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RE: Is the new Big 12 going to sign a new GOR?
(03-08-2022 11:42 PM)CarlSmithCenter Wrote: (03-08-2022 11:02 PM)Transic_nyc Wrote: (03-08-2022 03:46 PM)CarlSmithCenter Wrote: (03-08-2022 03:12 PM)Transic_nyc Wrote: (03-08-2022 01:04 PM)MattBrownEP Wrote: I would be absolutely SHOCKED if Big 12 schools agree to any sort of GOR agreement like the ACC currently has, even if TV partners ask for one. The extra few million isn't worth the flexibility that half of those schools are going to ask for.
The more interesting question, I think, is if the Pac-12 gets one.
Definitely! There's no telling how big the Big 2 could get. If the PAC signs a new deal and no one leaves then we'd know that things have settled for the next few years.
However...
I don't think the massive SEC-B1G expansion concept is out of the question, but a what point does a conference become too large? I mean, does anyone really want to see something like this:
SEC North: Kentucky, Vanderbilt, Tennessee, Virginia Tech, NC State.
SEC East: Florida State, Florida, Georgia, South Carolina, Clemson.
SEC South: LSU, Ole Miss, MSU, Bama, Auburn.
SEC West: Texas, A&M, OU, Mizzou, Arkansas.
B1G South: Georgia Tech, Duke, UNC, Virginia, Maryland
B1G East: Rutgers, Penn State, Ohio State, Michigan, Michigan State
B1G North: Indiana, Purdue, Illinois, Northwestern, Wisconsin.
B1G West: Iowa, Iowa State, Minnesota, Kansas, Nebraska.
ACC/Big XII: Syracuse, BC, Pitt, Wake, Miami, Louisville, Cincinnati, West Virginia, UCF, Houston, Baylor, Texas Tech, TCU, Oklahoma State, Kansas State, BYU.
Well, the SEC (and their patron, Disney) won't allow southern ACC programs to join the Big Ten. So that path is out of the question. My preference now would be building a true Eastern division by taking Pitt and Syracuse from the ACC. That makes the Big Ten a lot more comfortable for the Domers, especially if a West Coast division is built around USC, Oregon, Washington and Stanford. Only Kansas is needed for the plains division. Geographic contiguity is not as important as branding and content for streaming/new media.
East: Notre Dame, Penn State, Rutgers, Maryland, Pittsburgh, Syracuse
Mideast: Ohio State, Michigan State, Purdue, Indiana, Michigan, Illinois
Midwest: Kansas, Iowa, Nebraska, Minnesota, Wisconsin, Northwestern
West: Washington, Oregon, California, Stanford, Southern Cal, UCLA
Why would ESPN allow any ACC school, whether Syracuse, Pitt or the Southern schools, to join a league that it doesn’t control outright? A 24 team conference is far too large, but to indulge you hypothetical, why not just add the 6 PAC-12 schools you mentioned, as well as Colorado? Kansas
doesn’t add much and ND isn’t joining the B1G.
East: Penn State, Rutgers, Maryland, Ohio State, Michigan, Michigan State, Indiana.
Central: Purdue, Illinois, Wisconsin, Northwestern, Minnesota, Iowa, Nebraska.
West: Colorado, USC, UCLA, Stanford, Cal, Oregon, Washington.
This is the point people often miss or overlook entirely. I think we’ll see ESPN pay the ACC programs to stay under the ESPN banner when it comes time. Whether that be some conference reshuffling or not.
I think instead of Pac teams joining the Big Ten, some sort of media configuration will happen. It might develop into an eat what you kill scenario where UNC makes more than BC and USC more than Wazzou. BC doesn’t like it? They’re free to leave.
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