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Realignment News (First Post will be updated by Kco17 with current news) - Kco17 - 12-13-2012 08:02 PM @SIPeteThamel: I don't see the Big East disbanding. All those football programs are on the highest ground. Can see a 14 FB, 10 hoops league. @SIPeteThamel: The one topic not addresed in the Big East bylaws is the actual Big East name. So that's foggy right now. @SIPeteThamel: Couple of relevent Big East bylaw facts. The seven departing school will be able to bring their NCAA units with them. (And the AQ). @SIPeteThamel: Talk of Big East “dissolving” and votes needed is moot. Bylaws say 2 FB schools need to vote for dissolution. The 7 will just leave. @mcmurphyespn BE commish Mike Aresco told football AD's he expects 7 hoops schools to leave. Hoops schools have Sat conference call sources Per the Milwaukee Sentinel: http://www.jsonline.com/sports/goldeneag...39151.html The Golden Eagles will join six other former members of the Big East: Georgetown, St. John's, Providence, DePaul, Seton Hall and Villanova. Butler and Xavier will leave the Atlantic 10 to join the new unnamed league. Creighton, Virginia Commonwealth, Dayton or St. Louis could become the 10th team, or the conference could begin play with 12 teams if three schools vying for the 10th spot are all worthy candidates. Dan Wolken @DanWolken @ECoastBias @friarblog @BearcatsBlog Everything is very murky, but it seems dissolving isn't going to happen. Will be negotiated exit. Quote: Adam Zagoria @AdamZagoria Big East source now says Catholics can't dissolve the league b/c at least two football and two basketball members must vote to dissolve. Quote: Adam Zagoria @AdamZagoria The Catholics would not have to pay the $10 million exit fee if they leave as group, but would have to wait 27 months, Big East source says RE: Realignment News (First Post will be updated by Kco17 with current news) - Bourgeois_Rage - 12-13-2012 08:56 PM Kco17 has volunteered to post news stories here to have one place where we can see the latest news reports. RE: Realignment News (First Post will be updated by Kco17 with current news) - Kco17 - 12-14-2012 08:46 AM http://www.philly.com/philly/sports/colleges/20121214_Non-football_schools_ready_to_break_away_from_Big_East.html "One entity was the group that played football. Another was the Big East schools that did not: Villanova, Georgetown, Providence, St. John's, Seton Hall, DePaul, and Marquette. (The third entity - and everyone should enjoy this - was Notre Dame, which didn't play football in the conference but obviously had options and interests separate from the others.) Any of those entities could vote to leave as a group without penalty, the Big East source said. For the non-football schools, a vote to leave did not have to be unanimous, the source said. "If six out of seven want to go, all seven have to go," the source said." Michael DeCourcy @tsnmike "@shaydio Is there a potential financial windfall for the Big East teams left behind?" There is. Imagine that's being negotiated now. Coley Harvey @os_coleyharvey (Covers FSU for Orlando Sentinel & South Florida Sun-Sentinel) Spetman (FSU AD) says there is no immediate impact on the ACC with respect to Big East's apparent dissolution Brett McMurphy @McMurphyESPN Navy AD tells Baltimore Sun: "When dust settles (w/Big East), Navy will take a real hard look (in 2015) at what's left standing" Mike DeCourcy's take in the Sporting News. He's speculating that UC and UConn will gather together a new transcontinental conference and pitch it to NBC--in part, perhaps, as a way to leverage an invitation to the ACC. http://aol.sportingnews.com/ncaa-basketb...onnecticut mark blaudschun @blauds BEast Catholic schools won' t be moving until 2014 at earliest. Working on dispersing exit fee money now. RE: Realignment News (First Post will be updated by Kco17 with current news) - Kco17 - 12-15-2012 02:20 PM “@ChiTribHamilton: So it's official. Big East's seven hoops schools will be leaving the Big East. "Pursuing a new basketball framework," is how they put it.” Mike DeCourcy's take in the Sporting News. He's speculating that UC and UConn will gather together a new transcontinental conference and pitch it to NBC--in part, perhaps, as a way to leverage an invitation to the ACC. http://aol.sportingnews.com/ncaa-basketb...onnecticut Big East spokesperson John Paquette told ESPN.com the seven schools will leave on June 30, 2015, per conference bylaws. http://espn.go.com/college-sports/story/_/id/8749700/seven-schools-decide-leave-big-east-pursue-new-basketball-framework RE: Realignment News (First Post will be updated by Kco17 with current news) - JackieTreehorn - 12-18-2012 07:54 PM FWIW, Jack Swarbick claims ACC safe for now from B10 raids: http://t.co/GLIRtm6r RE: Realignment News (First Post will be updated by Kco17 with current news) - mptnstr@44 - 12-19-2012 10:29 AM MHver3 @MHver3 Cincy and Uconn both assured an ACC invite and are fully expecting to be in the ACC by 2014 RE: Realignment News (First Post will be updated by Kco17 with current news) - Kco17 - 