Supposedly, that wasn't necessarily the case. The Big 10 wanted USC and UCLA, but when the Pac 12 blew up, they were willing to take Washington and Oregon earlier than expected at a reduced rate. There seemed to be interest in Stanford and maybe Cal, but the Big 10 was not willing to absorb 5 or 6 new schools at one time.
Remember that we had a 10 game deal to do just that that, effectively, got vetoed by the state legislature. I often wonder whether our fortunes would've changed if that deal had gone through. The exposure would've been great for us, and having an ongoing relationship with ND might have been useful.
I do not think it will happen now. Now with revenue share teams need to maximize revenue. Unless you are an elite team or one of the service academies you are not getting that game.
The one who really should take notice is the ACC leadership. UConn's best fit is the ACC. They are just so dumb.
Basketball is undervalued. If people making the decision were actually strategic they could corner market on hoops and gain a monetary advantage. Instead? They are diluting their brands by putting 18 teams in a conference.
Only because the NCAA takes the lion's share of basketball profits, whereas the conferences keep the lion's share of football profits.
The majority of money for basketball comes from the NCAA basketball tournament which is controlled by the NCAA.
March Madness revenues are shared way beyond basketball - and into D2 and D3.
And administrative costs. It is the cash cow for the NCAA.
And it now will also pay the House settlement. It’s more like an ATM where they can grab cash whenever they want
Can someone explain like I’m 5 what it would take for the P4 plus Big East/PAC12 to control March Madness the same way the P4 owns the CFP? Would think it would be pretty easy, no?
NCAA is paying previous basketball and football players $2.8 billion for the NIL settlement over the next 10 years. This money is coming from the NCAA tournament revenue. No way there is any spinoff until the money is paid out. So earliest spinoff is 2036.
In part because of the lawsuits from the late 1970's, the NCAA left autonomy for major college football with the schools that wanted to pursue it (Big 10, SEC, SWC, Big 8, etc.). They split division 1 (for football only) into 1A & 1AA (later FBS & FCS). The C in FCS stands for championship as the winner of this tournament each year is the NCAA D1 football champion (although the world recognizes the top FBS school as champion).
I just do not see basketball spinning off. There are many more colleges that are competitive in basketball than football. I would think congress and courts would get involved if a significant number of teams did not have access to the basketball tournament. Football particularly for a chance at a national championship has always been limited to perhaps 20 schools. True before NIL and true after.
The argument in favor of the inclusion of the big east is that prior to last year 50% of the last decade's men's basketball national champions were from the Big East. That makes a pretty good argument for including Connecticut and a reasonably decent one for including Villanova.
Yes, but if the Power conferences can put the Big East out of business (athletically) then they wouldn't have to worry about Connecticut or Villanova winning anything meaningful ever again. The only schools that could potentially win a National Championship, and all the $$$$ that come with it would be schools from a power conference (whether that be 2, 3 or 4 conferences) A split is coming, it's just a matter of when and where the dividing line is.
