Big Ten and other Conference Expansion

[Mike80]

No University would be footing that bill, a tv deal would. And they probably wouldn't get kicked out... but rather everyone leaves the "b1g ten" and joins the "B16" at an opportune time.
I guess it depends how much money the tv execs feel they're losing on the Indianas, Illinois, Purdues, etc.

The Big Ten is a brand. Whether or not the math makes sense, no one is leaving it voluntarily.

And really, no one is getting booted at this point because they suck at football. Sports revenue isn't the driving force anyway, it's the Billions of research dollars they are getting collectively....

 

[kujirakira]

The Big Ten is a brand. Whether or not the math makes sense, no one is leaving it voluntarily.

And really, no one is getting booted at this point because they suck at football. Sports revenue isn't the driving force anyway, it's the Billions of research dollars they are getting collectively....

CIC is already a completely separate organization with different members.
We've got at least 7 "new" members who are experts at terraforming college football to the whims of tv execs.
That's just 4 shy of a voting majority.
The days of the old "big ten" are already over. You just haven't realized it yet.

 

[Mike80]

CIC is already a completely separate organization with different members.
We've got at least 7 "new" members who are experts at terraforming college football to the whims of tv execs.
That's just 4 shy of a voting majority.
The days of the old "big ten" are already over. You just haven't realized it yet.

You're looking at it like a sports fan.

College Presidents and administrators look at it entirely differently and in a business sense.

 

[kujirakira]

You're looking at it like a sports fan.

College Presidents and administrators look at it entirely differently and in a business sense.

So which way is it. They look at it in a business sense... that means tv execs win. And they have been winning.
Id argue it's you who sees it as a fan, and thinks 1890 means something.

 

[Mike80]

So which way is it. They look at it in a business sense... that means tv execs win. And they have been winning.
Id argue it's you who sees it as a fan, and thinks 1890 means something.

In a business sense, why mess with a trademark that is already well-established and doesn't need to change?

And the TV execs probably know they aren't the ones driving the bus, ultimately. But hey, we can agree to disagree. Other moves would have happened, and happened much faster for ones that did happen, than what we've seen.

Edit: And remember, we're talking about a small piece of a much larger pie. By adding UW, Oregon, UCLA and USC, the Big Ten added something like $4 BILLION in research dollars to the pile.

 

[kujirakira]

In a business sense, why mess with a trademark that is already well-established and doesn't need to change?

Good question. Why did they?

 

[Mike80]

Good question. Why did they?

I don't seem to see anywhere where the brand "Big Ten" has changed....unless I'm missing what you're saying..

The Big Ten is going to be named the Big Ten until there is a need to change it. There currently isn't. The brand has really never been stronger.

 

[Jake]

 

[LovelandBuckeye]

Normally, I find her vids meh. That was one was pretty good. The Illinois and Rutgers at the end was great. Wait until she tackles the arrogance of USC and Oregon next year while forgetting UCLA exists.

 

[kujirakira]

I don't seem to see anywhere where the brand "Big Ten" has changed....unless I'm missing what you're saying..

The Big Ten is going to be named the Big Ten until there is a need to change it. There currently isn't. The brand has really never been stronger.

There's more to a brand than a logo.
It's changed, whether you realize it or not.

 

[Mike80]

There's more to a brand than a logo.
It's changed, whether you realize it or not.

Which is why I say you're looking at it as a football fan, not as a business conglomerate.

It's absolutely a business, regardless of who is in it.

 

[kujirakira]

Which is why I say you're looking at it as a football fan, not as a business conglomerate.

It's absolutely a business, regardless of who is in it.

... and the business has been completely reorganizing college football.
Which is why i pointed out it's you whose still looking at it as a fan, and still stuck on the idea that the 1890s matter.

 

[Thump]

Treyveon now “Out.”

 

[LovelandBuckeye]

 

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