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Yes, most of the markets you mentioned may have interests in more than one conference, but I was taking football-centric view which is why I put Big Ten and Maryland alongside Washington, DC. College park is only 15 miles from DC. No ACC school is that close. Please note that this listing of media m...

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Since football and media are the key drivers of realignment, here is a look at the US media markets from a football perspective. The Big Ten doubles up on SEC in this metric. The Top Fifty Media Markets in US 1. New York Big Ten 2. Los Angeles Big Ten 3. Chicago Big Ten 4. Philadelphia Big Ten 5. Da...

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Actually, only three of the 8 members of the old Southwest Conference are now in the SEC - Arkansas, Texas A&M and next year Texas.

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...of days long gone by

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True, but even after Calhoun departed in 2012 there have been zero games since then with Kevin Ollie and Dan Hurley. I don't expect to play them anytime soon even though it's only 55 miles from Kingston to Storrs. Yet in Baseball, just this century - since 2000, URI has played UCONN 37 times. That ...

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As of now, the big winner in the realignment game is the Big Ten with its reach as the first coast to coast conference with diversity that is unmatched by the other conference that aspires to super conference status, the SEC. Make no mistake the SEC is looking carefully at the Big Ten in shaping its...

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Having a weak Conference Commissioner spells disaster for the PAC 12 No Plan B No good media plan agreed upon Chaos https://www.yahoo.com/sports/pac-12-media-rights-disaster-131702685.html Things are happening so fast that you have to note the date and TIME of the news release. Unfortunately, this ...

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Was just listening to Andy Katz. Regarding the NCAAT, he made the point that with certain conferences expanding, it will be difficult to avoid 1st round tourney games from the same conference. He speculated the BIG could get tourney 12 bids on selection Sunday in the future. Another sucky unintende...

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Another nail in the PAC-12 coffin.

https://theathletic.com/4749263/2023/08 ... alignment/

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The folks in Waco, Provo and Ames have something against Morgantown? I’d take it any day over Lubbock, Stillwater or Manhattan. Arizona is joining, and they could add UConn and ASU… That would make 16. None of those 3 schools can make up for losing the ‘Horns, and the football group is definitely n...

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The big mistake that the PAC-12 made was to fight the loss of USC and, especially UCLA, on political grounds. They lost precious time and perspective on what should have been total focus on a future without those two schools. This was similar to the action that the Connecticut AG did in suing the AC...

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Why do you think URI will end up in the CAA? What factors lead you to believe that?

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The Colorado move just shows how important benjamins are to college athletics and dispels the allure of hanging out with elite institutions. What other explanation could there be given the visual of a Colorado alum packing up his RV and kids to visit sunny Silicon Valley or a game as opposed to pac...

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The Colorado move just shows how important benjamins are to college athletics and dispels the allure of hanging out with elite institutions. What other explanation could there be given the visual of a Colorado alum packing up his RV and kids to visit sunny Silicon Valley or a game as opposed to pack...

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It is now official, Colorado after 10 years in the PAC-12 will return to the Big 12 conference for the 2024-25 season.

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Not that I care weather they leave or not https://twitter.com/NautJuicer/status/1683638585281355776 I think you misinterpret this, since in my opinion it says more about Big 12 posturing than a UConn take down. Stung by the departure of Texas and Oklahoma, the Big 12 acted impulsively and took on n...

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Here is rough summary of the media payouts. The Big Ten payout data is for the previous deal, the new one effective in 2023 has not been officially inked given the move of the Big Ten commissioner to his a new position with the NFL Bears and some other game dates/timing controversies. When settled t...

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I don't doubt that the BE will expand with or without UConn. The only question is how many schools will they add, but other than long shot Gonzaga, there are no potential adds that significantly improve the brand attractiveness of the league. This is the issue. The conference is not opposed to expa...

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section(105) wrote: ↑9 months ago Bring back BC, Syracuse?

Media deals are driven by big-time football and while the ACC one, at $30 million per school, is not among the highest, it dwarfs what the BE now gets or is likely to get in the future. So why would BC and Syracuse even entertain such an idea???!!!

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I don't doubt that the BE will expand with or without UConn. The only question is how many schools will they add, but other than long shot Gonzaga, there are no potential adds that significantly improve the brand attractiveness of the league.

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Remember that the media increasingly is calling the shots on how conferences evolve. And to the media the key factors are brands, match-ups and windows. Conference attractiveness increases with more brands which provides more attractive match-ups, and the opportunity to occupy the most attractive vi...

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Yes, you are right, Jersey. When Nebraska joined the Big Ten it was a member of the AAU, but for some reason the school was ejected from the group in 2011. Yes crazy, very soon after their application was accepted, they were no longer part of the AAU once their membership was official and yes neith...

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Yes, you are right, Jersey. When Nebraska joined the Big Ten it was a member of the AAU, but for some reason the school was ejected from the group in 2011.

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For a little history. Once the Big Ten began to consider expansion beyond the ten member set-up, it established a policy that they would only expand into states that were contiguous to their current geographic footprint. This policy allowed them to admit Penn State since Pennsylvania bordered Ohio ...

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For a little history. Once the Big Ten began to consider expansion beyond the ten member set-up, it established a policy that they would only expand into states that were contiguous to their current geographic footprint. This policy allowed them to admit Penn State since Pennsylvania bordered Ohio a...

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And what makes UConn a bad prospect for the B10, but Rutgers was a good one. State Population with Rank New Jersey 9.3M 11th Connecticut 3.6M 29th Once the BIG added Rutgers, the NYC media market, and Maryland (Balt, DC) there is no desire or need for UConn. Also basketball is almost an afterthough...

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RF1 wrote: ↑9 months ago
Obadiah wrote: ↑9 months ago And what makes UConn a bad prospect for the B10, but Rutgers was a good one.

