USC/UCLA Official Members of the Big 10 in 2024!!
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I think this move ratchets up the pressure on Frost and Hoiberg. There will be way too much money on the table to keep underperforming coaches around.
They'll probably just name it the "Big College Conference" and avoid the need for any future name modifications.
Ooh, how about the Very Bigly Conference?They'll probably just name it the "Big College Conference" and avoid the need for any future name modifications.
Yeah, this really is a professional League. Take all of your native born sons and throw that crap out the window. Pay top tier money for the best coaches and assistants. You're only renting them anyways.
UCLA along with USC solidifies the hold on the LA/Southern California TV market. That's what it adds: dominance in a huge media market for media rights contracts.
These leagues have very little to do with the actual teams themselves. It's all about concentrating markets and viewership.
Nebraska was smart to get in when they had a chance, because fast forward a few years and I don't think we are on too many dance cards. It's been too long since we were relevant in football. We're basically Illinois with a better fan base. Crossing my fingers they don't kick us to the curb.
Or the amount of money one gets for just existing as a member of the conference is so astronomical that the incremental increase that winning adds becomes more and more negligible
may further dilute the pure financial incentive of winning - conference payout is the same whether you are at the top or bottom
fortunately there is no shortage of egos to lean on to promote winning
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The article you posted is what tuco said right below your response. I just wanted to know if knew....which you didn't. The article you posted is wrong in that respect. We were AAU member until fellow b1g members voted us out on a bogus technicality
I just wanted to know if he knew which he was wrong as we were AAU member at the time we joined
The move with UCLA and USC moving to the B1G just might cause Notre Dame to rethink being independent and wanting in the conference..
Yes. They would be in a conference with Michigan, Michigan St AND USC. I think that would be appealing to them.
Up until now the money they received was far more being independent than as a member of a conference. That gap is being narrowed considerably and once the financials are favorable they will join a conference. I’m sure they are actively trying to extract more money from NBC by leveraging the possibility of join the big as we speak
Notre Dame is going to have to join a conference sooner than later, and as another OP said , the one with the Michigan schools and USC might be a deal closer.
Better check the figures from 2016 -2018, the annual revenue was about 100 million plus 15 million/ year from NBC , that’s 145 Over three years , Nebraska makes gets 54 million/ year from the big.
I think the thing Notre Dame has to weigh vs. staying independent now is that they may get froze out of scheduling opportunities and a playoff slot if two super conferences emerge to become dominant. The B1G clearly has more of their traditional rivals than the SEC. And the ACC can't keep up with the B1G and SEC; it may itself get poached one of these days.
Agree , and in my other post, clearly ND is not making more money than Nebraska or even Purdue right now , It’s time to get off the high horse.
If anyone in charge cares about aau status, they should be publicly shamed and abused.
Ok…
Nebraska was an AAU member when they entered the Big 10 Conference. They were voted out “AFTER” already being a member of the conference. Time to move on from this.
What you're going to have here, is a Blue and a Red conference.
Nebraska should be in the Red conference, but it isn't.
The B1G just added a whole lot more Blue.
Nebraska should be in the Red conference, but it isn't.
The B1G just added a whole lot more Blue.
You seem to have forgotten "fit" issues, especially the whole "we want to play" rebellion when the B1G commish shut everything down unilaterally.
I really do not see how politics is a key factor in conference realignment.
Here are the 2 main factors…
ESPN- SEC
FOX- Big 10
This is a competition between 2 media empires going against each other…it truly is that simple.
Here are the 2 main factors…
ESPN- SEC
FOX- Big 10
This is a competition between 2 media empires going against each other…it truly is that simple.
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I don't care if it's a factor in conference realignment or which media empires are going against one another.. All I care about is Nebraska, and it's been an issue once before already, and it could become one again.
I would rather be in the right fit, then being threatened to be kicked out, every time there is a disagreement in policy or an inherent situation where Nebraska can no longer be ourselves, which has already sort of happened.
I would much prefer being in the SEC.
There is certainly nothing stopping us from applying for membership in the big12 with our old rivals Iowa State, Kansas, KSU, ok State or the remainder of the PAC 12 I’m sure they would love to have us
You must have a problem with reading comprehension. Did you even read the last line?
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