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MEGA Conference Realignment and lawsuits Megathread: Stories, Tales, Lies, and Exaggerations

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caneworld said:
Problem with UNC is that they come with NC State as a package deal... the lawmakers in NC aren't going to allow it in any other way
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That HAS BEEN the conventional wisdom ... however with the new realities in realignment there might be a "break from tradition" due to the $$$ involved, the impact of the Media partners, and the fact that "seats at the table" might be limited.
 
Interesting. Rutgers isn’t in the B10 based upon record at all. Market. I would think Miami should sell the B10 the market in all that means for the other schools and the. eyeballs on TV screens when we are moderately good. Just seems like the B10 is a better sell. But just thinking.
 
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JTKoval said:
Interesting. Rutgers isn’t in the B10 based upon record at all. Market. I would think Miami should sell the B10 the market in all that means for the other schools and the. eyeballs on TV screens when we are moderately good. Just seems like the B10 is a better sell. But just thinking.
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TV value is not about regional market sizes anymore. But we should be very attractive to savvy TV execs.
 
JTKoval said:
Interesting. Rutgers isn’t in the B10 based upon record at all. Market. I would think Miami should sell the B10 the market in all that means for the other schools and the. eyeballs on TV screens when we are moderately good. Just seems like the B10 is a better sell. But just thinking.
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The B10 has already admitted that that was a mistake ... they took Rutgers "based on proximity to a huge market" but now with the media partners involved ... the REALIZATION is that "viewer draw" is the critical metric. Nobody in that huge "Rutgers market" watches Rutgers / B10 football. Huge fail. The new "baseline metric" is the potential to draw a MINIMUM of 4 million viewers for games vs decent opponents. Miami drew 4.02 viewers for a 3:30 game against A&M. Prime time games between top 10-15 ranked programs will draw 6-8 million. UM fits the profile and just needs to keep winning.
 
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Rickd said:
The B10 has already admitted that that was a mistake
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Source (anonymous social media personalities not included)?

Just curious since I haven't seen such a quote attributed to the Big Ten commissioner's office or even any of the other 13 schools
 
Wake_Cane said:
These decisions are not going to be influenced much at all by what is happening this season.
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I used to think that and agree that they shouldn't be but I'm not so sure now.

I think there actually could be some prisoner of the moment groupthink at play and things could be definitely fluid.

FSU has one good year last year and all of a sudden they're one of the belles of the ball?

Stanford has 3 or 4 consecutive down seasons after about a decade of a averaging double digit win seasons and being part of probably the most successful overall athletic department in the country but now have to beg their way into a dying ACC?

UVag has been mentioned repeatedly as a possible B1G addition. If they finish this year with like one win and in last place in the ACC, do we really think their stock won't be heavily damaged if addl realignment is imminent?
 
Tru C said:
Not at all? What if Miami becomes one of the most viewed teams in the country and or a playoff team? That would have no influence? And what if Clemson takes a nosedive?
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Those scenarios are both almost certainly already baked in to the analyses.
 
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