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ACC/ESPN deal, realignment. etc.

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How about a thread about FB and Athletics in general? And the Always-Sensitive Loyal One will attempt to avoid a litany of I told you so's - except for I TOLD YOU SO.

ACC/ESPN media deal assures that the current ACC is going nowhere. And if a couple of teams bolt, Memphis, Tulane and other AAC schools will be in line, resumes in hand.

OK, now what? the Pac is waiting on their media deal, and now apparently on the dual lawsuits, before attempting to entice another program to join as a full member. Texas State as we all know. Great. So, to beat a tired drum, where the F did our massive war chest go? And why does the poaching provision ($) matter so much? Did the Pac really bank on it being thrown out? WTF kind of strategy is that? More importantly, with the ACC deal our secret Memphis/Tulane scenario is now bye-bye, lawsuit or not.

Another thing, and this is a well-discussed topic elsewhere. The numbers on the magical media deal. If the Pac is worth $10M now (just a number, not a prediction), what do we want from a new member? Well they have to be worth at least $10M or it dilutes everyone else's share. OK, so for our coveted new member to enhance our media deal? Well, they have to be worth $18M to increase everyone else's share by a million. Get that math? Just something to ponder.......

Speaking of media deals, and just curiosity, not opinion. Wonder what we have or will have lined up for 2025. Heavy dose of the CW? Fine by me.

Finally, I'm thinking about maybe road tripping to the CSU game. Although this little bird in my head is emitting screeching warnings. Actually more like a flicker (woodpecker for you city folk) trying to bore a hole in my head. Why would that be? :)
 
How about a thread about FB and Athletics in general? And the Always-Sensitive Loyal One will attempt to avoid a litany of I told you so's - except for I TOLD YOU SO.

ACC/ESPN media deal assures that the current ACC is going nowhere. And if a couple of teams bolt, Memphis, Tulane and other AAC schools will be in line, resumes in hand.

OK, now what? the Pac is waiting on their media deal, and now apparently on the dual lawsuits, before attempting to entice another program to join as a full member. Texas State as we all know. Great. So, to beat a tired drum, where the F did our massive war chest go? And why does the poaching provision ($) matter so much? Did the Pac really bank on it being thrown out? WTF kind of strategy is that? More importantly, with the ACC deal our secret Memphis/Tulane scenario is now bye-bye, lawsuit or not.

Another thing, and this is a well-discussed topic elsewhere. The numbers on the magical media deal. If the Pac is worth $10M now (just a number, not a prediction), what do we want from a new member? Well they have to be worth at least $10M or it dilutes everyone else's share. OK, so for our coveted new member to enhance our media deal? Well, they have to be worth $18M to increase everyone else's share by a million. Get that math? Just something to ponder.......

Speaking of media deals, and just curiosity, not opinion. Wonder what we have or will have lined up for 2025. Heavy dose of the CW? Fine by me.

Finally, I'm thinking about maybe road tripping to the CSU game. Although this little bird in my head is emitting screeching warnings. Actually more like a flicker (woodpecker for you city folk) trying to bore a hole in my head. Why would that be? :)
I think the ACC could still implode. The ESPN announcement was (I believe this is correct) just THEIR option to extend. The 2036 date was already part of their original terrible deal signed while John Skipper was still running the network. He's been gone for years now.

If FSU or Clemson is successful is getting out, then that media deal might be dead. No? I hope they are successful. At least I think I hope...at this day and time. That's all I have to say about that
 
How about a thread about FB and Athletics in general? And the Always-Sensitive Loyal One will attempt to avoid a litany of I told you so's - except for I TOLD YOU SO.

ACC/ESPN media deal assures that the current ACC is going nowhere. And if a couple of teams bolt, Memphis, Tulane and other AAC schools will be in line, resumes in hand.

OK, now what? the Pac is waiting on their media deal, and now apparently on the dual lawsuits, before attempting to entice another program to join as a full member. Texas State as we all know. Great. So, to beat a tired drum, where the F did our massive war chest go? And why does the poaching provision ($) matter so much? Did the Pac really bank on it being thrown out? WTF kind of strategy is that? More importantly, with the ACC deal our secret Memphis/Tulane scenario is now bye-bye, lawsuit or not.

Another thing, and this is a well-discussed topic elsewhere. The numbers on the magical media deal. If the Pac is worth $10M now (just a number, not a prediction), what do we want from a new member? Well they have to be worth at least $10M or it dilutes everyone else's share. OK, so for our coveted new member to enhance our media deal? Well, they have to be worth $18M to increase everyone else's share by a million. Get that math? Just something to ponder.......

Speaking of media deals, and just curiosity, not opinion. Wonder what we have or will have lined up for 2025. Heavy dose of the CW? Fine by me.

Finally, I'm thinking about maybe road tripping to the CSU game. Although this little bird in my head is emitting screeching warnings. Actually more like a flicker (woodpecker for you city folk) trying to bore a hole in my head. Why would that be? :)
I think at best, this pushes the fight back a year. FSU and Clemson maybe pause their cases to see what happens and how much this new arrangement brings them. I think it’s pretty clear that they’ll still be way behind the Big Ten and SEC though, so they’ll continue to look for an escape. The only variable is how hard and how fast they want to get out.

