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jon joseph's avatar

Come 2031, UCLA, Oregon, Rutgers, et al will be bringing in $100M per annum in media revenue with this number likely increased by schools in the CFB and CBB men's playoffs keeping more of what they earn. Walking from a streaming-only deal and less than $30M a year was a bad move? In what universe would UCLA opt for being a beta site for Apple instead of a member of the B1G?

But the travel! Oh my gosh! In the 1930's when Minnesota was on its 3-seasons in a row championship run, Minnesota traveled to Seattle to play Washington. The round trip took 8 days.

$10M a season to Cal is another example of the great state of California refusing to recognize that B1G time college sports is, a business and not a commonwealth.

Oregon is paying $30M, along with the other Pac-10 members, to subsidize two entities not deemed worthy by the marketplace. Further evidence of meritocracy disappearing.

Does the Ohio legislature require Ohio State to share revenue with the U of Ohio, Kent State, Bowling Green, Toledo, and Miami of Ohio? How about the College of Wooster and Wesleyan of Ohio? Of course not.

UCLA athletics will be covered in the B1G and promoted professionally by the B1G Ten Network and other media. Coverage that was absent from Larry's Loser Network. The B1G Media Days in July will be three days of coverage. Dan Lanning will have the floor on day three. The coverage on Larry's Loser Network ran for half a day.

UCLA, USC, UW, and Oregon are elevating from the minors to The Show. It may not be 'kind' but it is good business.

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John-Henry Cottrell's avatar

Nothing is screwing up college sports than casual fans.

No. College sports is not a business, it is a university with an athletics department attached to it. Certainly many private entities are making it a business, but the heart is the university, which most all are funded through taxpayer monies.

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jon joseph's avatar

D3, I agree is not a business. D1 CFB and Men's basketball are both businesses.

The NLRB, federal, and state courts, and state legislatures are in agreement.

Taxpayer money. You are in error. Needy and poorly administrated programs need state assistance. Oregon does not need government assistance.

FWIW, I've zealously followed CFB for 7 decades.

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John-Henry Cottrell's avatar

Almost half of the UO’s annual budget comes from two sources—student tuition and state government support. These two sources comprise the bulk of the UO’s Education and General (E&G) budget, which pays for the majority of the institution’s academic operating costs"

Straight from UO website

You really think they can do without that funding? 🤣🤣🤣

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jon joseph's avatar

Thanks for the clarification.

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Jack Bird's avatar

Oregon is fortunate too. Thanks to Phil Knight and other donors, other than the basketball arena, the facilities are paid for and are worth hundreds of millions of dollars. Many schools have to use a chunk of their revenue for debt service for facilities that Mr. Knight and others have generously donated to UO.

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Michael Bishop's avatar

You ignore history quite well

I must say sir

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jon joseph's avatar

I bemoan the history, at least the recent history, of The Pac-12.

The marketplace cares naught for history, cares naught for what you did for me yesterday.

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Guy Greco's avatar

Jon, if the LA schools hadn't bolted, there would not have been a streaming only TV offer.

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