12-19-2012 10:48 AM Just combining the two previous posts from Jackie Treehorn and mptnstr@44 FWIW, Jack Swarbick claims ACC safe for now from B10 raids: (H/T: Jackie Treehorn) http://t.co/GLIRtm6r MHver3 @MHver3 Cincy and Uconn both assured an ACC invite and are fully expecting to be in the ACC by 2014 (H/T: mptnstr@44) I'd take the MHver3 tweet with a grain of salt. He is a known instigator and receives a free WVU scout membership for driving site traffic. @dennisdoddcbs Big East contacts Fresno, UNLV http://www.cbssports.com/collegefootball/blog/dennis-dodd/21425151/big-east-contacts-fresno-state-and-unlv-about-joining-in-football RE: Realignment News (First Post will be updated by Kco17 with current news) - Nellie - 12-21-2012 05:20 PM Three sources told me today that Boise's depature from the Big East is inevitable. “I would be shocked if it didn’t happen.” Very recent tweet from Thamel. RE: Realignment News (First Post will be updated by Kco17 with current news) - JackieTreehorn - 12-21-2012 09:51 PM Thamel's SI article: http://t.co/V5mPADOW RE: Realignment News (First Post will be updated by Kco17 with current news) - Cat-Man - 12-22-2012 11:21 AM Reports: Boise State reconsiders joining Big East 12/21/12 at 9:45pm by dclark0Comments Boise State and the Mountain West are having ongoing discussions about the Broncos staying in the conference instead of leaving for the Big East in fall 2013, ESPN.com’s Andy Katz reported Friday night, citing a source with direct knowledge of the situation. From Katz: The source said the focus of the Mountain West is to lure the Broncos back in light of the Big East shakeup that has seen Louisville and Rutgers commit to leave the league for the ACC and the Big Ten, respectively, in 2014, and then the potential devaluing of the television deal with seven Catholic-based non-FBS schools announcing a split as late as June 30, 2015. CBSSports.com’s Dennis Dodd reported Friday that Boise State could be forced to choose between the two conferences because the Mountain West and CBS have agreed to restructure their television deal. Dodd cited anonymous sources. From Dodd: The deal could allow the conference to become the dominant non-BCS league going forward in the playoff era. That would put the future of the Big East football schools as a conference in further question and force Big East linchpin Boise State to make almost an immediate choice on its conference future. The new deal does not lengthen the agreement — which expires with the 2015-16 academic year — but allows the MWC more leeway in earning power. CBS will continue as the primary rightsholder and have priority picks but the Mountain West will have the right to sell packages of games to two additional networks. The number of priority picks is not known. After that, the new rightsholder and CBS will alternate picks when selecting games. RE: Realignment News (First Post will be updated by Kco17 with current news) - Kco17 - 12-31-2012 03:51 PM Boise State remains in MWC http://espn.go.com/college-sports/story/_/id/8796807/boise-state-broncos-staying-mountain-west-conference-all Boise State will remain a member of the Mountain West Conference and will not join the Big East in 2013. The Broncos' decision, confirmed in news releases by the the school and Mountain West on Monday, is the latest crippling blow to the Big East Conference, which has had 14 schools announce they were leaving the league in the past two years. "As I've stated many times, I have had the utmost trust that the university would make the right decision in what is best for Bronco football and all our sports at Boise State," footballl coach Chris Petersen said in the statement. "This innovative proposal to get football the maximum exposure on national television will be a tremendous boost to our program as we continue to grow the Bronco brand. The Broncos will remain a Mountain West member in all sports instead of joining the Big East next year as a football-only member and the Big West in all other sports. Big East blog ESPN.com's Andrea Adelson writes about all things Big East in the conference blog. • Blog network: College Football Nation "The football programs in the Mountain West Conference continue to get stronger and we look forward to the challenge and competing in a strong league for many years to come," Peterson said. Without Boise State plus the announcement that the league's seven Catholic basketball schools -- DePaul, Georgetown, Marquette, Providence, St. John's, Seton Hall and Villanova -- are leaving the league, the Big East's future membership remains in flux. A source with direct knowledge said there is a tentative in person meeting of the seven presidents of the departing Catholic Big East schools for Friday. Discussing exit fees and when to form the new conference are high on the agenda, as well as designating a point person. Although Boise State never spent a day in the Big East, the Broncos still must pay a $5 million exit fee to the Big East; Boise State officials said there are contract provisions that could lower that amount. The Mountain West is expected to