(01-22-2023 12:29 PM)Skyhawk Wrote:  

(01-22-2023 10:44 AM)esayem Wrote:  

(01-22-2023 10:21 AM)Skyhawk Wrote:  

(01-22-2023 09:19 AM)esayem Wrote:  

(01-22-2023 08:59 AM)Skyhawk Wrote:  Well, Wake Forest would seem to have little chance of a B10 or SEC invite, but those other 5, could very well, once the GoR situation is addressed...

Addressed in what way? As in expire in 13 years? They all signed it.

You actually think adding five schools to the Big Ten is going to increase the media payout for every current school? That would mean every individual school is worth more than USC or UCLA.

As I think I mentioned to someone else on this board. That's not how it works.

media dollars have very little to do with an individual school's seeming "value".

it's about eyeballs. and do certain matchups bring eyeballs.

So it's accumulative.

more schools, equals more matchups, equals more eyeballs, equals more ad dollars.

Now there can be an issue of questioning how many schools in a conference is too many due to being unwieldy for the bureaucracy to handle. And conference members may question whether having more members reduces the value of their in-conference vote, or could negatively impact their ability to recruit, or whatever.

And for perception reasons, P5 conferences seem to tend to prefer to add schools at the top half of fbs.

But for media deals? In general, the more the merrier.

Content is king.

I don’t think that’s how it works otherwise Warren would have gotten his wish of more Pac schools. The proof is in the pudding.

lol - read all of my post, not just part of it.

"Now there can be an issue of questioning how many schools in a conference is too many due to being unwieldy for the bureaucracy to handle. And conference members may question whether having more members reduces the value of their in-conference vote, or could negatively impact their ability to recruit, or whatever."

Warren's issue wasn't the media deal - he pretty much shocked the world with that.

What was slowing down expansion for him, was internal B10 politics.

To add a school to the conference requires votes from the other schools.

And if you don't have the votes, you don't offer the invite.

It's just that simple.

I did read your post and it's just hypothetical conjecture. Just like everyone else that posts their predictions.

They don't have the numbers to increase membership with valuable programs in new markets out west where they are establishing a footprint, but you want me to believe they're going to bring in five schools from the ACC? This is the "masterplan"?