(04-16-2019 08:56 AM)panite Wrote:  Temple doesn't have to worry about defections. The B12 isn't expanding nor is it blowing up. Texas and Oklahoma are staying as the king pins. Tech, OK St, and Kansas give the conference a solid core behind them with a combination of FB and BB - (Kansas with BB). WV has decent FB and BB, Iowa St has good BB with renewed FB, Baylor has women's BB, TCU has good FB now with good baseball, and Kansas St has decent FB and just made the NCAA dance in BB. No one is leaving and ESPN will pay the conference to stay together like they did the last time the conference talked expansion.

Yeah, maybe. But only maybe. I can't imagine handing out Millions of dollars for nothing. There at least had to be a chance of something happening.

Yeesh even if something does happen it won’t be for another SIX years that’s set in stone.

The flavor of the month expansion candidates today may not be the flavor of the month then.

(04-16-2019 10:12 AM)zoocrew Wrote:  Yeesh even if something does happen it won’t be for another SIX years that’s set in stone.

The flavor of the month expansion candidates today may not be the flavor of the month then.

I don't disagree there, but some were asked to take the risk. Others were not. Why is the money split 12 ways, but the risk isn't?

(04-16-2019 10:52 AM)Z-Fly Wrote:  

(04-16-2019 10:12 AM)zoocrew Wrote:  Yeesh even if something does happen it won’t be for another SIX years that’s set in stone.

The flavor of the month expansion candidates today may not be the flavor of the month then.

I don't disagree there, but some were asked to take the risk. Others were not. Why is the money split 12 ways, but the risk isn't?

Oh no I’m with you there if I’m: UCF, USF, Cincy, UConn, Temple, Memphis, Houston Im not locking myself in for 12 years for an extra 2 mil. A GOR is for a conference making you big bucks not for a tweener conference.

But all I’m saying is in 6 years who’s to say East Carolina isn’t back to its football height? What if Penny Hardaway and Aaron Mckie get Memphis and Temple back to being national contenders on a yearly basis again? It wasn’t long ago that Temple>Nova and Memphis>Tennessee. What if the new Cincy b-ball coach sucks and Luke Fickell leaves?

Literally any of that is very possible and I’m sure every school will have its ups and downs in the next 6 years.

(04-16-2019 11:03 AM)zoocrew Wrote:  

(04-16-2019 10:52 AM)Z-Fly Wrote:  

(04-16-2019 10:12 AM)zoocrew Wrote:  Yeesh even if something does happen it won’t be for another SIX years that’s set in stone.

The flavor of the month expansion candidates today may not be the flavor of the month then.

I don't disagree there, but some were asked to take the risk. Others were not. Why is the money split 12 ways, but the risk isn't?

Oh no I’m with you there if I’m: UCF, USF, Cincy, UConn, Temple, Memphis, Houston Im not locking myself in for 12 years for an extra 2 mil. A GOR is for a conference making you big bucks not for a tweener conference.

But all I’m saying is in 6 years who’s to say East Carolina isn’t back to its football height? What if Penny Hardaway and Aaron Mckie get Memphis and Temple back to being national contenders on a yearly basis again? It wasn’t long ago that Temple>Nova and Memphis>Tennessee. What if the new Cincy b-ball coach sucks and Luke Fickell leaves?

Literally any of that is very possible and I’m sure every school will have its ups and downs in the next 6 years.

No disagreements there. I've been on this roller coaster long enough to know better. 10 years ago I was just like KNIGHTTIME.

(04-16-2019 10:52 AM)Z-Fly Wrote:  

(04-16-2019 10:12 AM)zoocrew Wrote:  Yeesh even if something does happen it won’t be for another SIX years that’s set in stone.

The flavor of the month expansion candidates today may not be the flavor of the month then.

I don't disagree there, but some were asked to take the risk. Others were not. Why is the money split 12 ways, but the risk isn't?

Because risk is an intangible quality, difficult to precisely measure and quantify. Money is — by far — an easier commodity to split.

(04-16-2019 07:47 PM)Native Georgian Wrote:  

(04-16-2019 10:52 AM)Z-Fly Wrote:  

(04-16-2019 10:12 AM)zoocrew Wrote:  Yeesh even if something does happen it won’t be for another SIX years that’s set in stone.

The flavor of the month expansion candidates today may not be the flavor of the month then.

I don't disagree there, but some were asked to take the risk. Others were not. Why is the money split 12 ways, but the risk isn't?

Because risk is an intangible quality, difficult to precisely measure and quantify. Money is — by far — an easier commodity to split.

In said hypothetical scenario the risk would be slotted by a certain amount of money. Would it not then be tangible?

(04-16-2019 09:09 PM)Z-Fly Wrote:  

(04-16-2019 07:47 PM)Native Georgian Wrote:  

(04-16-2019 10:52 AM)Z-Fly Wrote:  

(04-16-2019 10:12 AM)zoocrew Wrote:  Yeesh even if something does happen it won’t be for another SIX years that’s set in stone.

The flavor of the month expansion candidates today may not be the flavor of the month then.

I don't disagree there, but some were asked to take the risk. Others were not. Why is the money split 12 ways, but the risk isn't?

Because risk is an intangible quality, difficult to precisely measure and quantify. Money is — by far — an easier commodity to split.

In said hypothetical scenario the risk would be slotted by a certain amount of money. Would it not then be tangible?

Then it’s a question of negotiating what that “certain amount” is.