06-08-2016, 02:53 PM | #11 |
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On ESPN radio last night, the one host who writes for the dallas morning news says he favors the Big 12 adding 4, but does not include BYU among those 4. It was Memphis, UCF, USF, and I believe Cincy.
The other host, Matt Moseley said he would prefer to add his "Mormon friends" in BYU. And they had a back and forth about why the other guy was opposed to BYU. Who quipped about not wanting to make plane trips to Provo, and cracks about not being able to drink soda in Provo. |
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06-15-2016, 06:25 PM | #13 |
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Most believe UCF's and USF's chances died with the announcement the league wasn't going to try to start a conference network. The Big 10 established the model of raking in the money through cable and satellite carriage fees. That model more or less means as long as you have a team in a major market you cash in on high carriage rates to carry the channel even if no one in that market cares about the local team (Hello Rutgers!). Without that, it reverts back to market size not mattering much if no one in the market cares about the team being added -- the WAC-16 for example. They added the Houston and DFW markets and every team in the league lost money because the schools in those markets had no following. It only split the same money among more teams.
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On behalf of all women we are boycotting BYU.
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