BCS leagues expanding - yeah?

The Lawrence Journal-World with an explanation of the grant of rights and why the Big 12, Big Ten and Pac-12 aren't going to take teams from each other any time soon.

http://www2.kusports.com/news/2012/dec/07/deeper-look-big-12s-grant-rights-agreement-and-why/

 

I think the ACC is the weakest link. Most likely to lose teams to the SEC (Florida State, Miami or VT). Most likely to lose teams to the Big 10 - GT and maybe others. And with West Virginia in the Big 12 - Virginia and Virginia Tech could end up there too.

 

I don't think Virginia and Virginia Tech are quite as tied to the hip as people believe. The 2004 thing had as much to do with the ACC trying to lure Syracuse over Tech, and the people in Blacksburg and Richmond pitching a fit about it. If the B1G wants UVa and UVa wants to go, there's no way in hell anyone could get involved enough to force the B1G to take Tech, which doesn't fit the academic profile of what the B1G is looking for.

I also don't think Virginia is as insecure about the whole ACC just sucks up to the Carolina schools angle as Maryland is, but that's just my opinion.

That the ACC Council of Presidents saw fit to put out an e-mail of solidarity yesterday was a bit comical, though.

 

Eh, I would think Oklahoma, OSU, Kansas, K-State and West Virginia would be better targets than anyone in the ACC except maybe Pitt or Syracuse. I just think given the number of schools and the geography, the ACC would be harder to break up... unless the SEC tries to grab 4-6 of them at once as a package deal.

 

I think Richmond folk would be fine with UVa in the B1G if they were sold on the fact Tech would end up in the SEC. Tech at this point is too big of a deal to shut out of the picture, so I'd imagine that would happen.

 

Hoops-only schools dig through Big East manure pile, fail to locate pony.

http://m.espn.go.com/extra/ncaa/story?storyId=8735330

 

It really wouldn't be the end of the world if the basketball schools left to join the A-10 or become a separate league. Always seemed an uneasy mix of the two kinds of schools.

If a bunch of them joined the A-10, it has the potential to become a power conference. A conference is only as strong as it teams.

Then the others (Cincinnati, UConn, South Florida) could find new homes, the would-be newcomers can stay in C-USA and be done with it.

 

What is the size of the latest Big 12 television deal. I have read different reports but the internet article I saw reported that schools receive about $150M a year for Tier One and Tier Two rights. Texas, Okalhoma and Okalhoma State receive 20M off the top and the other schools share 13M.

I thought I had read elsewhere a new deal had been signed that would lead to equal revenue sharing and each school would get 20M.

Does anyone have details on the latest contract and if has been signed?

 

The new deal pays each school $20 million for 13 years. That's why they're in no rush to expand and split the same-sized pie 12 ways instead of 10.

 

$20 million per year per school. Contract signed in September.

http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2012-09-07/big-12-conference-signs-tv-contract-with-espn-fox-through-2025.html

Equal revenue sharing for Tier I and II rights was announced last year.

http://content.usatoday.com/communities/campusrivalry/post/2011/10/big-12-revenue-sharing-agreement-grant-broadcast-rights/1#.UMrBTKX2ETw

 

Unless the expansion teams -- Florida state? Georgia Tech? -- bring enough value that the TV pie grows with the added markets, a conference championship game, etc.

 

Even if they add two East Coast teams, a new Big XII title game is never leaving Dallas, and probably never leaving the JerryDome. Would they be ok knowing it's always Bevo's world?