help pay that fee, sources said. As devastating as Boise State's decision is to the Big East, it's just as big a boost to the future of the Mountain West. "Maintaining the Broncos program as part of the already solid foundation we have established creates a posture of great stability for the Mountain West going forward," commissioner Craig Thompson said in the statement. "It also enhances the conference's competitive and marketplace platforms, positioning us favorably in the evolving FBS landscape." With Boise State remaining in the MWC, the league will have 11 football members in 2013: Air Force, Boise State, Colorado State, Fresno State, Hawaii, Nevada, New Mexico, San Jose State, UNLV, Utah State and Wyoming. Boise State's decision also will impact the Mountain West's television deal. Last week, the MWC and CBS agreed to restructure their deal, which will allow the Mountain West to sell packages to two other networks. With Boise State remaining, the value of the MWC's deal could increase to at least $25 million, sources told ESPN. Meanwhile, the Big East still tries to negotiate its new media-rights deal the league's basketball deal will expire after this season, and the football deal will expire after the 2013-14 season with an uncertain future. In November, the Big East announced Boise State would be in the league's West division along with San Diego State, Houston, Memphis, SMU and Temple. The East division: Louisville, Rutgers, Cincinnati, UConn, South Florida and UCF. It's unknown now whether the Big East will keep the two-division format next season with only 11 members in 2013. The Big East also could lose another member, as San Diego State may return to the Mountain West. With Boise State remaining in the Mountain West, the Aztecs' Big East contract allows them to withdraw from the Big East without paying an exit fee if there is no other Big East member located west of the Rocky Mountains. A Mountain West conference source with knowledge of the situation said San Diego State wants back in the Mountain West, but the league is holding up the process as it decides whether there is a better fit than the Aztecs and if there is a school that can deliver more value. The source said if SDSU returns to the Mountain West, the Aztecs would have to come back on the conference's terms. San Diego State was the first school to make the Big East-Big West move in trying to get the rest of its sports in the California and Hawaii-based conference. SDSU helped get Boise State into the Big West, too, once the Broncos made the same move. Yet, there has always been a concern at San Diego State in men's basketball as to how the Aztecs would handle going from playing multiple ranked teams in the Mountain West at a sold-out Viejas Arena to Big West teams that are much lower in the power ratings. Boise State initially was sought after by the Big East to help bolster its football product after the losses of West Virginia and TCU to the Big 12. Since Petersen became the Broncos' coach in 2006, Boise State is 84-8, finishing with four top-10 Associated Press rankings in the past seven seasons. While Boise State was trying to decide between the MWC and Big East, sources told ESPN that the Broncos were trying to get either league to allow Boise State to retain its home television rights. Such an arrangement is unheard of for a conference member. No school in any FBS conference retains its home television rights. With neither conference agreeing to that arrangement, Boise State ultimately chose to remain in the Mountain West because of the MWC's geographic proximity and stability as well as the Big East's instability. Boise State initially signed a contract on Dec. 7, 2011, to join the Big East on July 1, 2013. At the time, Boise State president Robert Kustra said: "We've made the commitment to the Big East. I like the idea of introducing Boise State's brand of football east of the Mississippi. This will be the only conference in four time zones from coast to coast. That is very appealing to us. We intend to stay." Yet during the next several months, Boise State continued to reconsider its decision. In May, Boise State athletic director Mark Coyle met with officials from the Mountain West and MWC member schools in Boise. The Broncos also waited until literally the last minute on June 30 to formally withdraw from the league -- nearly seven months after signing to join the Big East. In November, ESPN reported Boise State was still reconsidering its decision to join the Big East and discussing the possibility with the MWC. Boise State becomes the second school to announce it was joining the Big East only to change its mind and never play in the Big East. TCU also planned to join the Big East but instead paid an exit fee and joined the Big 12. Besides the possibility of losing San Diego State, sources told ESPN that Houston and SMU, scheduled to join the Big East next season, are among four possible teams the Mountain West may target along with Tulsa and UTEP. The Mountain West will look to add a 12th member by 2014, sources said. Louisville (to the ACC) and