Big Ten eyeing UNC, Kansas?

kmajhawk

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Supposedly national radio broadcaster Kevin Harlan spent time this afternoon discussing word he had received that UNC and Kansas U are looking into membership in the Big Ten. I did not hear it but someone who did e-mailed me. Harlan has Kansas roots and for the past 12 years has done play-by-play for CBS Sports' coverage of the NCAA Men's Basketball Championship, so he would appear to be plugged in, at least as far as basketball. According to his online bio, for the second consecutive year Harlan will serve as play-by-play announcer for the CBS Radio Network and WestwoodOne's coverage of the NCAA Division I Men's Basketball Regionals.

Omaha World Herald columnist Brad Dickson also apparently has heard the speculation (or perhaps he just heard Harlan):

Breaking Brad: Big Ten looking for more - Omaha.com

* The Big Ten, which just grew to 14 members, now reportedly may have its sights on Kansas and North Carolina. At this rate soon the Big Ten will have more members than the Longhorn Network has viewers.

Interesting. Thoughts?

 
I hate to say it...but I see myself watching less and less college sports if this **** continues.
 
I wouldn't mind UNC joining up, based strictly on selfish logistical reasons. It would be sweet to be within 2.5 hours of a Hokk road game every couple of years.
 
KU is not going to the Big 10. And I am in the camp that is sick of realignment and **** it all. I wish someone would just hit the reset button and return it to what it was 10 years ago.
 
Doublewide said:
KU is not going to the Big 10. And I am in the camp that is sick of realignment and **** it all. I wish someone would just hit the reset button and return it to what it was 10 years ago.
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If I was a fan of a team in a conference that lost four teams and picked up two lesser teams, I'd probably be pretty ticked, too.
 
It's not the corrupt NCAA that makes people not watch college sports anymore but teams changing conference. People are dumb.
 
Having UNC and KU join would be like going to a restaurant and ordering a grilled cheese.
Don't do it.
 
The driver in this would be the $$$, specifically revenues from the BTN and to a lesser degree shared bowl revenues. They would be leaving weakened conferences that increasingly can't compete, at least financially, with the super conferences.

Between UNC/KU and Rutgers/Maryland as additions to the B1G, I would have preferred the former for the basketball gravitas they would bring.

This still may happen. I can't imagine KU being happy with the realigned Big12. I have to think UNC leaving the ACC would be a harder sell.
 
kmajhawk said:
The driver in this would be the $$$, specifically revenues from the BTN and to a lesser degree shared bowl revenues. They would be leaving weakened conferences that increasingly can't compete, at least financially, with the super conferences.

Between UNC/KU and Rutgers/Maryland as additions to the B1G, I would have preferred the former for the basketball gravitas they would bring.

This still may happen. I can't imagine KU being happy with the realigned Big12. I have to think UNC leaving the ACC would be a harder sell.
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Ofc it is all about the money and that is why I do not take the KU rumors seriously. Two years ago when all this alignment started and the B12 was rumored to be dead no one wanted Kansas. The reason for that is the money is in football and Kansas does not have a big enough TV foot print to even pay for themselves.

The B1G revenue share is supposed to get up around 30 million per team. Adding Kansas will probably get you the Kansas City market, I do not have the actual numbers but lets say that gets the B1G an extra $15 million in Tier 1 fees. That means in order for Kansas to even pay for itself they need to generate an extra $15 million per year in other contract revenue. I think the contract with ESPN/ABC is up in 2016, I might be wrong on this.

The B1G passed on Missouri, that would have gotten them the St Louis and Kansas City market. If the B1G would pass on them why would they want Kansas?
 
Doublewide said:
KU is not going to the Big 10. And I am in the camp that is sick of realignment and **** it all. I wish someone would just hit the reset button and return it to what it was 10 years ago.
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Typical Cyclone fan, cherry-picking your number to take you back to the glory years of 2002 with Seneca Wallace. </sarcasm>
 
bcl20 said:
It's not the corrupt NCAA that makes people not watch college sports anymore but teams changing conference. People are dumb.
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no, it's the corrupt NCAA ... and the sooner the B1G can grow to 20 or so and rid itself of the NCAA, the better
 
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