In the end, I don’t care. WSU is already screwed, no matter how the ACC fiasco shakes out.
 
I think at best, this pushes the fight back a year. FSU and Clemson maybe pause their cases to see what happens and how much this new arrangement brings them. I think it’s pretty clear that they’ll still be way behind the Big Ten and SEC though, so they’ll continue to look for an escape. The only variable is how hard and how fast they want to get out.

In the end, I don’t care. WSU is already screwed, no matter how the ACC fiasco shakes out.
Yes we are. Couple of clips from our favorite misinformation sources (Wilner and Canzano) below. Calzano's commentary is a bit chilling, but nothing the intelligent ones among us (wait that would be ME) don't already know. The Pac's media value isn't shit. And Wilner's comment at the end - $9=10M to each school? Does that confirm that Gonzaga gets a full share of our FB media revenues?

Calzano:
"Many have presumed that the Pac-12 needs to add another school in order to finalize a media deal for the conference.

According to John Canzano, though, that might not be necessary. And it might not matter at all who the eighth football-sponsoring school is.

Pac-12 athletic directors met this week for a two-day summit and afterward one AD told Canzano, “The feedback we’re getting from prospective media partners is that there isn’t one expansion addition that clearly stands out above the others.”

That, Canzano writes, “meshes with what my media-world industry sources tell me, and it leads me to believe the Pac-12 could secure a media deal before knowing the last member.”

Per Jon Wilner of the Mercury News, the Pac-12 is currently believed to be eyeing a media deal that will provide an estimated $9-$10 million annually to each school in the conference."



 
Yes we are. Couple of clips from our favorite misinformation sources (Wilner and Canzano) below. Calzano's commentary is a bit chilling, but nothing the intelligent ones among us (wait that would be ME) don't already know. The Pac's media value isn't shit. And Wilner's comment at the end - $9=10M to each school? Does that confirm that Gonzaga gets a full share of our FB media revenues?

Calzano:
"Many have presumed that the Pac-12 needs to add another school in order to finalize a media deal for the conference.

According to John Canzano, though, that might not be necessary. And it might not matter at all who the eighth football-sponsoring school is.

Pac-12 athletic directors met this week for a two-day summit and afterward one AD told Canzano, “The feedback we’re getting from prospective media partners is that there isn’t one expansion addition that clearly stands out above the others.”

That, Canzano writes, “meshes with what my media-world industry sources tell me, and it leads me to believe the Pac-12 could secure a media deal before knowing the last member.”

Per Jon Wilner of the Mercury News, the Pac-12 is currently believed to be eyeing a media deal that will provide an estimated $9-$10 million annually to each school in the conference."



I think this echoes what many of us have been saying for months - there’s nobody out there who brings media value immediately. In fact, everyone just brings another mouth to feed, and diminishes the payout to the existing schools.
 
Yes we are. Couple of clips from our favorite misinformation sources (Wilner and Canzano) below. Calzano's commentary is a bit chilling, but nothing the intelligent ones among us (wait that would be ME) don't already know. The Pac's media value isn't shit. And Wilner's comment at the end - $9=10M to each school? Does that confirm that Gonzaga gets a full share of our FB media revenues?

Calzano:
"Many have presumed that the Pac-12 needs to add another school in order to finalize a media deal for the conference.

According to John Canzano, though, that might not be necessary. And it might not matter at all who the eighth football-sponsoring school is.

Pac-12 athletic directors met this week for a two-day summit and afterward one AD told Canzano, “The feedback we’re getting from prospective media partners is that there isn’t one expansion addition that clearly stands out above the others.”

That, Canzano writes, “meshes with what my media-world industry sources tell me, and it leads me to believe the Pac-12 could secure a media deal before knowing the last member.”

Per Jon Wilner of the Mercury News, the Pac-12 is currently believed to be eyeing a media deal that will provide an estimated $9-$10 million annually to each school in the conference."



Just curious-I mean asking for a friend......Do you even dislocate a shoulder trying to pat yourself on the back? Or maybe you throw your back out trying to bend over sharply to try tooting your own horn?
 
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Just curious-I mean asking for a friend......Do you even dislocate a shoulder trying to pat yourself on the back? Or maybe you throw your back out trying to bend over sharply to try tooting your own horn?
Figured you would catch that one! :) You intelligent people know that I just do that shit to be funny. After all, the Mighty One strives to entertain the masses.

Is your friend a decent-looking and fit mature woman? If so, tell her that I am still quite supple........and if her name is Gloria I am ready to book my flight to Colorado Springs. Where I was born. Maybe with her help I can be born again?
 
Figured you would catch that one! :) You intelligent people know that I just do that shit to be funny. After all, the Mighty One strives to entertain the masses.

Is your friend a decent-looking and fit mature woman? If so, tell her that I am still quite supple........and if her name is Gloria I am ready to book my flight to Colorado Springs. Where I was born. Maybe with her help I can be born again?
As do I.

Oh, yes, quite nice, except that she does have standards so that eliminates you. Well, actually her standards are pretty darn low, but that STILL eliminates you!!! :)
 
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