Non-Key Tweets

[huskypantz]

This how it starts. People start turning on each other. Pretty soon Boneyard Chaos ensues.

It’s all over folks. Turn in the keys and last guy out, turn out the lights…

Up yours, Yankee scum!!!!!!

 

[LBird33]

Incoming tweets from Masters Burrner:

Is it master burner or master. Baiter

 

[RegisteredUconn]

Maybe we do?

Maybe we have 3. The B1G isn't blind. NY-Boston is still wide open and HUGE. And UConn is, realistically, the only game in town.

 

[RegisteredUconn]

We would have heard about it somewhere legitimate if that was true

Don't be so sure. I've been in negotiations that have been worth more and there were no leaks.

 

[jostar1]

This trio would be insane.

But I cant trust this guy anymore since he said it was this week and were 6pm on Friday so he was wrong

We got time yet. Do you think Yormark quits work at 5:00 PM on Friday?

 

[CL82]

So UCONN has no options?

Do nothing while waiting for a possible offer or drum our fingers while waiting for a possible offer?

 

[NH Husky]

Do nothing while waiting for a possible offer or drum our fingers while waiting for a possible offer?

Right? I sure hope DB and company are maxing out their contacts and relationships to get us the best end result. While I think CO and us make for a better Big XII, adding four flagships with AZ and OR to get to 16 would be much more appealing. But a PAC/ACC merger could be even more appealing.

 

[ec33]

Do nothing while waiting for a possible offer or drum our fingers while waiting for a possible offer?

Doom. One can always doom.

 

[cttxus]

Do nothing while waiting for a possible offer or drum our fingers while waiting for a possible offer?

Nope. Some of us start listening to music that fits our mood and chill.

Tom Petty And The Heartbreakers - I Won't Back Down (Official Music Video)

REMASTERED IN HD!Music video by Tom Petty And The Heartbreakers performing I Won't Back Down. (C) 1989 Geffen Records#TomPetty #IWontBackDown #Remastered #Ve...

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[jostar1]

 

[Bongo Fury]

What I find laughable is those non BB schools are afraid of losing to UConn in football. They’re going to bring it and shut you down.

 

[MilliniumPrince]

I’d hope the governor’s office is involved, It is amazing that the one company that controls so much of realignment is in our state. And we’ve been treated the worst of any school. Just can’t make it up.

Disney purchased ABC in 1996. ESPN is not a Connecticut company.

 

[Bongo Fury]

I miss Mike Leach, “ we’re the mighty Red Raiders, we’re too good to play Baylor(UConn)”

 

[Jimdish255]

Incoming tweets from Masters Burrner:

I wouldn't completely discount Oregon. If they haven't gotten a clear indication from the Big 10 they have an invite coming next year it would be a risk to stay in the PAC without USC, UCLA, CU, and AZ. Less money, less exposure, no life raft.

 

[FfldCntyFan]

I wouldn't completely discount Oregon. If they haven't gotten a clear indication from the Big 10 they have an invite coming next year it would be a risk to stay in the PAC without USC, UCLA, CU, and AZ. Less money, less exposure, no life raft.

I could be wrong but I don't think Oregon (or Washington) would sign on to a GOR until 2031 unless the B1G informed them that under no circumstances would they expand again before 2030.

 

[Muddler]

Disney purchased ABC in 1996. ESPN is not a Connecticut company.

Are you suggesting the State of Connecticut gives zero tax breaks to ESPN and has no influence?

For ESPN, Millions to Remain in Connecticut (Published 2013)

Critics of state tax incentives to ESPN, the multibillion-dollar sports media powerhouse, say the money would be better spent on smaller companies that are in greater need.

www.nytimes.com

 

[Bongo Fury]

Just going from what I heard on radio this morning, UCLA might not want Oregon. Nuheisel said it. Maybe it was personal to him?

 

[Fairfield_1st]

Disney purchased ABC in 1996. ESPN is not a Connecticut company.

He said it's in our state. Didn't say it was headquartered.

I’d hope the governor’s office is involved, It is amazing that the one company that controls so much of realignment is in our state.

 

[HuskyHawk]

Are there people that still don’t understand that the ACC GOR is a contract between the league and the schools? They can expand and talk to ESPN all they want and it has no impact on the GOR whatsoever.

They would need to discuss expansion with ESPN if they want money for the new school. But that’s a way to also up the payout. It’s not a negative. The GOR is only ever a positive to the conference because it provides certainty in an uncertain landscape.

Meanwhile the ACC per school payout is more than the Big XII going forward not less. It goes up every year of the deal.

 

[Slasher]

Everyone's favorite non-key

 

[GoKU]

Are there people that still don’t understand that the ACC GOR is a contract between the league and the schools? They can expand and talk to ESPN all they want and it has no impact on the GOR whatsoever.

They would need to discuss expansion with ESPN if they want money for the new school. But that’s a way to also up the payout. It’s not a negative. The GOR is only ever a positive to the conference because it provides certainty in an uncertain landscape.

Meanwhile the ACC per school payout is more than the Big XII going forward not less. It goes up every year of the deal.

Wrong. The GOR is always tied to the media contract. It's why they are the same length. But go on believing your nonsense.

 

[JeepCSC]

ESPN asked for the GOR as a condition to creating the conference network. But they aren’t tied together strictly speaking. One can open up the media contract without having to open up the GOR.

 

[auggie22]

I think the key point re: GORs is that nobody knows definitively much about them. In the context of college sports rights they are a novelty not well tested or understood. Can they be broken? Can rights be parceled out to other entities without weakening their grip. Maybe, maybe not. Let’s not any of us pretend their limits are or should be well known.

 

[HuskyHawk]

Wrong. The GOR is always tied to the media contract. It's why they are the same length. But go on believing your nonsense.

Are you just being contrary? The GOR is to the conference. The media contract relies upon it. But they aren’t tied. Where did you get your law degree? Mine came from Green Hall in Lawrence.

 

[JMick]

I think the key point re: GORs is that nobody knows definitively much about them. In the context of college sports rights they are a novelty not well tested or understood. Can they be broken? Can rights be parceled out to other entities without weakening their grip. Maybe, maybe not. Let’s not any of us pretend their limits are or should be well known.

From my non-lawyering perspective, we don't "know much about them" because we know everything about them. It's a straightforward and simple contract and it hasn't been challenged or tested because it's so straightforward no one has bothered to try and wiggle out of it.