgetting who the 3 schools were that had the $100 mil+ in exit fees. ;)
 
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Blades said:
That's what I've been reading. It's sounds like the opposite of when Uconn, Cincy and USF reformed the Big East/American. When it seemed like Aresco did everything not to offend the new additions, While almost forgetting who the 3 schools were that had the $100 mil+ in exit fees. ;)
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Because he knew they had 100 million and exit fees and weren't about to forfeit that. He failed to adapt, however, as the exit fees ran out, and those schools had virtually no incentive to stay.
 
Blades said:
That's what I've been reading. It's sounds like the opposite of when Uconn, Cincy and USF reformed the Big East/American. When it seemed like Aresco did everything not to offend the new additions, While almost forgetting who the 3 schools were that had the $100 mil+ in exit fees. ;)
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CL82 said:
Because he knew they had 100 million and exit fees and weren't about to forfeit that. He failed to adapt, however, as the exit fees ran out, and those schools had virtually no incentive to stay.
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To be fair to Aresco though, conferences were always about equal revenue. In today's climate maybe the Charlottes and FAUs get a reduced payout. Nobody is going to stay in the AAC if they get a P4 offer, and it looks like they may prefer the AAC to the PAC 12.
 
Kolumbo said:
To be fair to Aresco though, conferences were always about equal revenue. In today's climate maybe the Charlottes and FAUs get a reduced payout. Nobody is going to stay in the AAC if they get a P4 offer, and it looks like they may prefer the AAC to the PAC 12.
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Agree. I'm just thinking about how he gave away our tier 3 rights. Granted, we were the only program that mattered for, because of women's basketball, but I feel like he should've carved out an exemption for us. If I recall correctly, he had a number of statements, dismissing UConn and its importance to the conference. There's a life lesson in that. You should placate your most valuable property, not denigrate it.
 
CL82 said:
I'm just thinking about how he gave away our tier 3 rights. Granted, we were the only program that mattered for, because of women's basketball, but I feel like he should've carved out an exemption for us. If I recall correctly, he had a number of statements, dismissing UConn and its importance to the conference. There's a life lesson in that. You should placate your most valuable property, not denigrate it.
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Yep at numerous turns that was my recollection regarding Aresco too. So as soon as Uconn ( and Cincy, a P-5 lucky them) had an option they collected their share of exit fees ( UConn, gets $30 MIL , over a 6 year pay out, IIRC) and hit the road.
 
huskymedic said:
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Seeing how Wazzu & Oregon State home matchups got a split deal including a couple of CBS & ESPN games. I wonder if it's something DB will be looking at for a future Indy TV deal ? Especially say in 2027 with higher national value P-4 games, UNC, Ole Miss and Cuse ( + Army ?) scheduled for the RENT.
 
Kolumbo said:
To be fair to Aresco though, conferences were always about equal revenue. In today's climate maybe the Charlottes and FAUs get a reduced payout. Nobody is going to stay in the AAC if they get a P4 offer, and it looks like they may prefer the AAC to the PAC 12.
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Charlotte and FAU did get a reduced payout. The legacy AAC teams (Temple, ECU, Memphis, etc) kept their full payout amounts, while the new teams (Charlotte, FAU, UAB, Rice, North Texas, UTSA) took half shares. Essentially to keep their old payout they had to add inventory, squeezing 6 new teams into 3 open spots and making them share the 3 "full shares"
 
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Wolken back with his Memphis to the PAC/BE stuff again, he said back in SEPT that Memphis and the BE had talks.
 
I'd rather keep the double round robin instead of adding Memphis unless the additional money was substantial.
 
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WrenchFan69 said:
I'd rather keep the double round robin instead of adding Memphis unless the additional money was substantial.
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While I agree wasn’t there a rumor that the CBB season may expand by 2-4 regular season games in the near future? If so, you can keep a double round robin with 12. That’s a big IF though. We also just saw the ACC reduce conference games from 20 to 18 but I think that’s more because of travel and their bottom tier teams are awful/drag down strength of schedule.
 
memphis?

Excuse Me What GIF
 
I really don't understand the Memphis hate. They would immediately become the 3rd biggest brand in in the Big East if they joined, after us and Nova. They also have a pretty large fanbase. Sign me up to play against them over DePaul, Seton Hall and Butler.
 
GoConn said:
I really don't understand the Memphis hate. They would immediately become the 3rd biggest brand in in the Big East if they joined, after us and Nova. They also have a pretty large fanbase. Sign me up to play against them over DePaul, Seton Hall and Butler.
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The PAC 12 needs another full member so I doubt it's bringing in Memphis football only. The Big East is a basketball private conference and UConn is parked there until we join a football conference. We're parked there because we are special, we were a founding member, we are the 6th borough, and we win. Bringing in Memphis for basketball only seems desperate and I don't think throwing Memphis a lifeline so it can play football in the PAC makes much sense while UConn is still stuck as an independent.
 
Kolumbo said:
I don't think throwing Memphis a lifeline so it can play football in the PAC makes much sense while UConn is still stuck as an independent.
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This is an interesting point. Does UConn derail any potential Memphis addition unless UConn is offered PAC12 football-only? There were reports that UConn turned down the PAC12 but I believe it was under the terms of a full-member addition. I don’t believe FB-only was offered.

But it’s all kind of irrelevant because I don’t think the Catholic 7 want anything to do with Memphis. Like you said, UConn is a special exception.
 
UConnTrumbull said:
This is an interesting point. Does UConn derail any potential Memphis addition unless UConn is offered PAC12 football-only? There were reports that UConn turned down the PAC12 but I believe it was under the terms of a full-member addition. I don’t believe FB-only was offered.

But it’s all kind of irrelevant because I don’t think the Catholic 7 want anything to do with Memphis. Like you said, UConn is a special exception.
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There are 9 catholic schools.
 
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I don't know if the Bobcats are still a PAC 12 candidate but their campus facilities are looking sweet. I would think practicing, working out, having team meetings all within view of your home field has to be a yuge plus. Crazy

 
www.sandiegouniontribune.com

San Diego State, 4 others formally leave Mountain West

The five universities announced last September that they intend to join a re-formed Pac-12 starting in the 2026-27 academic year
www.sandiegouniontribune.com www.sandiegouniontribune.com

-> There’s no turning back now.

San Diego State and four other Mountain West universities officially submitted notifications of departure, multiple sources within the conference confirmed. The five announced last September that they intend to join a re-formed Pac-12 starting in the 2026-27 academic year but faced a June 1 deadline to formally notify the Mountain West to avoid their exit fee doubling from an estimated $18 million to $36 million.

It also means UNLV, Air Force or any of the other remaining Mountain West schools are unlikely to join the Pac-12, since it would mean a prohibitively expensive exit fee with less than 12 months’ notice of departure. <-
 
huskymedic said:
It also means UNLV, Air Force or any of the other remaining Mountain West schools are unlikely to join the Pac-12, since it would mean a prohibitively expensive exit fee with less than 12 months’ notice of departure. <-
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This was poorly worded in the article. They are unlikely to join in 2026. The article makes it sound like they will never join. Maybe they will, maybe they won’t.
 
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