It is not personal for me. I have the Gophers who are safely ensconced in the B1G in a major market like Minneapolis. They will be there at the end of the day. Personally, I think all markets that do not have an NFL team are at risk. The same media types who are driving the college sports bus basically want to match the financial return …
It is not personal for me. I have the Gophers who are safely ensconced in the B1G in a major market like Minneapolis. They will be there at the end of the day. Personally, I think all markets that do not have an NFL team are at risk. The same media types who are driving the college sports bus basically want to match the financial return of pro sports. That means a lot fewer teams so lower costs to cover the games with smaller conference / team payouts. 32 NFL teams = 32 college teams in the largest markets. That is what major media wants. Apparently, what they want they get. This is totally impersonal, just realistic. I wonder if the Ducks make the cut. I doubt it, to be honest, once Phil is gone to protect them
You do not understand my basic theory which is that the Media companies are running NCAA major sports using their money and programming. The NCAA is apparently willing to do whatever the Media companies tell them to do. They sure have not pushed back at all on these realignments, which they should have the power to do. The Media companies have the NFL in mind as a profit model which works. The Media companies want Saturdays to be as profitable as Sundays and so are orchestrating a two conference league from the largest and best programs. They want a team in each major market, where they make their big ad $$, and those markets have been defined over 100 years of pro football. So, look for the top tier college football league, the one that gets all the media coverage, to be in roughly the same market areas as the NFL. The Gophers are closest to the Minneapolis-St Paul metro market of the Vikings and so they will be a survivor even if not a Top 10 program. Wisconsin is in Madison, not Green Bay, but will also be a survivor representing the state, and so on. I was in Minnesota when the B1G seemingly without explanation, suddenly expanded east and picked up Rutgers (no sports powerhouse) and Maryland. That seemed such a stretch and there was a lot of writing on that at the time. Now we see the big plan was to create a national conference, in all the biggest northern markets, to compete with the SEC. This realignment (not done yet) has been in the works for decades.
Sure sounds like it personal to you as you can't stop taking potshots at U of O. I expect it will be a tough road for Ducks to win big and consistently in the Big 10. Again, not happy with the move. Very happy you live in AZ though. Please stay there.
It is not personal for me. I have the Gophers who are safely ensconced in the B1G in a major market like Minneapolis. They will be there at the end of the day. Personally, I think all markets that do not have an NFL team are at risk. The same media types who are driving the college sports bus basically want to match the financial return of pro sports. That means a lot fewer teams so lower costs to cover the games with smaller conference / team payouts. 32 NFL teams = 32 college teams in the largest markets. That is what major media wants. Apparently, what they want they get. This is totally impersonal, just realistic. I wonder if the Ducks make the cut. I doubt it, to be honest, once Phil is gone to protect them
The gophers will definitely not make the final 32 either
You do not understand my basic theory which is that the Media companies are running NCAA major sports using their money and programming. The NCAA is apparently willing to do whatever the Media companies tell them to do. They sure have not pushed back at all on these realignments, which they should have the power to do. The Media companies have the NFL in mind as a profit model which works. The Media companies want Saturdays to be as profitable as Sundays and so are orchestrating a two conference league from the largest and best programs. They want a team in each major market, where they make their big ad $$, and those markets have been defined over 100 years of pro football. So, look for the top tier college football league, the one that gets all the media coverage, to be in roughly the same market areas as the NFL. The Gophers are closest to the Minneapolis-St Paul metro market of the Vikings and so they will be a survivor even if not a Top 10 program. Wisconsin is in Madison, not Green Bay, but will also be a survivor representing the state, and so on. I was in Minnesota when the B1G seemingly without explanation, suddenly expanded east and picked up Rutgers (no sports powerhouse) and Maryland. That seemed such a stretch and there was a lot of writing on that at the time. Now we see the big plan was to create a national conference, in all the biggest northern markets, to compete with the SEC. This realignment (not done yet) has been in the works for decades.
Sure sounds like it personal to you as you can't stop taking potshots at U of O. I expect it will be a tough road for Ducks to win big and consistently in the Big 10. Again, not happy with the move. Very happy you live in AZ though. Please stay there.
Trust me, I will never live in California North, which is Oregon, ever again.
you're not alone...
Lol stay away.