Us expanding would have done nothing for us and will still do nothing for us . Just more mouths to feed with our small TV share .
Short of Gonzaga (travel issues) or ND (if the ACC ever dissolves) there is no one that moves the needle.
Your point is once again pointless
You do realize there are no non-football schools outside of Gonzaga (with massive travel issues) worth adding, right? Anyone worthy of playing at the Big East level is already a member. We can’t just add mouths to feed and schools looking for a handout. Doing that is what had the C7 cut ties years ago!
Dayton 21st in attendance. They might be worth considering
But do they add any revenue or would they just add another slice to a pie that’s not getting any bigger?
Are they worth between at least $6 million and probably closer to $8-10 million per year in our next media rights deal?
It’s really worse when you think about it…1st and 2nd round games in Cleveland (3hr). Sweet 16 and elite 8 in Indianapolis (1hr 45min). Their fans could have driven to literally every game.
That would be dumb as they don’t add much media value. Clemson and FSU would be livid.
Stanford and Cal just add more travel expenses for all concerned. Stupid to do that which is why it will probably happen.
These mega-conferences will ultimately effect the non-revenue producing sports as the cost and travel will be insane. Hard enough to be a D1 student athlete; now you are going to have the volleyball, softball teams traveling cross country for a conference game.
They should have conferences solely for Football. Let all other sports be in normal conferences with logical, more regional conference mates (like the Big East) that also allows students, alumni and fans to attend contests. These mega conferences are going to collapse from their own greed and it’s going to be glorious to watch!
Like I said...ACC is now desperate...and desperate times call for desperate measures...some (many? most?) of which are poor ones...
I dont necessarily love the realignment either but this point, which is made a lot, is largely over blown and not really an issue.
Some leagues have gotten large enough that this issue will potentially resolve itself in one of two ways.
The difference is football plays once a week. Everyone else plays numerous times a week and traveling all over to all different times zones on a consistent basis will begin to take a toll, especially on the student athletes who also believe being a student is important.
I don’t think you understand the point
They do it for the OOC game’s mostly. Now you’re asking them to do it for the whole season. And there are added costs for sports that are already losing money.
What is the difference?
I don’t think you understand. Look at our southern neighbors for example. They are already hemorrhaging money and will now be spending more money they don’t have to send all of their teams to the west coast on a regular basis. They weren’t doing that before and they certainly weren’t doing it for every sport. Their closest conference mate is 4-5 hours away in Maryland, 8 hours for Penn State and save for possibly 1 or 2 others everyone else is in a different time zone. They gave up natural rivals like Temple and UMass to chase relevancy they will never achieve while their student-athletes now have to devote entire days to travel over an entire season instead of an occasional trip like that possibly once or twice a season if at all. It will start to take a toll on both their bodies and their academics.
It's not very little. Below is RU's Wresting schedule from last year:https://scarletknights.com/sports/wrestling/schedule/2022-23
What Big 10, SEC, Big 12 schools have their sports team playing regularly on the west coast?
All of them.
What are you talking about
Penn st women’s volleyball has played Oregon and Stanford alternating every year for years..that’s another example
If it takes you eight hours to get from Piscataway to State College, you're doing it wrong. According to Google Maps, it takes 3:46.