Rutgers (Big Ten) are leaving the Big East, most likely in 2014. The Big East will add East Carolina and Tulane in 2014 as replacements for UL and RU, while Navy is scheduled to join in 2015. However, Navy may now be wavering. Navy athletic director Chet Gladchuk told the Baltimore Sun on Dec. 13 that Navy "will take a real hard look at what's left standing" before deciding whether to join the Big East RE: Realignment News (First Post will be updated by Kco17 with current news) - Bearcat_Bounce - 12-31-2012 07:58 PM Jeremy Fowler @JFowlerCBS With crippled Big East, maybe MWC will think big and go after Cincinnati. Not sure if that even works logistically, just throwing it out https://twitter.com/JFowlerCBS/status/285870027234746368 RE: Realignment News (First Post will be updated by Kco17 with current news) - Kco17 - 01-04-2013 12:36 PM http://www.mwcconnection.com/2013/1/4/3835688/reports-byu-close-to-returning-to-mountain-west The old adage "Where there's smoke, there's fire" is certainly applicable today as several unconfirmed items have popped up on the internet regarding the return of the Brigham Young Cougars to the Mountain West Conference. Message board posts are claiming to have heard reports from KVOR 740 AM in Colorado Springs, Colo. and ESPN Radio The Team (104.1 FM) in Albuquerque stating that the MWC and BYU Cougars are in talks for the return of the Provo, Utah-based school to the MWC. The comments coming from KVOR-AM reportedly come from the Air Force Falcons' play-by-play man, Jim Arthur. The rumors say that an announcement is coming within weeks. But remember, the San Diego St. Aztecs have an exclusive window that lasts until until January to re-apply for admission to the MWC. So those times don't jibe. Also, this cryptic Twitter from West Coast Conference commissioner Jamie Zaninovich: "We will continue to monitor landscape" now replaced w/"we will do what is in best interest of (name here) University." #GreatJobBadBusiness" What does it all mean? We're not even sure over here at MW Connection. As always, stay tuned... RE: Realignment News (First Post will be updated by Kco17 with current news) - mptnstr@44 - 01-04-2013 12:39 PM https://mobile.twitter.com/WCC_Commish/s...0608359425 Tweet from WCC commisioner just 30 mins. ago. Reports from Espn radio and Colorado Springs and Albuquerque radio stations that BYU is close to joining in all-sports to the MWC. RE: Realignment News (First Post will be updated by Kco17 with current news) - mbl95 - 01-04-2013 01:50 PM (01-04-2013 12:39 PM)mptnstr@44 Wrote: https://mobile.twitter.com/WCC_Commish/s...0608359425 Aresco is failing miserably. While you can't blame the Notre Dame, Rutgers and UofL defections on "him", he certainly seems to have completey failed to sell whatever "vision" he's being paid over $1M+ to create for the BEast to everyone else involved related to the TV revenue opportunities, etc. He's moved to bring in Tulane and ECU....triggering the complete implosion of the basketball side and has now been "outflanked" by the MWC by not getting creative on revenue distrubition. Unless UC really knows something about the ACC that others aren't leaking (doubtful), the best option for us may be to try and partner w/ someone to be an "eastern" front for the new MWC...on a football only basis and then keep everything else w/ the C7., RE: Realignment News (First Post will be updated by Kco17 with current news) - Kco17 - 01-04-2013 02:50 PM (01-04-2013 01:50 PM)mbl95 Wrote:(01-04-2013 12:39 PM)mptnstr@44 Wrote: https://mobile.twitter.com/WCC_Commish/s...0608359425 Please don't post opinions in this thread. Create a new one below or use an existing in the general area. RE: Realignment News (First Post will be updated by Kco17 with current news) - Nellie - 01-07-2013 10:50 AM Brett McMurphy @McMurphyESPN Big East may next target UMass & Tulsa @ESPNAndyKatz reports http://es.pn/Wo3CGx RE: Realignment News (First Post will be updated by Kco17 with current news) - CliftonAve - 01-09-2013 08:52 PM Sounds like Tulsa is will be added very soon... The Big East will make a serious push to keeping San Diego State as a member in football and it will also focus on adding Tulsa as member in all sports according to sources familiar with the overall planning the conference is making to restructure its future. Big East commissioner Mike Aresco will meet with Big East Presidents and Athletic Directors at an airport hotel in Dallas on Friday to discuss the overall strategy. http://ajerseyguy.com/ RE: Realignment News (First Post will be updated by Kco17 with current news) - eroc - 01-14-2013 12:26 PM ACC to looking into launching its own network: http://www.sportsbusinessdaily.com/Journal/Issues/2013/01/14/Colleges/ACC.aspx Quote:ACC panel will study whether to launch net RE: Realignment News (First Post will be updated by Kco17 with current news) - CliftonAve - 01-16-2013 10:51 AM Officially set to be announced.... John Martin @JohnMartinCA RT @blauds: Big East and San Diego State ready for mutual announcement to go separate ways -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |