Big Ten and other Conference Expansion

[Mike80]

I hear Lawton is beautiful this time of year.

Someone lied to you...

 

[Mike80]

I don't want any of them. No ACC schools are a fit for big ten. B12 is a bunch of states with no people. Least unfavorable would be Atm. There are just so many freaking people in Texas and I want them all to choke down the btn price tag.

UNC UVA and Georgia Tech are more similar to a B1G school than you'd realize....

 

[colobuck79]

I hear Lawton is beautiful this time of year.

Enid also.

 

[LovelandBuckeye]

Someone lied to you...

Are you telling me that my recruiter lied to me? Blasphemy!!!!

 

[buxfan4life]

I hear Lawton is beautiful this time of year.

My son might want to punch you for saying that as he is in basic training at Ft Sill right now.

His letters indicate worse heat and humidity than down here on the penis tip of North America.

 

[Muck]

Just stumbled across this & not going back to see if this was posted previously...

Will A Grant of Rights Protect the Big 12 from Future Raids?

Currently the Big 12 Conference sits at the center of conference realignment discussion. The conference is widely seen as the weakest link within the Power Five (P5) due to its smaller size, and recent history of instability. Proponents of the Big 12 will point to its “Grant of Rights” (GOR) agreement as a reason why other members of the P5 will be unable to invite a Big 12 member into their conference.

The Big 12 GOR is most commonly described as a contractual agreement between the ten schools that makeup the Big 12. The GOR uses the existing TV rights of each member as a hostage to prevent any member from leaving for a new conference. The agreement is usually perceived as being a rock solid contractual agreement that is impossible to get out of.

Contrary to popular opinion, that last sentence is untrue. The Big 12 Grant of Rights is a little over four pages long. (1) It is an incredibly short contract for an agreement involving millions of dollars. The Grant of Rights further does itself no favors by having text that is filled with ambiguity. But the absolute killer for the GOR as a contract is the omission of a termination procedure as well as a damages clause.

So why was such an important contract key to the Big 12’s survival written so poorly? It wasn’t written poorly, it was intended to be written that way. Had the Big 12 Grant of Rights been between rival Fortune 500 companies, the lawyers of each side would instantly tear the agreement to shreds.
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The short answer is...No.

 

[Woody1968]

Not to give any credence to the cesspool that is BWI, but there is a thread on the pedster's board that discusses possible attempts by the ACC to pick up Ped State during the sanctions.
http://bwi.forums.rivals.com/threads/is-it-true-that-penn-st-lobbied-hard-for-rutgers.62081/

 

[LovelandBuckeye]

Not to give any credence to the cesspool that is BWI, but there is a thread on the pedster's board that discusses possible attempts by the ACC to pick up Ped State during the sanctions.
http://bwi.forums.rivals.com/threads/is-it-true-that-penn-st-lobbied-hard-for-rutgers.62081/

Seems legit.

 

[WolverineMike]

We could have only hoped

 

[BuckTwenty]

That's funny.


No seriously... that's funny.

 

[Buckeyeskickbuttocks]

 

[Buckeyeskickbuttocks]

Gotta admit, though, these fuckers sure do know how to find the weakest path to feigned legitimacy.

 

[matcar]

Gotta admit, though, these fuckers sure do know how to find the weakest path to feigned legitimacy.

If you read that for what it's worth, it suggests that it's more about keeping east coast than PSU specifically. And yes, i'm quite sure that was always important. Combining Midwest market with east coast means a lot of viewership.

 

[CincyInterloper]

Could we swap PSU for Pitt?

 

[TampaBuckeyes]

Could we swap PSU for Pitt?

I'll pass