(05-17-2019 08:13 AM)esayem Wrote:  

(05-17-2019 05:20 AM)RutgersGuy Wrote:  

(05-16-2019 11:39 PM)Wedge Wrote:  

(05-16-2019 10:18 PM)RutgersGuy Wrote:  Those who get paid to make these decisions and do this research all knew how much $ Rutgers was bringing to the table in cable subscribers. Thats why Delany and the B1G presidents pulled the trigger.

The maps don't matter. What you said in the quote above -- the cable box grab -- is why the Big Ten added Rutgers. The Big Ten had contracts with cable providers that gave them $ for every cable subscriber in any entire state that has at least one Big Ten team, and adding Rutgers was the ultimate exploitation of those cable contracts. Doesn't change the fact that Penn State and Notre Dame football have far more followers in both NYC and Philadelphia.

The map does matter, just because you don't understand how it works doesn't mean it doesn't matter. That higher carriage fee isn't just for the state of New Jersey, it's for the markets. So NYC and Philly both have to pay those higher BTN carriage fees now.

Also how is it a fact that Penn State and Notre Dame have larger followings in NYC? I'll give you PSU and Philly sure I don't even care enough to argue about that, but go ahead and show your work on how they have a bigger following in NYC. Rutgers alum dwarfs every other alumni group in NYC. Notre Dame? This isn't the 60's or even the 80's anymore. The working class Irish communities are all gone and even those folks don't root for the Fighting Irish anymore. You really have no idea what you're talking about when it comes to the tri-state area do you?

The Irish in Ireland still root for Notre Dame, does that count?