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RE: Rutgers $265M Debt to Be in the B1G
(09-09-2021 03:26 PM)TexanMark Wrote:  UT and OU are in a better bargaining position. Rutgers and Maryland were not as they had no other options.

Well IMO, if we look at the recent B1G additions - Nebraska, Maryland and Rutgers - only Rutgers was in a bad position, their AQ league was falling apart so they were truly desperate. In contrast, Nebraska left a stable Big 12 and Maryland left a stable ACC (their departures created instability in those leagues, but at the time they joined the B1G the leagues were fine, their power status unquestioned).

And yet the B1G treated all of them the same, including blue-blood Nebraska, with entrance fees and long probationary periods collecting partial money.

In contrast, IIRC, the SEC welcomed TAMU and Missouri in to the SEC with "open arms" - no entrance fees and immediate full shares - despite the fact that they were arguably in a weaker position than were UNL and Maryland, as by summer 2011 the Big 12 was looking very unstable.

So IMO, the SEC just appears to be an easier, no-hassle league to join - if they want you.
(This post was last modified: 09-10-2021 08:15 AM by quo vadis.)
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