Neutral site games

[wsudefense]

What a great idea lol.

ACC schools could play neutral-site events in Dallas due to Stanford, Cal move

Gathering East Coast and West Coast #ACC schools in Dallas shows how regional identity has vanished in college sports.

trojanswire.usatoday.com

 

[ttowncoug]

Sounds like that might be for "Olympic sports."

That said, I think a future ACC west invite should be on our wish list. Stan/Cal aren't going to want to be left out here alone. The ACC commish said they are now a national conference.

 

[roses04]

That's a great way to get more fan involvement. So, the only home games for Cal and Stanford will be Big Game.
This whole thing is making less sense every day.

 

[cr8zyncalif]

As though one of those games in Dallas would sell tons of tickets...or enable the bulk of either team's fans to attend...

Roses, you are completely correct.

 

[BSpike76]

As though one of those games in Dallas would sell tons of tickets...or enable the bulk of either team's fans to attend...

Roses, you are completely correct.

They should hold all Olympic sports, where ’Furd or Cal are “home” team in Dallas,to save travel.. As long as their bending over, why not?

Reading more of the article, it sounds like that’s exactly what they’re talking about. SMH

 

[BSpike76]

Love the comment about how wise PAC 12 leadership sounds every time they open their mouth.

 

[BSpike76]

Great for recruiting.” For away game we go to the east coast, for home games we “ get” to go to Dallas”.

 

[425cougfan]

Weren't Cal and Stanford refusing to travel to Texas not all that long ago? I know there was a state restriction on travel that would have applied to Cal -- unsure if it remains in effect -- but I thought they also just had some kind of policy on that aside from the California travel restrictions imposed by the state.

 

[Loyal Coug1]

Great for recruiting.” For away game we go to the east coast, for home games we “ get” to go to Dallas”.

F let's just join the Mtn West, take our lumps and get on with it.

 

[longtimecoug]

F let's just join the Mtn West, take our lumps and get on with it.

Not without doing due dillegence

 

[BSpike76]

Not without doing due dillegence

True, otherwise we could end up like Stanford and Cal.

 

[95coug]

Not without doing due dillegence

I think the biggest piece of that is figuring out if there’s a payday from the collapse of the conference and if so, how big. Divvying up the assets between us and OSU could be the best shot for both of us to pay off existing debt.

If we don’t end up with something from that, the direct financial consequences of the decreased revenue from moving to the MWC will be a serious issue.

Even if the assets and final leavings are only $40-50M, split between us and OSU that’s going to be 4-5 years (or more) worth of MWC media payout. And $40-50M is less than the lowest estimate I’ve seen. I think Wilner said up to $450M. Anything that gives WSU a payout greater than 80M…probably makes more sense to take the 1-time money and not make any moves until August 2.

 

[Coug90]

What a great idea lol.

ACC schools could play neutral-site events in Dallas due to Stanford, Cal move

Gathering East Coast and West Coast #ACC schools in Dallas shows how regional identity has vanished in college sports.

trojanswire.usatoday.com