I am at our summer home. Not in Arizona at the moment. I am guessing that this news has lit up the sports wire all over Phoenix in absolute shock and horror. For ASU/U-of-A NOT to play USC and UCLA every year, oh my heavens.
HJS, I don't necessarily agree that this is all doom and gloom for Boston College. But it doesn't look good, I agree with you. At this point, I think it would honest, okay even, if fans, boosters, and employed administrators affiliated with the athletic programs at the largest universities with the largest alumni base went on the record to say,
honesty {l Wrote}:look, we don't want to share the football $$$$$. Why should we share? No one gives a damn about Wake Forest football other than people who went to Wake Forest. They don't have enough alumni to "rate." So fuck'em. Who cares if they win every once in a while, no one watches them except to root against them when they are playing a school with a meaningfully large alumni base.
If an athletic conference sets up the rules to the broadcasting contract game in such a way that they can't lose the game [the way the B1G-T(14)N did] then the only thing that matters to get the tv $$$$$ is fannies in the seats in the living rooms watching the games. In that sense, the SEC and the B1G-T(14)N have the most clout. If you are on the outside looking in, it is more important to join those conferences (even if it means you will always lose.) I think that is why Nebraska is not regretting their move for even a second even though they can no longer win the way they once did.
That said, I am not sure that all the baby rapists have the largest undergraduate programs.
https://www.statista.com/statistics/917179/us-college-largest-on-campus-populations-undergraduate-enrollment/- Central Florida - 61,500
- Texas A&M - 56,000
- Florida Int University - 49,000
- Ohio State - 47,000
- ASU - 45,000
- Utah Valley University - 41,000
- Penn State - 41,000
- University of Texas - 40,000
- Houston - 39,000
- Michigan State - 38,000
- Rutgers 36,000
- U-of-A - 36,000 (including my daughter)
- Cal State - 35,000
- Minnesota - 35,000
- Texas at Arlington - 35,000
- Florida - 35,000
- Purdue - 35,000
- Cal State Northbridge - 35,000
- Kennesaw State - 34,000
BOLD - denotes baby rapist
hmmmmm..... USC, UCLA, Notre Dame, Alabama, LSU, Oregon, F$U, Clemson, Georgia, Michigan, Wisconsin, Oklahoma, and Tennessee didn't make the cut
Obviously (just looking at the numbers and the presumed largest numbers of LIVING ALUMNI watching games) for tv contract money, the B1G-T(14)N is where it at, followed by the SEC. What I find interesting thought is that Houston and Central Florida have massive numbers of alumni and they both joined the Big-XII. Neither are baby rapists. So its not always just math to determine the clout over tv contract size. There are other factors.
Feminism: Eve eats ALL the apples, gives God the middle finder when He confronts her, and has the serpent serve Adam with an injunction ordering him to stay away from her AND to provide her food and shelter because he dragged her out of the Garden.