Voted to cancel the 2020 football season. I hate this for these athletes, its absolutely ridiculous.

Maybe when they restart next year they can change their name to the Big14?

I wonder if ESPN gave them permission to cancel, or if there will be a huge lawsuit.

(08-10-2020 10:48 AM)aardWolf Wrote:  I wonder if ESPN gave them permission to cancel, or if there will be a huge lawsuit.

The Big 10, or any conference for that matter, is not getting paid if they are not producing content. Why would they? ESPN has been struggling for years so they are not shelling out a hundred million+ to conference not producing revenue.

(08-10-2020 10:53 AM)SeñorTiger Wrote:  

(08-10-2020 10:48 AM)aardWolf Wrote:  I wonder if ESPN gave them permission to cancel, or if there will be a huge lawsuit.

The Big 10, or any conference for that matter, is not getting paid if they are not producing content. Why would they? ESPN has been struggling for years so they are not shelling out a hundred million+ to conference not producing revenue.

which is probably why this is occurring:

(08-10-2020 10:53 AM)SeñorTiger Wrote:  

(08-10-2020 10:48 AM)aardWolf Wrote:  I wonder if ESPN gave them permission to cancel, or if there will be a huge lawsuit.

The Big 10, or any conference for that matter, is not getting paid if they are not producing content. Why would they? ESPN has been struggling for years so they are not shelling out a hundred million+ to conference not producing revenue.

Of course, but them not playing also means a loss to ESPN. You'd have to assume ESPN was making more money off of them than they were paying out. Waiting for the lawsuit...

(08-10-2020 10:55 AM)BandwagonJumper Wrote:  

(08-10-2020 10:53 AM)SeñorTiger Wrote:  

(08-10-2020 10:48 AM)aardWolf Wrote:  I wonder if ESPN gave them permission to cancel, or if there will be a huge lawsuit.

The Big 10, or any conference for that matter, is not getting paid if they are not producing content. Why would they? ESPN has been struggling for years so they are not shelling out a hundred million+ to conference not producing revenue.

which is probably why this is occurring:

Memphis should be part of this, if it happens.

(08-10-2020 10:57 AM)aardWolf Wrote:  

(08-10-2020 10:53 AM)SeñorTiger Wrote:  

(08-10-2020 10:48 AM)aardWolf Wrote:  I wonder if ESPN gave them permission to cancel, or if there will be a huge lawsuit.

The Big 10, or any conference for that matter, is not getting paid if they are not producing content. Why would they? ESPN has been struggling for years so they are not shelling out a hundred million+ to conference not producing revenue.

Of course, but them not playing also means a loss to ESPN. You'd have to assume ESPN was making more money off of them than they were paying out. Waiting for the lawsuit...

I gotcha, suing for lost "profit" not suing so they do not have to pay the Big 10. I see what you were saying now.

What a joke

Let's see what happens. Could this deal be a positive for our Tigers, or will the season be cancelled? At this point I would not bet money either way.

College football alignment is about to change as we know it forever.

This will be the destruction of the power 5 alignment.

Many schools will eventually break away from the corrupt NCAA and form their own pay for play alignment division.

fyi, Dr. Rudd coming up shortly on 92.9

Uh oh, the dominos begin to fall

(08-10-2020 11:15 AM)Penny1 Wrote:  College football alignment is about to change as we know it forever.

This will be the destruction of the power 5 alignment.

Many schools will eventually break away from the corrupt NCAA and form their own pay for play alignment division.

Out of the Georgia lawsuit in the early 1980s that is what the P5 is now in football.

Basketball has not broken away, the NCAA owns the tournament.

(08-10-2020 11:10 AM)covingtontiger Wrote:  Let's see what happens. Could this deal be a positive for our Tigers, or will the season be cancelled? At this point I would not bet money either way.

I would bet the house on the season eventually getting cancelled even if it starts.

(08-10-2020 11:18 AM)k2tigers Wrote:  fyi, Dr. Rudd coming up shortly on 92.9

https://dailymemphian.com/section/sports...-on-having

Quote:Rudd says so far, university presidents across the AAC have remained unified in playing a fall season, but says the conference will review any concerns, specifically potential heart damage to athletes who contract the virus.

If this is the big conference shake up then feel good that the U of Memphis is in the best shape ever. But... if we don't get in this time we never will.

(08-10-2020 10:53 AM)SeñorTiger Wrote:  

(08-10-2020 10:48 AM)aardWolf Wrote:  I wonder if ESPN gave them permission to cancel, or if there will be a huge lawsuit.

The Big 10, or any conference for that matter, is not getting paid if they are not producing content. Why would they? ESPN has been struggling for years so they are not shelling out a hundred million+ to conference not producing revenue.

Which brings up the question I've been asking for month. Why has my tv package cost not decreased since ESPN is the largest cost of the package, and they have not been paying out their contracts for live events?

(08-10-2020 03:16 PM)Tiger87 Wrote:  

(08-10-2020 10:53 AM)SeñorTiger Wrote:  

(08-10-2020 10:48 AM)aardWolf Wrote:  I wonder if ESPN gave them permission to cancel, or if there will be a huge lawsuit.

The Big 10, or any conference for that matter, is not getting paid if they are not producing content. Why would they? ESPN has been struggling for years so they are not shelling out a hundred million+ to conference not producing revenue.

Which brings up the question I've been asking for month. Why has my tv package cost not decreased since ESPN is the largest cost of the package, and they have not been paying out their contracts for live events?

Maybe if people called in by the millions and demanded ESPN be pulled from their package, that would happen. It's my understanding that although there is nothing to watch, you're still getting ESPN.

Not so fast...

https://www.espn.com/college-football/st...ng-big-ten