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[QUOTE="CoastAtlantic, post: 1692086, member: 5174"] [URL='https://twitter.com/'][B]MH ver3[/B] @MH ver3 [/URL] [URL='https://twitter.com/ /status/730380690009772032']11h11 hours ago[/URL] As I told you months ago, FedEx is trying to throw big $$ at B12 to get Memphis in. 1 billion over ten years to sponsor title game. [URL='https://twitter.com/'][B]MH ver3[/B] @MH ver3 [/URL] [URL='https://twitter.com/ /status/730380942330744832']11h11 hours ago[/URL] That's over double what the TV rights for a title game will bring [URL='https://twitter.com/'][B]MH ver3[/B] @MH ver3 [/URL] [URL='https://twitter.com/ /status/730381264784592896']11h11 hours ago[/URL] That's $8 mil per school on a 12 school setup [URL='https://twitter.com/'][B]MH ver3[/B] @MH ver3 [/URL] [URL='https://twitter.com/ /status/730381411505541120']11h11 hours ago[/URL] Or $7 mil for 14 teams. [URL='https://twitter.com/'][B]MH ver3[/B] @MH ver3 [/URL] [URL='https://twitter.com/ /status/730385723732459522']10h10 hours ago[/URL] Sorry my numbers on the FedEx thing were incorrect. It's 1 billion over 15 years. So $5mil per team per year at 12 and $4mil for 14 [URL='https://twitter.com/'][B]MH ver3[/B] @MH ver3 [/URL] [URL='https://twitter.com/ /status/730385806326648832']10h10 hours ago[/URL] It's still almost double what the TV $ for CCG will be. [URL='https://twitter.com/carnot3'][B]Carnot Evans[/B] @carnot3 [/URL] [URL='https://twitter.com/carnot3/status/730393428949872640']10h10 hours ago[/URL] [URL='https://twitter.com/']@MH ver3[/URL] I call shenanigans on that. No way a publicly traded company blows $67M/yr on a football game. [URL='https://twitter.com/'][B]MH ver3[/B] @MH ver3 [/URL] [URL='https://twitter.com/ /status/730396265075314688']10h10 hours ago[/URL] [URL='https://twitter.com/carnot3']@carnot3[/URL] I agree it sounds like a lot but it's what I was told. [URL='https://twitter.com/sm00th_kw'][B]Kevin Weller[/B] @sm00th_kw [/URL] [URL='https://twitter.com/sm00th_kw/status/730390375236505601']10h10 hours ago[/URL] [URL='https://twitter.com/']@MH ver3[/URL] So instead of sponsoring the Orange Bowl with a national audience...they want to sponsor a regional audience for allz ze moniez? [URL='https://twitter.com/'][B]MH ver3[/B] @MH ver3 [/URL] [URL='https://twitter.com/ /status/730398196673986560']10h10 hours ago[/URL] [URL='https://twitter.com/sm00th_kw']@sm00th_kw[/URL] they haven't sponsored orange bowl for years. And B12 CCG will be national audience. [URL='https://twitter.com/TonyCaridi'][B]TonyCaridi[/B]@TonyCaridi[/URL] Interesting notes on possible Big 12 expansion [URL="http://espn.go.com/college-football/story/_/id/15502359"]Big 12 drawing interest from Houston, Memphis[/URL] [URL='https://twitter.com/rodfarley'][B]rodfarley[/B] @rodfarley [/URL] [URL='https://twitter.com/rodfarley/status/730408471892512768']9h9 hours ago[/URL] rodfarley Retweeted TonyCaridi [URL='https://twitter.com/']@MH ver3[/URL] Memphis = FedX $$ [URL='https://twitter.com/'][B]MH ver3[/B] @MH ver3 [/URL] [URL='https://twitter.com/ /status/730413344478404608']9h9 hours ago[/URL] [URL='https://twitter.com/rodfarley']@rodfarley[/URL] [URL='https://twitter.com/TonyCaridi']@TonyCaridi[/URL] that Houston stuff was months ago before research was done. They are not in the top group now. [URL='https://twitter.com/'][B]MH ver3[/B] @MH ver3 [/URL] [URL='https://twitter.com/ /status/730422821931880449']8h8 hours ago[/URL] FedEx desire to get Memphis in gets deeper. In addition to $1B for CCG branding they will invest $500m in Memphis facilities. [URL='https://twitter.com/'][B]MH ver3[/B] @MH ver3 [/URL] [URL='https://twitter.com/ /status/730423806527983616']8h8 hours ago[/URL] Would FedEx and CCG TV money be enough to offset no B12N? Or at least give B12 more time to get B12N rolling? [URL='https://twitter.com/kevinbro1898'][B]Kevin Brower[/B] @kevinbro1898 [/URL] [URL='https://twitter.com/kevinbro1898/status/730423851868291072']8h8 hours ago[/URL] [URL='https://twitter.com/']@MH ver3[/URL] [URL='https://post original url/1dayB32wiJ']http://blogs.memphis.edu/president/2015/12/07/the-future-of-our-great-university/…[/URL] please read the middle paragraph and not spew out BS [URL='https://twitter.com/80sTiger'][B]80s Tiger[/B] @80sTiger [/URL] [URL='https://twitter.com/80sTiger/status/730426290122055680']8h8 hours ago[/URL] [URL='https://twitter.com/kevinbro1898']@kevinbro1898[/URL] [URL='https://twitter.com/']@MH ver3[/URL] Don't mess with the narrative Kevin. Now that it's getting real these dudes (pardon the pun) need recovery strategy [URL='https://twitter.com/'][B]MH ver3[/B] @MH ver3 [/URL] [URL='https://twitter.com/ /status/730427353298554880']8h8 hours ago[/URL] [URL='https://twitter.com/80sTiger']@80sTiger[/URL] [URL='https://twitter.com/kevinbro1898']@kevinbro1898[/URL] for the record I've said Memphis was a candidate for months and mentioned FedEx$$ before. Recently they have not [URL='https://twitter.com/80sTiger'][B]80s Tiger[/B] @80sTiger [/URL] [URL='https://twitter.com/80sTiger/status/730427731230396416']8h8 hours ago[/URL] [URL='https://twitter.com/']@MH ver3[/URL] [URL='https://twitter.com/kevinbro1898']@kevinbro1898[/URL] easy oppty to correct tweet. $500M from private donations. not FedEx. This whole implied "FedEx bribe" thing = silly. [URL='https://twitter.com/TheFrogCastTCU'][B]TheFrogCast[/B] @TheFrogCastTCU [/URL] [URL='https://twitter.com/TheFrogCastTCU/status/730428696641810434']8h8 hours ago[/URL] [URL='https://twitter.com/80sTiger']@80sTiger[/URL] [URL='https://twitter.com/']@MH ver3[/URL] [URL='https://twitter.com/kevinbro1898']@kevinbro1898[/URL] even if it's Fed Ex, who cares? This is how all this stuff works. [/QUOTE]
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