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jon joseph's avatar

Good. I hope they lead the charge to bring suit against Carol Folt, USC, FOX, B1G commissioner, and big liar Kevin Warren and the B1G, a/k/a FOX, Inc.

Folt led the charge to kill taking in B12 orphans when she was playing footsie with the B1G The B12 should be gone as a P5 conference and we should have a Pac-20 with uneven revenue distributions, that the conference had before Larry changed to equal shares, and possibly the opportunity to keep the LA schools in the Pac.

The Pac-20 would be looking at a lot of CBB tournament shares if it didn't again shoot itself in the foot; this time by omission and academic snobbery.

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Pedro in Texas's avatar

I'm not sure what that suit would be. The fact remains that we are a free market society. And the timing did line up to be disadvantageous. Maybe the folks and entities you've listed were not always acting in good faith, but they didn't do anything to break contract much less something illegal.

The previous conference leadership has the most blame. Then Maybe the inability to discuss unequal distribution.

Why not let USC and UCLA get 60+ a year while OSU & WSU get 38? Everyone else falls in between.

38 is well above what anyone else outside of SEC and BIG are getting!!

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jon joseph's avatar

Pedro, great post but please see my above response.

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jon joseph's avatar

We no longer live in a world of caveat emptor and I believe SC and UCLA and FOX and the BIG along with its then commissioner committed fraud. Many CA statutes prohibit undisclosed dealings when you are in a partnership and 'lying' by omission or commission.

I also believe that CA state and federal racketeering charges (RICO) are available under both CA state and federal law.

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Pedro in Texas's avatar

Over my head...not going to pretend to understand RICO laws. Just casual observations from this bumpkin.

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jon joseph's avatar

Not over your head. Just simply part of what I did to make a living.

The suggestion to use RICO is borne out of my anger at how badly this conference has been mismanaged for well over a decade. You agree for no consideration to make the Rose Bowl the equivalent of the Peach Bowl? This was part of the first tragic mistake, agreeing with the SEC Commissioner that college football needed 1 true champion. The BCS monetized college football and made it the out-of-control behemoth it is today.

But anger is senseless and it leads to suggestions that folks in the academic world would never approve of. After all, not so long ago the president of Northwestern was in the same role at Oregon.

All the best. I always enjoy your comments.

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