(03-22-2018 01:06 PM)stever20 Wrote:  

(03-22-2018 01:00 PM)Bogg Wrote:  

(03-22-2018 12:54 PM)stever20 Wrote:  

(03-22-2018 12:52 PM)Bogg Wrote:  

(03-22-2018 12:45 PM)stever20 Wrote:  You do know there are 13 OOC games, so 6-7 are going to be theirs. While yes, there would be 4-5 dog games, there would also be 2-3 good OOC home games that would be for Fox.

...and so you're paying 12 teams for the same content you can get from 11 teams.

but given that you sub-license some stuff out(generally 2nd tier stuff)- you get a lot stronger programming.

Do you? 110 conference games versus 108 conference games plus 2-3 decent OOC games seems an awful lot like the same content, the second just gives a little more low-level stuff to sell, which you aren't making big money on anyway.

but then your top 1-2 teams aren't playing 2 games vs last 4 teams, and that helps you out as well. Makes the games you do have better. I mean look this year. Cincy instead of having to play Tulsa and Tulane a 2nd time got to play Wichita twice. I think TV folks like that a lot more.

You've got the analogy backward - neither Dayton nor Saint Louis (or Richmond or whoever) are spending entire seasons ranked and being discussed as options to prop up the Big East. They are "the last four teams" if the BE picks them up tomorrow. The best teams in the Big East already play each other twice, which seems to be a major negative in your opinion. Having to avoid the RPI grenades was/is an AAC problem.