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http://espn.go.com/college-sports/story/...ng-sources

"If the Big East loses two more schools to conference realignment, the league's seven-year media rights deal can be terminated, industry sources told ESPN."

So, I guess that's why this...
Navy to retain rights to home games through '17 in new Big East
http://www.cbssports.com/collegefootball...w-big-east

(03-19-2013 03:49 PM)WesternBlazer Wrote:  http://espn.go.com/college-sports/story/...ng-sources

"If the Big East loses two more schools to conference realignment, the league's seven-year media rights deal can be terminated, industry sources told ESPN."

So, I guess that's why this...
Navy to retain rights to home games through '17 in new Big East
http://www.cbssports.com/collegefootball...w-big-east

Oh well

Seems like overkill to type "Die Big East etc. etc."

Someone needs to raid the ACC soon so they can take UConn and Cincy from the Little Remainders.

Funny if we could re-recruit two defectors from those browner pastures.

UConn and Cincy are both actively trying to split from the American 12 or whatever the new conference will be called. They had a big discussion about this on the Herd yesterday.

If they had a chance they would leave so fast it would be like a Saturday morning cartoon when the character takes off so fast their hats remain in the air suspended where they once stood.

This is my favorite part.

Quote:NBC Sports Network's contract divided the league into Group A (Connecticut, Cincinnati, Houston and Temple) and Group B (the remaining members), sources said.

The media rights deal can be terminated if either two Group A schools leave or one Group A and one Group B school leave. If two Group B schools leave, the contract will be renegotiated, sources said. This does not include any schools that already have announced they are leaving, such as Louisville, Rutgers, Notre Dame, Pittsburgh or Syracuse.

So Memphis is a second class citizen behind Houston in their bright shiny new leaque

(03-20-2013 04:11 PM)Memphis Blazer Wrote:  This is my favorite part.

Quote:NBC Sports Network's contract divided the league into Group A (Connecticut, Cincinnati, Houston and Temple) and Group B (the remaining members), sources said.

The media rights deal can be terminated if either two Group A schools leave or one Group A and one Group B school leave. If two Group B schools leave, the contract will be renegotiated, sources said. This does not include any schools that already have announced they are leaving, such as Louisville, Rutgers, Notre Dame, Pittsburgh or Syracuse.

So Memphis is a second class citizen behind Houston in their bright shiny new leaque

That appear to be a slap at the longevity of the new Group A and the others in group b league...to funny...

(03-20-2013 04:11 PM)Memphis Blazer Wrote:  This is my favorite part.

Quote:NBC Sports Network's contract divided the league into Group A (Connecticut, Cincinnati, Houston and Temple) and Group B (the remaining members), sources said.

The media rights deal can be terminated if either two Group A schools leave or one Group A and one Group B school leave. If two Group B schools leave, the contract will be renegotiated, sources said. This does not include any schools that already have announced they are leaving, such as Louisville, Rutgers, Notre Dame, Pittsburgh or Syracuse.

So Memphis is a second class citizen behind Houston in their bright shiny new leaque

Well, in terms of football success at least, Memphis deserves to be behind Houston. Well behind.

Navy needs to tell them to shove off.

(03-20-2013 04:51 PM)ATTALLABLAZE Wrote:  Navy needs to tell them to shove off.

Navy got a sweet deal to keep their current contract unchanged. They get the benefits of conference affiliation without the harm of joining their contract.

I don't know what kind of pull we have, but I wish a few of us eastern schools (UAB, USM, Charlotte, Old Dominion) worked with the Atlantic-10 (UMass, VCU, St. Joes) to pull some of the Old Big East schools (UConn, Cinci, Temple, maybe USF and Memphis) into a hybrid conference that gives the ACC wannabe's a better basketball conference, a relatively equal football conference, and screws over the C*USA defectors.

(03-20-2013 05:59 PM)GreenMississippi Wrote:  

(03-20-2013 04:51 PM)ATTALLABLAZE Wrote:  Navy needs to tell them to shove off.

Navy got a sweet deal to keep their current contract unchanged. They get the benefits of conference affiliation without the harm of joining their contract.

I don't know what kind of pull we have, but I wish a few of us eastern schools (UAB, USM, Charlotte, Old Dominion) worked with the Atlantic-10 (UMass, VCU, St. Joes) to pull some of the Old Big East schools (UConn, Cinci, Temple, maybe USF and Memphis) into a hybrid conference that gives the ACC wannabe's a better basketball conference, a relatively equal football conference, and screws over the C*USA defectors.

Wouldn't we be a CUSA defector at that point as well?

(03-20-2013 07:13 PM)Memphis Blazer Wrote:  

(03-20-2013 05:59 PM)GreenMississippi Wrote:  

(03-20-2013 04:51 PM)ATTALLABLAZE Wrote:  Navy needs to tell them to shove off.

Navy got a sweet deal to keep their current contract unchanged. They get the benefits of conference affiliation without the harm of joining their contract.

I don't know what kind of pull we have, but I wish a few of us eastern schools (UAB, USM, Charlotte, Old Dominion) worked with the Atlantic-10 (UMass, VCU, St. Joes) to pull some of the Old Big East schools (UConn, Cinci, Temple, maybe USF and Memphis) into a hybrid conference that gives the ACC wannabe's a better basketball conference, a relatively equal football conference, and screws over the C*USA defectors.

Wouldn't we be a CUSA defector at that point as well?

We would be leaving the Sun Belt (my condolences to Rice and UTEP, I think the MWC would take them both... or at least UTEP).

Some of you keep saying Sun belt but we also poached teams from the WAC, A-10, and Colonial.

We need to stop bitching about where we are not and concentrate on being the best UAB we can be where we are or we will always stay where we are.

(03-21-2013 08:48 AM)ATTALLABLAZE Wrote:  Some of you keep saying Sun belt but we also poached teams from the WAC, A-10, and Colonial.

We need to stop bitching about where we are not and concentrate on being the best UAB we can be where we are or we will always stay where we are.

(03-21-2013 08:48 AM)ATTALLABLAZE Wrote:  Some of you keep saying Sun belt but we also poached teams from the WAC, A-10, and Colonial.

We need to stop bitching about where we are not and concentrate on being the best UAB we can be where we are or we will always stay where we are.

What he said...