BCS leagues expanding - yeah?

I want to laugh at you.

But 20 years ago, we didn’t think newspapers were headed the way of newspapers.

 

ESPN as a unit should survive. Live sports is still going to be a desirable property. They can deliver eyeballs to a designated channel at a given time.

The question is how the next round of contract agreements are going to shake out, because nobody knows how the money is going to work yet. And they need to quit doing stupid shit like overpaying Pat McAfee.

 

Which is worse, overpaying McAfee or overexposing him? Seems like he's there to eat innings in the same manner that Stephen A. does. I don't know what the hell that thing was at the Bama game, but it is not needed.

 

WSU and OSU have prevailed in Round 1, the TRO was granted. Key provision under the TRO, for now all future decisions made by the Pac-12 members must be unanimous.

This stipulation protects Oregon State and Wazzu and is (IMHO) a great precedent. So even if the Traitorous 10 are granted future voting rights in the next round of legal proceedings, the judge can simply say, legal precedent has been established that all votes must be unanimous, and that condition still applies. Stare decisis (stand by things decided) is the friend of WSU and OSU here, big time.

The Traitorous 10 can try to vote to dissolve the conference and carve up the assets 12 ways but the vote would not unanimous so it can't happen. The mundane day-to-day decisions can still be made, however, because yes, there is conference business unrelated to the departures that must be resolved.

This is step one toward a settlement, which is the best outcome for all parties. An agreement will be forged regarding the assets and how much/what the departing members are legally entitled to receive, which is the right thing to do. OSU and Wazzu will maintain the rights to the Pac-12's name, intellectual property, future revenue, etc., going forward after 8/1/24, which is the right thing to do, since they never left and since schools no longer in the conference have no claim to revenue received after they left.

No one wants a court fight, especially the Big Ten, ACC and Big 12. They want their new members coming in clean, with no legal entanglements. And many of the Traitorous 10 want nothing to do with the discovery process, where e-mails, texts, phone records, etc., would probably embarrassingly determine they were double-dealing the entire time, looking to bail while pledging allegiance to the Pac-12 out of the other side of their mouths.

Once this process is done, Wazzu and OSU can move forward with the reverse merger with the MWC to form the reconstituted Pac-Whatever, which (IMHO) is clearly the best option going forward.

The most galling thing about today's procedure was the attorney for the Traitorous 10 claiming they needed conference money to assist in their transition to their new conferences. "Hey, we're leaving, and we want you to help pay for it."

Fuck those guys.

 

That’s really rich (so to speak) about the departing schools crying poor. Just use some of that bankroll from the new TV rights deal! Oh wait, several ex-PACs agreed to a fraction of the TV payouts …

I still think the PAC-12 presidents who balked at the Apple TV deal will look extremely foolish for that decision within the next five years. They could have been forward looking on media rights for about the same payouts they’re settling for now.

 

I mean, isn't Sunday Ticket on streaming?

 

I don't understand what you mean by precedent. Trial court decisions don't have precedent and can be reversed by an appellate court based on legal issues.

 

That’s not a primary source of revenue.

 

I'm not an attorney. It's common sense that future judges, seeing as how the primary case was adjudicated, might say, "That's a smart idea, the stipulation for unanimity" and keep the same stipulation.

 

Doesn't work that way. A trial court decision holds no precedent on an appeals court. The appeals court has to find a legal reason to overturn a trial court and the court might adopt the reasoning, but it is by no means bound by it. And no other trial court would be bound by it.

 

https://nevadasportsnet.com/news/re...y-considering-promotionrelegation-partnership

Interesting idea. Much like in non-North American soccer leagues or the equity leagues becoming popular in high schools.

 

If I’m a barely-hanging-on MWC school like New Mexico or UNLV, why do I want to agree to this and send my program further into oblivion?