Maybe we haven't been invited so the Big-10 has some negotiating leverage. With FUCLA and U$C now in, the Big-10 knows how desperate the rest of the Pac-12 is going to be. The LA schools may get $100 million but not the rest of us. I can see a scenario where the Big-10 says; "40-50 million. Take it or leave it". It would be more money th…
Maybe we haven't been invited so the Big-10 has some negotiating leverage. With FUCLA and U$C now in, the Big-10 knows how desperate the rest of the Pac-12 is going to be. The LA schools may get $100 million but not the rest of us. I can see a scenario where the Big-10 says; "40-50 million. Take it or leave it". It would be more money than we have been getting and it would guarantee our survival. Knowlton must be shitting his pants right now trying to come up with a plan.
Well, considering how quickly we stopped being UnderArmour's "West Coast Flagship" when uclol got way more money to switch to them, I'm sure we'd take whatever pennies on the dollar we would get to go to the BigOneGee as well.
Maybe we haven't been invited so the Big-10 has some negotiating leverage. With FUCLA and U$C now in, the Big-10 knows how desperate the rest of the Pac-12 is going to be. The LA schools may get $100 million but not the rest of us. I can see a scenario where the Big-10 says; "40-50 million. Take it or leave it". It would be more money than we have been getting and it would guarantee our survival. Knowlton must be shitting his pants right now trying to come up with a plan.
Well, considering how quickly we stopped being UnderArmour's "West Coast Flagship" when uclol got way more money to switch to them, I'm sure we'd take whatever pennies on the dollar we would get to go to the BigOneGee as well.
That appears to have been an indication of Cal’s lack of standing in these recent events.