Big Ten and other Conference Expansion

[BuckTwenty]

All I'm saying is if Goldie wants out, I ain't stopping them

 

[CincyInterloper]

There isn't. It's some cocky fan's fantasy. "Kick out Penn State", "Kick out Nebraska", "Kick out Northwestern" I've heard these for years. Ain't happening

I’m with you. Nobody’s getting kicked out of the Big-10. That’s not the way of the Big-10. But if it were, I’d kick out Penn State. Fuck those guys.

 

[Zurp]

I just realized that if Notre Dame joins, their fans are going to pump themselves up that they're the reason for the high TV revenue.
Ha.

 

[cincibuck]

All I'm saying is if Goldie wants out, I ain't stopping them

And yet, to BTN’s eternal disgrace, they had the gall to name Dave Winfield to the Big Tens Top Fifty Athletes.

 

[colobuck79]

At that time, we should have made the ultimatum, either they are out or we leave. The reports at that time is that both Michigan State and Michigan told Wayne Duke that if Ohio State leaves, they would also. Minnesota should not be in the Big Ten now. Period.

 

[colobuck79]

And yet, to BTN’s eternal disgrace, they had the gall to name Dave Winfield to the Big Tens Top Fifty Athletes.

Yep. Fuck Dave Winfield.

 

[Zurp]

And yet, to BTN’s eternal disgrace, they had the gall to name Dave Winfield to the Big Tens Top Fifty Athletes.

I'd be interested to hear Winfield's side of the story. I wonder if they brought that topic up in that show. Not that it would change my mind if he said he felt threatened or something - but I'd like to hear that he had some remorse, or something.

 

[ORD_Buckeye]

The school shouldn't have been kicked out. The basketball program should have been given a two or three year death penalty. And fuck, Mr. March.

 

[CincyInterloper]

I had not previously heard of the 1972 incident, but it sounds pretty bad.
https://vault.si.com/vault/1972/02/07/an-ugly-affair-in-minneapolis

 

[buckeyeintn]

I had not previously heard of the 1972 incident, but it sounds pretty bad.
https://vault.si.com/vault/1972/02/07/an-ugly-affair-in-minneapolis

As someone who remembers it all too well, as bad as it sounds, it was worse. (I didn't read the article which you just posted, don't figure I need to at this point). Players careers and lives were impacted. Fred Taylor lost his passion for coaching. And after committing felonious assault, the Minny players were given a slap on the wrist. Bill Musselman, who fostered the culture which led to the attack on the team, was allowed to continue to coach at Minnesota. Dave Winfield served on the group which did the "investigation" at Minny. The fact that he was an active participant in the assaults was a minor detail.
Am I still a little bitter? No. I'm still a LOT bitter. At one university a tremendous amount of damage done to the young men and coach. At the other a, "Oops, my bad. Oh, well, no harm no foul." mentality. The coach should have been fired, the basketball team should have forfeited the remainder of their games, and the worst offenders should have lost their scholarships, not to mention criminal charges.

 

[NorthCoastKid]

NBC Sports doesn’t have the revenue of Amazon. But it has a plan to turn the Big Ten into “the NFL of college football conferences.”

That’s the latest word from the high-stakes Big Ten media rights negotiations. The conference is expected to command at least $1.25 billion annually for its next media rights deal from bidders that include NBC, Amazon, ESPN/ABC, and CBS Sports. The winner will air games alongside Fox Sports, the conference’s primary TV partner and an operating partner in the Big Ten Network.

NBC has already pushed the idea of combining Big Ten telecasts with its existing Notre Dame coverage as a “perfect one-two punch.” As negotiations near the finish line, NBC is proposing a strategy that calls for back-to-back Big Ten and NFL games in prime time TV on Saturday and Sunday nights, said sources.

cont’d…

 

[scarletmike]

My only condition if I were Kevin Warren looking at a deal including CBS and NBC is that no games for the top teams (OSU, scUM, PSU, Wiscy, maybe one or two others) get put exclusively on their (shitty, IMO) streaming platforms, network TV only for those two.

 

[Don Muenz]

If they do this, then shame on me if I don’t just quit watching CFB and dump cable. I’ve been pillaged and plundered enough as a fan. I can afford it, but fortescue ‘em all. They just cannot gouge enough.

 

[cincibuck]

So let me see if I got this right - NBC shells out the big bucks and delivers Notre Dame? And features a primetime (and folks, 12 pm is NOT prime time) Big Ten Game of the Week. Does Notre Dame get to insist that their games not appear on BTN? Do they get guaranteed "Prime Time" games for Michigan, USC, Sparty? Does ND still get to pick their own announcers (ask Chris Collinsworth what happens to announcers who say something contrary to NDs wishes). Me thinks Warren needs to do due diligence here.

 

[Oregonbuck]

I don't want NBC anywhere near the B1G. What they're proposing is the same as what Notre Dame wanted from the Big12. Gives NBC the revenue to pay ND its $75M and let them stay independent while using the B1G as it's prostitute. No way is this good for the B1G.