Any truth to Ohio St trying to get at least 5 other Big Teams to play this fall
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guffus
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That story has been circulating on the internet for days now ever since the Big Ten officially announced there would be no football this fall.
But my assumption was always that this story was made up with no real sources really quoted.
In the end it don't matter. The Big Ten is done with football this fall.
But my assumption was always that this story was made up with no real sources really quoted.
In the end it don't matter. The Big Ten is done with football this fall.
This would be a pretty surprising development.
However, Ohio St is in a very unique position. The B1G needs them a lot more than they need the B1G. If they want to do their own thing this season the B1G would have to let them. Without the Buckeyes the conference isn't nationally relevant.
However, Ohio St is in a very unique position. The B1G needs them a lot more than they need the B1G. If they want to do their own thing this season the B1G would have to let them. Without the Buckeyes the conference isn't nationally relevant.
kicker22
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I agree...hypothetically if, and a huge IF, OSU and 5 or 6 other relevant (obviously omitting Nebby) programs within the conference were to go rogue would the Big Ten have the balls to kick them out of the conference. I mean sure there's money associated with the Big Ten and it being one of the most prestigious conferences in the nation, but would they still be in that position with a mass exodus of programs that defied them?
okeefe4prez
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Put yourself in the shoes of a network executive. The Big Ten sends you a default notice under your contract that says "hey, OSU, Iowa, PSU, Michigan, Wisconsin, Michigan State and Nebraska all bailed from our league, but fear not, we still have marquis games involving Purdue, Northwestern, Illinois, Minnesota, Indiana, Rutgers AND Maryland."
What economic value would games involving those teams bring in?
MelroseHawkins
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They need to seriously threaten to go on their own this season and you would see shit change. The BIG would get on the boat.
okeefe4prez
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I've never seen the contract between the B1G and the member institutions, but I would be absolutely shocked if it doesn't have some sort of exclusivity clause and revenue sharing clause in it that makes it completely foolish to try to make an end run around the conference. If you try to play without the conference, you will breach the exclusivity clause and there are probably draconian remedies for that, plus there is probably a requirement that all media rights revenue gets thrown into a pot and divided evenly. So if only 4 teams played, they would have to revenue share with everyone else and the media rights would be worth a fraction of a full share in a normal year.
AreWeThereYet
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There seems to be a movement within the Ohio State boosters, alumni, along with a few players and their parents to lobby for a season. I would be genuinely shocked if they actually got somewhere with it. They dramatically over-estimate their influence on university administrations and staff. It's also only part of the university alumni and I rather doubt others who do not share their political inclinations will be falling in line with their views on things.
Motigerhawk
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YES
MelroseHawkins
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Yea I wondered all that to but they aren't going to come down on Ohio St. Ohio St. is the bell cow of the conference. Texas of the Big 12. Ohio St. was proposing all the blue bloods in football in the conference play which was six teams. I think Ohio St, Iowa, Nebraska, Penn St, Wisconsin, I think Michigan and someone else. they were throwing that out there but didn't go anywhere, prob sec to what you point out. I figured that would kill it when I heard it.
okeefe4prez
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I think they would drop the hammer on OSU. At the end of the day, no matter what the blue blood programs or talking heads say, the big boys need the cannon fodder. They need content to sell to the networks for 13 weeks and if you just had a super conference of USC, ND, Bama, Clemson, FSU, LSU, Tejas, OU, etc., a bunch of teams would be .500 or worse and it would rub the allure off the programs.
