Good analysis by an Omaha scribe:
Conference commissioners want TV sets more than trophy games. They want 24-hour programming on league networks and league championship games in new domes. They want to shower their schools with enough cash to build the next level of corporate suites.
The motives of conference expansion are rarely limited to the actual product on the field. That's why declaring winners and losers in the realignment game is tricky.
If Jim Delany is right about the East Coast media markets, then maybe adding lowly Rutgers was brilliant after all. If Missouri football drowns in the SEC sharkwaters, suddenly its promotion becomes a mistake.
But for now, with ACC schools relinquishing their media rights and potentially stopping the latest realignment spasm, let's take stock from a fan's standpoint. Let's ask a simple question: Of the five richest conferences, which have a better roster of schools than they did three years ago? (read more)
Conference commissioners want TV sets more than trophy games. They want 24-hour programming on league networks and league championship games in new domes. They want to shower their schools with enough cash to build the next level of corporate suites.
The motives of conference expansion are rarely limited to the actual product on the field. That's why declaring winners and losers in the realignment game is tricky.
If Jim Delany is right about the East Coast media markets, then maybe adding lowly Rutgers was brilliant after all. If Missouri football drowns in the SEC sharkwaters, suddenly its promotion becomes a mistake.
But for now, with ACC schools relinquishing their media rights and potentially stopping the latest realignment spasm, let's take stock from a fan's standpoint. Let's ask a simple question: Of the five richest conferences, which have a better roster of schools than they did three years ago? (read more)
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