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[Husky25]

Should the B1G raid the ACC for UVA and if the XII was ripped apart in the future, I can see WVU going to the ACC. After all, the ACC took Louisville.

There are quite a few moving parts there, and given the recent goings on in Northern Kentucky, I wouldn't be the least bit surprised if the ACC has a bit of buyer's remorse on UL.

 

[Ha Who]

There are quite a few moving parts there, and given the recent goings on in Northern Kentucky, I wouldn't be the least bit surprised if the ACC has a bit of buyer's remorse on UL.

Stop with the buyers remorse. We got screwed over for Rutgers and LCC. There are no morals in intercollegiate sports

College football is a moneymaking sham

 

[Husky25]

Stop with the buyers remorse. We got screwed over for Rutgers and LCC. There are no morals in intercollegiate sports

College football is a moneymaking sham

Thanks for your input. How is it relevant?

 

[Slasher]

This keeps coming around but WVU brings no value to the ACC. Remember they have a network now. That means eyeballs just like Rutgers and Maryland.

The entire population of WV has 1.8M people. The only other area they have some draw is Pittsburgh, which is already in the conference. Of those 1.8M people, there's 736,000 households. West Virginia is also DEAD LAST in population grown since 2010 losing 2.55% of the population.

Look at the competitors . . . CT has 1.3M households, most of which are much more affluent. That doesn't even count NY and surrounding areas, with some ACC presence in NY

Cincy has 850,000 households . . . and their households on average have 40% higher income than WV, and no ACC presence.

It's pretty easy to see that from a financial prospective, both of those schools are much more desirable to the ACC than WVU.

Academics (still an alleged factor) make it even worse. According to USNWR, WVU is 205, UConn is 63, Cincy is 147. All are considered "highest research activity" by Carnegie, but according to dollars WVU ranks 110, UConn is 79 (if you combine medical) and Cincy is 50th. Endowment $556M for WVU, $421M for UConn and $1.1B for Cincy.

ACC isn't losing members thanks to their new network, and at most they'd take in one or two. WVU is not making that cut.

 

[CL82]

Wait @8893 is Flugar?

 

[CoastAtlantic]

 

[Fairfield_1st]

MH ver3‏ @MH ver3 And for the biggest non-news of the day....

So this is either a ruse to make it seem like BTM is real, because he could have just done business as usual and made stuff up, or BTM is real. Could he be real? Flug has planted a seed of doubt for me.

 

[CL82]

So this is either a ruse to make it seem like BTM is real, because he could have just done business as usual and made stuff up, or BTM is real. Could he be real?

"Oh he's real and he's spectacular"

 

[billybud]

Looks like Pac 12 Football CCG may follow basketball tournament and be played in Vegas at some time in future.

Vegas, baby? Pac-12 football championship game needs a home

 

[DarthGrumpy]

Looks like Pac 12 Football CCG may follow basketball tournament and be played in Vegas at some time in future.

Vegas, baby? Pac-12 football championship game needs a home

While UNLV has little football history, mediocre academics, and a basketball team that was really good once; the PAC can't ignore the market's growth and a lot of PAC alumni now living there after getting priced out of SF, LA and SD. Sshould the PAC expand again, I would expect UNLV to be involved.

 

[Chin Diesel]

While UNLV has little football history, mediocre academics, and a basketball team that was really good once; the PAC can't ignore the market's growth and a lot of PAC alumni no living there after getting priced out of SF, LA and SD, and should the PAC expand again, I would expect UNLV to be involved.

And it's an easy drive for the So Cal Schools and Arizona schools. Rest of the schools are quick, direct flights. Real cheap to get in and out of Vegas. Depending on your luck and skill, the stay in Vegas can be real cheap or real $$$$$.

 

[CoastAtlantic]

 

[don356]

I'm relieved he's doing better. That was a little scary there for a while. LOL

 

[dayooper]

I'm relieved he's doing better. That was a little scary there for a while. LOL

With the loss of the car wash, if something were to happen to Flugs, we would be in the dark.

 

[LBird33]

Is BTM a blow up doll ? Just asking lol

 

[ElGuapo]

 

[whaler11]

While UNLV has little football history, mediocre academics, and a basketball team that was really good once; the PAC can't ignore the market's growth and a lot of PAC alumni now living there after getting priced out of SF, LA and SD. Sshould the PAC expand again, I would expect UNLV to be involved.

they wont. and if they did they wouldnt add unlv in 5000 lifetimes.

 

[CoastAtlantic]

 

[whaler11]

Must be fake news. Delany said going to D-III if anything like that happens.

 

[Dream Jobbed 2.0]

Ooowwww a little close to Valentine’s Day!