State Population with Rank
New Jersey 9.3M 11th
Connecticut 3.6M 29th

You forgot a few:

Nebraska: Population 1.9M, Rank 37th
Iowa: Population, 3.2M, Rank, 31st

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Interesting perspective in the article, but its last sentence is puzzling: The Aztecs’ best chance is still the Pac-12 but right now that league is not in a rush to add teams or even get its media rights deal done . I agree that the PAC-12 is the best bet for SDSU, but make no mistake the PAC-12 me...

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Interesting perspective in the article, but its last sentence is puzzling: The Aztecs’ best chance is still the Pac-12 but right now that league is not in a rush to add teams or even get its media rights deal done . I agree that the PAC-12 is the best bet for SDSU, but make no mistake the PAC-12 med...

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We spend $17,024 per student K-12. Only Alaska, Vermont, Connecticut, New Jersey, New York, Pennsylvania, Illinois, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, and Washington DC spend more per student. Are we getting the proper return on investment considering our fairly lofty investment? The following places li...

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On both factors, expenditures per capita and expenditures per student, Connecticut ranks the highest in New England. Mass is next best, then Vermont. Maine and New Hampshire also show poor ranking, but Rhode Island is last in both categories. Also must caution that simple metric of expenditures per ...

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Here is the basic anomaly that URI faces. The State just put its FY24 budget to bed at $14 billion. The way you compare state budgets across the nation is on a per capita basis which makes budgets of large states comparable to budgets of smaller states. How does spending in Rhode Island compare on t...

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You need to take holistic view of URI finances to understand how URI athletic facilities across so many programs are in such a sorry state. This situation is due to the overall poor funding of higher education that the State has provided over decades. This is particularly true of the annual state ap...

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One situation SDSU does not want to be in is there is massive exit of many current PAC-12 schools and they are left with 2 or 4 schools then the Mountain West absorbs the rest of the schools. This would create a very awkward situation for the Aztecs admin who were pushing for them to leave the MW. ...

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As I mentioned earlier, if San Diego State had met the July 1 deadline on leaving the MWC, the exit fee would have been $17 million. Leaving for the PAC-12 anytime after July 1 increases the exit fee to $34 million.

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The new Big 12 6- year media deal with Fox and ESPN negotiated late last year gives each member school an annual payout of $31.7 million. The current PAC-12 deal awards $31 million. Not a big difference. I say they go with the PAC 12 unless the new PAC-12 media deal is less attractive given the depa...

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This decision by SDSU is not a reflection of a poor strategy since it is primarily a temporal because of complications involved. The key is the PAC-12 is taking their sweet time in coming up on a media deal which is now expected by late July.This deal is very critical to future of the PAC-12 because...

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I also do not take offense to Gianna's comment, as tactless as it was. What URI or any school wants in top notch staff members are people who are open minded, eager to grow and happy in the job circumstances. Unhappy people do not make for excellence performance.

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I didn’t read the story, but I can’t imagine them playing in cranston. They would just use the west stands imo. Edit: I should have read first, Thor did say they’ll have to figure it out….maybe the soccer stadium in pawtucket will be done by ‘25. Why diss Cranston Stadium. Let's assume that in the ...

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I hate when threads go off the rails into irrelevancy. When that happens I share the sentiment of Logan Roy in HBO's Succession. Happy Juneteenth!! https://www.google.com/search?client=safari&rls=en&q=Logan+Roy+from+succession+on+you+are+not+sereious+peopel&ie=UTF-8&oe=UTF-8#fpstate=...

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This article from the Providence Business News (PBN) gives some further details on the Meade renovation and timing. Lots more details will come in the future. I just hope the plans call for a better and more appealing press box because the current one with its cheap windows looks like a discard from...

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I just got a more definitive report from the URI Foundation on how URI fared in the State's FY24 budget: The 2023-24 State of Rhode Island budget was passed by the General Assembly and signed by the governor late this week, and I am pleased to report that the University will receive $105.4 million ...

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Oops, sorry read that wrong. But again what does that have to do with the subject off this thread???

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a degree for in state students costs over $60K.Doesn't include books, room and board. That is a joke. Not true which a casual check with he URI website would show: Annual, full-time costs for 2023-2024 Tuition and Fees (Undergraduate, 12-19 credits) Rhode Island Residents $16,408 Out-of-state / Int...

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I just got a more definitive report from the URI Foundation on how URI fared in the State's FY24 budget: The 2023-24 State of Rhode Island budget was passed by the General Assembly and signed by the governor late this week, and I am pleased to report that the University will receive $105.4 million i...

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I will be the first to admit the FY24 State Budget details are a maze, so I do not know authoritatively if this is true, but it appears President Parlange missed his goal. This is what got from googling the state budget:  University of Rhode Island: The Budget provides an increase in general revenu...

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The State budget on a per capita basis is among the highest in the nation and this level of spending has been true for many years. The $14 billion budget comes to $12,000 per capita, the highest of all New England states. But the anomaly is that URI has historically gotten poor funding year after ye...

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While we await finalization of the State Budget and what's in it for URI, let me summarize what President Parlange is seeking based on his recent letter to key boosters and alumni: URI has requested a $32 million increase in its appropriation for FY24 . In addition to the annual appropriation, Parla...

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I think there is lack of differentiation between the URI budget and capital investment, two different subjects. Capital investment can come from three sources 1) general obligation bonds which need voter approval. 2) revenue bonds which requires a legislative initiative and approval (the approach us...

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I don't get the fascination with Vermont. Of all NE schools we have little tradition with the school - they don't play football, baseball, volleyball, and tennis, They play lacrosse and hockey and URI doesn't play those sports, so we have less opportunity for interaction with Vermont. Yes, they have...

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