(11-11-2022 08:38 AM)PeteTheChop Wrote: ... when the Big Ten takes (arguably?) the two most valuable brands from its long-time Rose Bowl partner (with perhaps four additional Pac-1210 schools on tap), thus creating instability that continues to rattle the College Sports ecosystem?
It says that when two schools contact a conference to apply for membership, and the media partners say they will pay more on a per school basis if those two schools are in the conference, that those two schools are going to be accepted.
IOW, what we already knew. The surprise was that USC and UCLA decided that they wanted to go, not that the Big Ten accepted them when they made that decision.
Quote: Is it possible for Kevin Warren to be fully committed both to what's best (i.e., most lucrative) for his conference and what's best for the survival and success of an iconic event America has known and loved for so many years?
Is it possible for Kevin Warren to have two first priorities?
Uhhh .... no, that would not be how "priorities" work.
Is it possible for Kevin Warren to have more than one priority?
Obviously, it's just that one of them will be the first priority, and the lower level priorities will be contingent on not interfering with the first priority.
Quote: And, if the answer is no, what then happens to the Capital One Rose Bowl?
Very similar to what happens to the Rose Bowl if the two schools do not apply to leave the PAC ... because under the CFP12 system, a QF bowl can only have one affiliation exercised in any given year, so the "Big Ten contracted to meet the PAC" is gone, except possibly once in three years if the Rose Bowl's gets its preferred outcome (which has been public knowledge for a long while now).