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empedocles

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5. Big 10 has big tv markets, contracts, and prestige. Competition with SEC.

Reply to Auggie (Original post)

Thu Jun 30, 2022, 01:24 PM

Jun 2022

' . . . The move would mark the latest seismic shift in a college sports landscape that is changing faster than ever. It mirrors the size of Texas and Oklahoma leaving the Big 12 and joining the SEC in the near-future, and cements that geography is no longer an obstacle for schools to join conferences (what’s stopping Gonzaga from making the long-speculated move to the Big East, for example?) . . . '

https://www.nj.com/sports/2022/06/bombshell-usc-ucla-plan-to-join-big-ten-leave-pac-12-what-it-means-for-rutgers

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Source: USC, UCLA considering move from Pac-12 to Big Ten [View all] Auggie Jun 2022 OP

I heard that on the CBS Radio news too, or maybe the local CBS radio station, WTOP. NT mahatmakanejeeves Jun 2022 #1

Newsflash from the Big 10 - we don't want you. LisaM Jun 2022 #2

so when did a sports league care bout the fans? rurallib Jun 2022 #7

money makes the world go around, the world go around, rurallib Jun 2022 #3

Yeah. Money is the motivation ... and it will probably happen. Auggie Jun 2022 #4

Big 10 has big tv markets, contracts, and prestige. Competition with SEC. empedocles Jun 2022 #5

So now the Big 10, with 14 teams currently, will have 16? rsdsharp Jun 2022 #6

Why? From the Big 10 perspective, not let SEC get a big jump. empedocles Jun 2022 #9

This message was self-deleted by its author empedocles Jun 2022 #8

From Matt Norlander via Twitter: Taylor Picker Jun 2022 #10

Thanks for sharing Auggie Jun 2022 #11

The Pac 10 and Pac 12 was nice while it lasted AZProgressive Jun 2022 #12

Really lessens the relevancy of the West Coast teams, you know? Auggie Jun 2022 #14

That was my first thought as well. Diamond_Dog Jul 2022 #16

Blow it all up caraher Jun 2022 #13

Well, the Big Ten logo makes mores sense now... Buckeye_Democrat Jul 2022 #15

You might need thicker sweaters come November, ladies. Buckeye_Democrat Jul 2022 #17

The Big Ten Championship Game remains in Indianapolis... Buckeye_Democrat Jul 2022 #18

Ah, yes ... playoffs! This should resurrect expansion talk again. Auggie Jul 2022 #19

Maybe... but the "blue blood" schools... Buckeye_Democrat Jul 2022 #20

The bigger pie: three "playoff" games (4 teams) vs eleven (12 teams) Auggie Jul 2022 #21

You're probably correct. Buckeye_Democrat Jul 2022 #22

Two divisions of ten teams would be nice and neat Auggie Jul 2022 #23

It would be more like an official merger... Buckeye_Democrat Jul 2022 #24