(02-22-2012 02:29 PM)HawaiiMongoose Wrote:  The Alliance forced the Big East's hand by making its move on Temple. The Alliance organizers are trying to convince the potential members to sign their TV rights over to the conference, a la the Big 12, and if Temple were to do so it would effectively take away the Big East's best backfill option if Louisville were to leave.

I'm struggling to believe ECU really wants to sign our rights away to a league with zero real eastern presence and a completely unknown TV value.

(02-22-2012 02:32 PM)b0ndsj0ns Wrote:  

(02-22-2012 02:29 PM)HawaiiMongoose Wrote:  The Alliance forced the Big East's hand by making its move on Temple. The Alliance organizers are trying to convince the potential members to sign their TV rights over to the conference, a la the Big 12, and if Temple were to do so it would effectively take away the Big East's best backfill option if Louisville were to leave.

I'm struggling to believe ECU really wants to sign our rights away to a league with zero real eastern presence and a completely unknown TV value.

I think that ECU is one that is pushing it quite frankly. They kinow they have 0 chance probably to go anywhere- so they want to lock everyone else in as well.

It will come down to that moment when a major broadcaster says they will give a very sweet deal to the Alliance in return for the alliance members signing over their tv rights to the alliance in order to collectively bargain.

It all depends on the difference of numbers between a contract for an Alliance with no signing of tv rights vs the numbers of a contract to the Alliance that has signed over tv rights.

(02-22-2012 02:34 PM)stever20 Wrote:  

(02-22-2012 02:32 PM)b0ndsj0ns Wrote:  

(02-22-2012 02:29 PM)HawaiiMongoose Wrote:  The Alliance forced the Big East's hand by making its move on Temple. The Alliance organizers are trying to convince the potential members to sign their TV rights over to the conference, a la the Big 12, and if Temple were to do so it would effectively take away the Big East's best backfill option if Louisville were to leave.

I'm struggling to believe ECU really wants to sign our rights away to a league with zero real eastern presence and a completely unknown TV value.

I think that ECU is one that is pushing it quite frankly. They kinow they have 0 chance probably to go anywhere- so they want to lock everyone else in as well.

There's no one there we really give a crap about being locked with except Marshall and USM, and they are as likely to get a call as we are. The rest of that bunch is just warm bodies to the majority of ECU fans (not necessarily saying that's my opinion). I guess assuming there was going to be a big bump in revenue for signing our rights over as opposed to not doing it then it might happen, but I don't think it's going to.

The thing that Temple going Big East does is eliminate really any shot of the alliance going into the Northeast. The only FBS schools in the Northeast now are UMass and Buffalo. That's it.

Heck- the only teams left on the eastern time zone in FBS currently:
Akron, Bowling Green, Kent St, Miami Ohio, Ohio U, C Michigan, E Michigan, Florida International, Florida Atlantic

(02-22-2012 02:45 PM)stever20 Wrote:  The thing that Temple going Big East does is eliminate really any shot of the alliance going into the Northeast. The only FBS schools in the Northeast now are UMass and Buffalo. That's it.

Heck- the only teams left on the eastern time zone in FBS currently:
Akron, Bowling Green, Kent St, Miami Ohio, Ohio U, C Michigan, E Michigan, Florida International, Florida Atlantic

Which is why Villanova's friends are no longer standing by them in blocking Temple.

(02-22-2012 02:45 PM)stever20 Wrote:  The thing that Temple going Big East does is eliminate really any shot of the alliance going into the Northeast. The only FBS schools in the Northeast now are UMass and Buffalo. That's it.

Heck- the only teams left on the eastern time zone in FBS currently:
Akron, Bowling Green, Kent St, Miami Ohio, Ohio U, C Michigan, E Michigan, Florida International, Florida Atlantic

True and the rumors prior to Temple going to the BE were that UMass might come to the Alliance with them plus 1 other MAC team. Don't know how close to reality that is or was. Also the F_U schools are known to be on the Alliance radar. Maybe now instead of one of either FIU/FAU it could be both.

1 other team in the NE that I failed to memtion- Army....

Temple to me is a huge non get for the Alliance. It was the 1 real hope on the east coast for relevancy that they could add.

(02-22-2012 02:49 PM)MinerInWisconsin Wrote:  

(02-22-2012 02:45 PM)stever20 Wrote:  The thing that Temple going Big East does is eliminate really any shot of the alliance going into the Northeast. The only FBS schools in the Northeast now are UMass and Buffalo. That's it.

Heck- the only teams left on the eastern time zone in FBS currently:
Akron, Bowling Green, Kent St, Miami Ohio, Ohio U, C Michigan, E Michigan, Florida International, Florida Atlantic

True and the rumors prior to Temple going to the BE were that UMass might come to the Alliance with them plus 1 other MAC team. Don't know how close to reality that is or was. Also the F_U schools are known to be on the Alliance radar. Maybe now instead of one of either FIU/FAU it could be both.

I think it may have to be both FIU/FAU.

(02-22-2012 02:50 PM)stever20 Wrote:  1 other team in the NE that I failed to memtion- Army....

Temple to me is a huge non get for the Alliance. It was the 1 real hope on the east coast for relevancy that they could add.

Absolutely. No denying that. Now if the Alliance could somehow get Army interested, which I doubt, that would remove some of the sting of not getting Temple.