Today, schools in the Big Ten and SEC are safe. Do you see a scenario where schools like Arkansas, Mississippi State and Iowa are kicked out for teams that Fox or ESPN value more highly, such as Florida State or Miami? — @BakerMeow
Attorneys for plaintiffs challenging the NCAA’s amateurism model are “salivating,” according to an industry source. “How can the schools possibly argue against the — that the players aren’t employees — after all this?” Will Alabama and Georgia accept the same SEC distributions in the 2030s as Mississippi State and Vanderbilt?
We couldn’t agree more, but they won’t need to “pony up” the $34 million exit fee to join the Pac-12 next season. When the Big East broke apart a decade ago, the basketball-playing schools — the so-called Catholic 7 — purchased the Big East name for their new league. Why don’t the remaining four Pac-12 schools bring on Army, UConn and UMass on a football-only basis to create a seven-team conference, while having the balance of the sports at the remaining four Pac-12 schools merge with the West Coast Conference? — Mark Klitgaard
The Pac-12 Network’s value lies in its distribution contracts, which expire next summer and won’t be renewed .Without a network of its own, the Mountain West would have no use for the equipment and technology.