 

[JeepCSC]

Rutgers means the B10 has lost before they began.

 

[Vowelguy]

While UNLV has little football history, mediocre academics, and a basketball team that was really good once; the PAC can't ignore the market's growth

So? The PAC already owns that market. What does adding UNLV do?

The PAC needs to move eastward so that someone on this side of the Rockies can get their damn network.

 

[CoastAtlantic]

Greg Flugaur‏ @flugempire 3h3 hours ago
BTM gave us all something to think about last night. Here are a few of his thoughts I put down on paper to share with you all today. Following tweets comes from BTM.

Greg Flugaur‏ @flugempire 3h3 hours ago
BTM: The cost of doing big time collegiate sports is about to go up if you ask the opinion of any of the FBS Conference Commissioners.

Greg Flugaur‏ @flugempire 3h3 hours ago
BTM: Alston case is about to be decided on and it will challenge the unity of most of the conferences in ways conferences have never been challenged in modern times in Major Collegiate Sports.

Greg Flugaur‏ @flugempire 3h3 hours ago
BTM: There is consensus with whom I’ve talked with..Judge is leaning, toward plaintiffs in case. Plaintiffs have argued compensation for Student - Athletes should be decided and offered by individual conferences without outside interferences and collusion among the conferences.

Greg Flugaur‏ @flugempire 3h3 hours ago
BTM: If Judge rules in favor of the plaintiffs (Alston) and if her remedy is giving conferences total autonomy in deciding level & type compensation above current scholarships & benefits...the ramifications will be swift and intense.

Greg Flugaur‏ @flugempire 3h3 hours ago
BTM: The decision and ability for each conference to offer Student - Athletes a certain level of compensation, in the Post Alston World, will be pushed up against the limits of it lowest financially healthy member.

Greg Flugaur‏ @flugempire 3h3 hours ago
BTM: Suddenly the University of Texas will care about the financial health of Kansas State. Oklahoma will now want to know what Texas Tech & Iowa State can do for future Student - Athlete compensation levels.

Greg Flugaur‏ @flugempire 3h3 hours ago
BTM: Another reason why PAC 12 Institutions are willing to give 10% equity to an Investment Firm for short term money payout to each school to help bridge toward next PAC Media negotiations. This short term cash will alleviate compensation issue until next deal..PAC 12 hopes.

Greg Flugaur‏ @flugempire 3h3 hours ago
BTM: If this Alston case is decided in Plaintiffs favor the effect of the ruling will happen swiftly. Each Conference would have internal debates. Debates on agreeing on compensation and how to police this new reality within each conference will be huge stories going forward.

Greg Flugaur‏ @flugempire 3h3 hours ago
BTM: The Alston case is also another reason why Rutgers received some upfront money on their future Big Ten Media earnings. The conferences are anticipating the Alston case opening up new costs in all of their respective sponsored sports.

Greg Flugaur‏ @flugempire 3h3 hours ago
BTM: There is always the possibility the Judge rules against the Plaintiffs or the remedy from the Judge for the Plaintiffs is different than what I’m describing. But if it goes the way I believe it will the debates within each conference will challenge each at its core.

Greg Flugaur‏ @flugempire 3h3 hours ago
BTM: The strength of each conference would be at the whim of its financially weakest members. This will bring about realignment. It would be almost impossible not to in 2024.

Greg Flugaur‏ @flugempire 3h3 hours ago
BTM: Big Ten & SEC would find this new reality a challenge, but they both have the resources, flexibility, and culture to shore up their financially lower institutions.

Greg Flugaur‏ @flugempire 3h3 hours ago
BTM: The implications for the Big 12, a conference which was not built on the foundation of “like minded universities” would be devastating.

Greg Flugaur‏ @flugempire 3h3 hours ago
BTM: If Alston case is decided in favor of the Plaintiffs the subject of Oklahoma and Texas becoming expansion targets for Big Ten & SEC grows more intense.

Greg Flugaur‏ @flugempire 3h3 hours ago
BTM: How would ACC decide it’s level of compensation to future Student - Athletes if this is the final ruling? Among those ACC universities? How would they even start the debate?

Greg Flugaur‏ @flugempire 3h3 hours ago
BTM: The Judges decision will be known soon. The decision will be appealed no matter which way it goes. But if the decision and remedy goes the way I think it will, it will create an earthquake which will go right through the lands of both P5 and G5.

 

[whaler11]

lol the pac12 would sell 10% of their network at the ridiculous inflated valuation they are peddling because the network is essentially worthless

 

[billybud]

And what would happen if the judge ruled that just compensation is to be determined by the school "employing" that athlete rather than by the conference?

The rich would continue to prosper...and the less financially well off in a conference would continue to be less competitive.