11-28-2012, 10:12 AM | #1 |
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Will the Big East dissolve?
Saw an article about this yesterday. The basketball schools now have a majority over the current football schools in the Big East and have until July to vote to dissolve the league (that's when new members join). You have to think that our TV contract is now worth next to nothing compared to what a Conference USA/Mountain West mash-up conference could earn. Does it make more financial sense for the basketball only schools to form their own conference for basketball and sign their own TV contract?
I would imagine the money that a basketball only conference could make if they added a few other schools like VCU, Butler, XU and Dayton would be comparable to what they make now as members of the Big East. Let's say this does happen after the basketball season ends in April or May and our football moves into whatever the hell they are calling the new hybrid conference. What happens to our BBall at that point? Something to think about as this ever changing season of insanity continues to play out. |
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12-13-2012, 10:25 AM | #3 |
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hate to say i told you so, but...................
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Temple is not a full voting member. You can't blame them for leaving. If UC and UConn leave, they are in a pretty poor league. Who wants to travel to Tulane or Houston. The risk is not worth the reward in rpi terms. With regards to money, the NCAA unit payments will be much better when not diluted by teams that do not make or advance in the tournament. TV money amounts to less than NCAA money, so even if the contract is less, the NCAA money can make up for that.
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12-13-2012, 02:43 PM | #6 |
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Barring absorption by a league, this simply is not going to end well for UC. I am amazed the BEast has fallen so far so fast and has never formulated a plan to stay viable. This is the worst example of leadership I've ever seen. From their school selections all the way around.
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12-31-2012, 01:49 PM | #9 |
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Boise State looking like they are staying in the Mountain West. It would be great if the Big East actually does collect the $10 million exit fee as the article implies.
http://espn.go.com/college-sports/st...ce-sources-say |
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So Ralph is incorrect yet again and I am right as usual
Boise is staying in the mwc. Official |
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