Delany on expansion

ColumbusHawk

ColumbusHawk

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Delany is right. "There are a lot of fans who look at it (expansion)differently than a conference commissioner might. They look at it more like a fantasy sports experience or Monopoly."

Boy, haven't we seen this with all the horse droppings about Missouri & Pittsburgh. I couldn't think of a better description than somebody's "fantasy sports experience."

Big Ten expansion not on radar, commissioner Jim Delany says - ESPN

http://espn.go.com/blog/bigten/post/_/id/35037/delany-on-b1g-we-have-what-we-want
 
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This is a topic that I never looked into too much even though it's been huge recently, so I don't know what I want the B10 to do. I agree that people are a little overzealous, or even nervous, about the whole thing as if it were a fantasy team. Everything I've read makes Delany seem like he's got his stuff together, I think that's reflected in the B10 in general. They talked about potentially providing players stipends but haven't jumped on to the expansion bandwagon, they may be making a good choice by not acting rashly.
 
The speculation about Texas A&M moving to the SEC was denied by the SEC before it was confirmed. So what the conference reps say and do may be true or they may have some discussions going on behind the scenes.

However, my guess is that Notre Dame is about the only team that would make the B10 think twice about expansion. But they have spurned the B10's advances before so there will be no more offers. ND would have to approach the B10 and they would have to share revenue equally.
 
HawkeyeDenis said:
The speculation about Texas A&M moving to the SEC was denied by the SEC before it was confirmed. So what the conference reps say and do may be true or they may have some discussions going on behind the scenes.

However, my guess is that Notre Dame is about the only team that would make the B10 think twice about expansion. But they have spurned the B10's advances before so there will be no more offers. ND would have to approach the B10 and they would have to share revenue equally.
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The big fallacy out there is that Notre Dame makes a ton of TV revenue. The football contract with NBC is valued by industry insiders to be about $10 million a year. In addition, the Irish receive about $1.6 million from ESPN for Big East basketball.

Notre Dame's television ratings have been dwindling for several years. The average Notre Dame game on NBC draws less than half the ratings that CBS and ABC average for their college football games.

The only time Notre Dame makes Big Ten money is if they go to a BCS game. Moving to the Big Ten makes financial sense.
 
I am selfish and wanted Mizzou in the BIG 10. I live in Columbia and really wanted the Hawks here for football and basketball. I guess my dreams have been shattered again, oh well.

AttackoftheHawks!!
 
People. You all have to understand we are dealing with advanced negotiations. These are extremely lucrative, extremely long-term contracts. Everyone is going to act like they could take or leave any deal. Well, at least if they are not Missou.
 
ColumbusHawk said:
The big fallacy out there is that Notre Dame makes a ton of TV revenue. The football contract with NBC is valued by industry insiders to be about $10 million a year. In addition, the Irish receive about $1.6 million from ESPN for Big East basketball.

Notre Dame's television ratings have been dwindling for several years. The average Notre Dame game on NBC draws less than half the ratings that CBS and ABC average for their college football games.

The only time Notre Dame makes Big Ten money is if they go to a BCS game. Moving to the Big Ten makes financial sense.
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That maybe true. But ND hasn't approached the B10 and they are about the only team that the B10 would add as the 13th team.
 
It is very simple. The only way another school gets added to the Big Ten is if their membership doesn't dilute the per school take from the Big Ten Network. It seems to me that ND may be the only school that would increase the value of the Big Ten Network by the requisite $13 million. Otherwise adding a school that only adds something less than $13 million only means a paycut for the existing 12 schools. How would any school benefit by taking a smaller cut of the pie relative to where they are presently at. For the Big Ten it truly is quality vs quantity.
 
As the saying goes, "It's better to not be married and wish you were than to be married and wish you weren't."

I'm all for expansion if and when the right opportunity presents itself. But I applaud for Delaney and the conference schools for staying out of the recent expansion fray. I absolutely believe that the Big Ten has a number of different expansion plans outlined and are probably reviewing/adjusting them all of the time as the landscape changes.

But I value quality and stability far more than quantity. Take advantage of the right opportunity when it comes your way, but don't expand just because it's in vogue.
 
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