One potential advantage of a package deal of the remaining PAC-4 is that we might be able to structure the deal as a merger, and retain access to whatever loose change is floating around in the PAC-12 couch cushions. I read (on the internet, so take that with a grain of salt) that even accounting for the Comcast over-payment, there is/sh…
One potential advantage of a package deal of the remaining PAC-4 is that we might be able to structure the deal as a merger, and retain access to whatever loose change is floating around in the PAC-12 couch cushions. I read (on the internet, so take that with a grain of salt) that even accounting for the Comcast over-payment, there is/should be some cash floating around, and that there will be some money coming in for the next few years (from non-media sources).
Again, I have no idea how accurate this is. But from what I read, split four ways, the money actually ends up being close to what we would get in a media deal, i.e. $20-40 million. If this is true, then ditching WSU/OSU for a minuscule partial share in the ACC would make even less sense. And a merger with Big 12 would actually make a little more sense if that money stays with the four of us (or offsets a reduced share).
This is also another consideration for rebuilding the PAC-X. If that money is actually there, it can hold us over until we are able to pull some MWC/AAC schools into the new conference.
The problem is that the ACC is being dominated by a handful of schools at the top that have wandering eyes and are more than ready fuck over everybody else when the time arises. Why beg our way into a situation like that for pennies on the dollar, especially if the kids will be at a major disadvantage because they will have to travel across the country for 90% of the games, while the other schools only have to do so 10-20% of the time. It would be different if the ACC were actively trying to save itself by aggressively expanding...but they are not. It is a euthanasia conference right now. Until they get serious about preserving their own future...it just ain't worth it.
It will be very difficult to improve our repetitional standing to get a piece of the next phase of the pie vying for an invite outside of the P4. Major recruiting disadvantage and a lot of the donors that need to underwrite athletics will bail. It’s hard to know where realignment goes, but one theory is that expansion will be followed by contraction. That would make it impossible for anyone on the outside looking in.
One potential advantage of a package deal of the remaining PAC-4 is that we might be able to structure the deal as a merger, and retain access to whatever loose change is floating around in the PAC-12 couch cushions. I read (on the internet, so take that with a grain of salt) that even accounting for the Comcast over-payment, there is/should be some cash floating around, and that there will be some money coming in for the next few years (from non-media sources).
Again, I have no idea how accurate this is. But from what I read, split four ways, the money actually ends up being close to what we would get in a media deal, i.e. $20-40 million. If this is true, then ditching WSU/OSU for a minuscule partial share in the ACC would make even less sense. And a merger with Big 12 would actually make a little more sense if that money stays with the four of us (or offsets a reduced share).
This is also another consideration for rebuilding the PAC-X. If that money is actually there, it can hold us over until we are able to pull some MWC/AAC schools into the new conference.
Running to the ACC is about maintaining the level of competition and national visibility, not the short term money.
The problem is that the ACC is being dominated by a handful of schools at the top that have wandering eyes and are more than ready fuck over everybody else when the time arises. Why beg our way into a situation like that for pennies on the dollar, especially if the kids will be at a major disadvantage because they will have to travel across the country for 90% of the games, while the other schools only have to do so 10-20% of the time. It would be different if the ACC were actively trying to save itself by aggressively expanding...but they are not. It is a euthanasia conference right now. Until they get serious about preserving their own future...it just ain't worth it.
It will be very difficult to improve our repetitional standing to get a piece of the next phase of the pie vying for an invite outside of the P4. Major recruiting disadvantage and a lot of the donors that need to underwrite athletics will bail. It’s hard to know where realignment goes, but one theory is that expansion will be followed by contraction. That would make it impossible for anyone on the outside looking in.
Money is one aspect, P4 recruiting and prestige are another.
it's called a demotion to the Minor Leagues