Big Ten and other Conference Expansion

[jclvd_23]

http://www.cbssports.com/collegefoo...ten-may-keep-rutgers-and-maryland-off-network


Big Ten may keep Rutgers and Maryland off network

By Tom Fornelli | Blogger
December 12, 2012 1:05 pm ET

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Jim Delany did not mention his negotiation practices during this press conference. (US Presswire) Good news, Rutgers and Maryland fans, your schools will be joining the Big Ten in 2014, bringing a nice influx of that cold hard cash into your athletic departments. It's just too bad you might not be able to watch all of their games once they've joined the Big Ten.
Yes, that's right, according to Sports Business Journal, the Big Ten is considering keeping Maryland and Rutgers games -- both football and basketball -- off of its own Big Ten Network in an effort to get local cable companies to place the network on their basic tiers.
Just another reminder that conference realignment is about nothing more than eyeballs staring at televisions, which produces money whether those eyeballs know it or not...continued

 

[Muck]

which is about TV sets

In the bigger scheme of things it's about securing a constant stream future students for B1G schools 100 years in the future. TV sets merely facilitate getting it done in the short term.

 

[Abenaki]

Frustrated the Big East has irreparably damaged its basketball brand with recent additions geared toward saving its football future, the presidents of the league's seven non-high level football schools met Wednesday to discuss their options.

An ESPN.com report late Wednesday night indicated a decision could come in the next 24 to 48 hours and it would be "an upset" if the seven schools chose to remain in the league.

http://sports.yahoo.com/blogs/ncaab...toward-leaving-big-east-085855633--ncaab.html

 

[dav713]

http://sports.yahoo.com/blogs/ncaab...toward-leaving-big-east-085855633--ncaab.html

This might get interesting. Also, suck it Cincy. From the article.

They can leave the league and forfeit millions of dollars in NCAA tournament win shares and exit fees paid by previous departees. Or they can dissolve the league altogether if they have the two-thirds majority necessary to make such a decision.

According to the ESPN.com report, dissolving the league is a real possibility because new member Temple is not allowed to vote on the dissolution of the conference until after July 1. As a result, the seven would have the two-thirds majority they need even if existing Big East members Cincinnati, UConn and South Florida voted against them.

 

[buckeyegrad]

http://sports.yahoo.com/blogs/ncaab...toward-leaving-big-east-085855633--ncaab.html

As pointed out in the article, those seven are the Catholic institutions. I wonder if they would be looking to create a papal conference by going after Xavier, Dusquesne, and St. Louis. If they wanted to go to 12 members, could probably grab Creighton and one of the following three: St. Joseph's, St. Bonaventure, or Fordham.

 

[dav713]

As pointed out in the article, those seven are the Catholic institutions. I wonder if they would be looking to create a papal conference by going after Xavier, Dusquesne, and St. Louis. If they wanted to go to 12 members, could probably grab Creighton and one of the following three: St. Joseph's, St. Bonaventure, or Fordham.

St. Louis's AD came and talked to my class back in 2007 or 2008. He told us about all of the money they were investing into their facilities, specifically their basketball facilities. He explained that they were preparing in case the opportunity ever arose to create a merger with big east/A 10 catholic basketball schools. I thought he was being unrealistic, but he doesn't seem so crazy now.

 

[IronBuckI]

As pointed out in the article, those seven are the Catholic institutions. I wonder if they would be looking to create a papal conference by going after Xavier, Dusquesne, and St. Louis. If they wanted to go to 12 members, could probably grab Creighton and one of the following three: St. Joseph's, St. Bonaventure, or Fordham.

Dayton is also on the list of possible additions to a new, basketball only, Big East.

 

[buckeyegrad]

Dayton is also on the list of possible additions to a new, basketball only, Big East.

Agree. Probably just depends on whether or not they want two schools from SW Ohio. Of the two options, Xavier is certainly the more attractive add.

 

[muffler dragon]

SIAP. More in-depth look at the process with Maryland by WaPo. I won't post any of the pages as there are 5 in total. Good read.

http://www.washingtonpost.com/sport...5da16c-3fd0-11e2-ae43-cf491b837f7b_story.html

 

[PlanetFrnd]

http://sports.yahoo.com/blogs/ncaab...toward-leaving-big-east-085855633--ncaab.html

Too bad this doesn't shake any trees we'd want shaken. I want to see Slive poach, say, Oklahoma, Ok St. or VaTech, then see what happens.

 

[BigWoof31]

Agree. Probably just depends on whether or not they want two schools from SW Ohio. Of the two options, Xavier is certainly the more attractive add.

If they were to poach Gonzaga, that would make for an awesome hoops conference.

 

[PlanetFrnd]

If they were to poach Gonzaga, that would make for an awesome hoops conference.

An expensive one, too... a national-footprint basketball conference == a lot of long flights

 

[PlanetFrnd]

http://www.cbssports.com/collegebasketball/blog/eye-on-college-basketball/21389753/sour

Sources: Big East expected to split

The Big East's seven nonfootball-playing members have decided to separate from the league's football-playing members and would like to announce the decision at some point during the next week barring an unexpected change of plans, multiple sources within the conference told CBSSports.com on Thursday.

The NY Post reported that the split would be announced later Thursday. But a source told CBSSports.com that no announcment is expected that soon.

This all comes after ESPN.com reported late Wednesday that the Big East's nonfootball-playing members -- DePaul, Georgetown, Marquette, Providence, St. John's, Seton Hall and Villanova -- were "leaning" toward separating. USA Today subsequently reported that Big East commissioner Mike Aresco is "exploring all avenues to hold the conference together" but added an "official at a school moving to the Big East in 2013 [said] the football schools are under the impression that a breakup is imminent."
What happens next is unclear.

"Lawyers are going to have to sort it all out," a source told CBSSports.com. "I don't think anybody knows exactly how this is going to happen. They just know it's time to separate."

Whether a new league featuring DePaul, Georgetown, Marquette, Providence, St. John's, Seton Hall and Villanova would be called the Big East or something else is, like almost everything else, unresolved. But a source told CBSSports.com that those seven schools would target at least three and perhaps five basketball programs to join them, and that Xavier, Dayton, Saint Louis, Creighton and Butler would be among the targets.
Why is this happening now?

The Big East Seven
School Location
DePaul Chicago, Ill.
Georgetown Washington D.C.
Marquette Milwaukee, Wis.
Providence Providence, R.I.
St. John's Queens, N.Y.
Seton Hall South Orange, N.J.
Villanova Villanova, Pa.

A source told CBSSports.com that the league's nonfootball-playing members have simply determined that they're going to have to move on someday and are finally ready "to just go ahead and do it." That belief seems to trump the idea that the nonfootball-playing members might be leaving television revenue on the table by separating -- although it should be noted that athletic directors at those schools aren't sure they won't get a comparable or even better TV contract with a strong basketball-only league...

 

[Muck]

*runs off to UC boards to watch the meltdown*

 

[MaxBuck]

*runs off to UC boards to watch the meltdown*

Who the hell would take Cincinnati?

I'm guessing maybe the MAC.