Big Ten and other Conference Expansion

[ScriptOhio]

The ACC will be no longer be relevant once their GOR runs out. They are dead man walking. I mean I guess UNC, VA could decide to stay and go all in on basketball and be the football equivalent of the new Big XII but their athletic departments will grumble about making way less money then SEC B1G then.

Either way FSU and Clemson are gone as long as one of the B1G 2 are willing to take them

I'd rather see the B1G take UVA & UNC than Free Shoes and Dabo U.

Back in 2016, the ACC and ESPN agreed to a 20-year media rights deal through 2035-36, a deal that brought about the birth of the ACC Network — owned and operated by ESPN — which launched in 2019.

At the same time, the ACC extended its grant of rights deal nine additional years, taking that through 2035-36.

However, a lot can change in the next12 years.

 

[dragurd]

I'd rather see the B1G take UVA & UNC than Free Shoes and Dabo U.



However, a lot can change in the next12 years.

Big 2 was meant to imply SEC/B1G.

Miami would be a the Big 10's choice if they were a bigger school I would believe. Clemson I can't see ever getting a Big 10 invite unless something changes drastically in the next decade but FSU has an outside chance

 

[Mike80]

This could go into several threads, especially the ESPN being morons thread, but it fits here too and probably, overall, is the catalyst for all of the realignments we've seen since 2004.

"Consider them rolled"—A look back at the Big Ten-ESPN meeting that changed sports media and college football forever

Conference realignment and the rise of new sports networks all trace back to one meeting between ESPN and the Big Ten in 2004.

awfulannouncing.com

 

[ORD_Buckeye]

This could go into several threads, especially the ESPN being morons thread, but it fits here too and probably, overall, is the catalyst for all of the realignments we've seen since 2004.

"Consider them rolled"—A look back at the Big Ten-ESPN meeting that changed sports media and college football forever

Conference realignment and the rise of new sports networks all trace back to one meeting between ESPN and the Big Ten in 2004.

awfulannouncing.com

The beginning of their death grudge against the Big Ten, and it was all brought about by their arrogance and lack of vision. So happy, we're leaving them behind. Fuck 'em.

 

[ORD_Buckeye]

And one more thing. Not only did the BTN quickly turn the corner and become a huge profit center for the schools, but it goaded ESPN into rashly pouring money into a certain little thing called The Longhorn Network.

 

[LovelandBuckeye]

This could go into several threads, especially the ESPN being morons thread, but it fits here too and probably, overall, is the catalyst for all of the realignments we've seen since 2004.

"Consider them rolled"—A look back at the Big Ten-ESPN meeting that changed sports media and college football forever

Conference realignment and the rise of new sports networks all trace back to one meeting between ESPN and the Big Ten in 2004.

awfulannouncing.com

It’s two men, Jim Delany and Mark Shapiro, and they are sort of battling it out over who has the bigger manhood. And as the result of that, all these things have happened

I laugh every time I read this article.

 

[Mike80]

I laugh every time I read this article.

No truth to the rumor that Jim Delaney stood up, unzipped his fly and it sounded like a 2x4 hitting the table

 

[dragurd]

I'm sure there is a better spot for this. But I can't find it right now. So Rumored commish. Kinda surprised they are going another business guy with how well Warren went over. I figured they go back to a college experience person.

 

[ScriptOhio]

I'm sure there is a better spot for this. But I can't find it right now. So Rumored commish. Kinda surprised they are going another business guy with how well Warren went over. I figured they go back to a college experience person.

Meet Tony Petitti, the Big Ten’s New Commissioner
The former MLB and TV executive may technically be an NCAA outsider, but he has plenty of experience adjacent to college sports.

During his stint at CBS Sports, Petitti was specifically assigned to handle the NCAA men’s basketball tournament. He also oversaw CBS’s programming of the Super Bowl, which he described in the past as an intensely high pressure situation. That includes the infamous wardrobe malfunction during Janet Jackson’s halftime show in 2004.

Entire article: https://www.si.com/college/2023/04/12/tony-petitti-big-ten-new-commissioner

 

[dragurd]

Meet Tony Petitti, the Big Ten’s New Commissioner
The former MLB and TV executive may technically be an NCAA outsider, but he has plenty of experience adjacent to college sports.

During his stint at CBS Sports, Petitti was specifically assigned to handle the NCAA men’s basketball tournament. He also oversaw CBS’s programming of the Super Bowl, which he described in the past as an intensely high pressure situation. That includes the infamous wardrobe malfunction during Janet Jackson’s halftime show in 2004.

Entire article: https://www.si.com/college/2023/04/12/tony-petitti-big-ten-new-commissioner

Oh god the B1G presidents would have a seizure if there was a wardrobe malfunction at the B1G championship halftime

 

[LovelandBuckeye]

Oh god the B1G presidents would have a seizure if there was a wardrobe malfunction at the B1G championship halftime

Would it depend on who had the malfunction? Lady Gaga? Probably so. Bill Gates? Not so sure.

 

[Steve19]

(Not raising a political issue, but rather sports-related effects)

Would these defamation lawsuits against Fox potentially threaten the anticipated post-ESPiN college football playoff era?

 

[Abenaki]

Twitter is amazing. Dude gets called out by the AD of Colorado for making up shit and offers a really lame excuse for deleting what he got called out on.

 

[Bestbuck36]

Twitter is amazing. Dude gets called out by the AD of Colorado for making up shit and offers a really lame excuse for deleting what he got called out on.

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[cincibuck]

Hmmmmmmm, if the goal is to win some games, why would you leave a PAC # without USC and UCLA? "We coulda been contenders..."

Of course there is also the fact that a PAC # isn't going to make any TV money without USC and UCLA.