This is actually on page 54 of my BOMC Manifesto I'm working on.
The first goal is to turn everyone against Vanderbilt , and the bottom of the bottom feeders on ratings as way to make room for FSU and VTech to the SEC.
From there the natural question becomes 'lets do performance ratings based league payouts' , thus making sure A&M gets knocked down a few pegs
It makes 0 financial sense to add FSU , Clemson, or whoever to any conference if its dilutive.
What AD in their right mind is going to sign off on 'lets pay to add this team to the conference' . Just go play that team OOC if you want to play them so bad.
Now maybe Conferences move back towards uneven distribution which could solve some of the Vanderbilt and Illinois type situations, and take some schools that way but otherwise no one is taking schools out of the good of their hearts.
Yes this was a major topic at that time, and was brought up again when we announced the LHN.
We also gave Aggy a second chance to come on board, that they rejected until we had money in hand that they wanted a piece of
Im not convinced its the future that will happen, but count me in the club where i could see a short term future FSU and Clemson to the B12
this would be a logical media play that benefits both parties and puts ESPN in a spot they are essentially consolidating media assets in the BIG12 for the next round , which is probably the super league .
ESPN doesnt have to over pay them in the SEC, and also drops the ACCs media deal through the floor
More likely if/when FSU finds its exit , I still see them in the SEC/BIG with a non Clemson partner and Clemson being relegated to the Big12
Lebby is now the head coach at Mississippi State , which makes that game a bit more interesting now
OU promoted Rashlee , so that's probably a coordinator who had some role in the game plan
Light photoshop , ai assist features like merging cdcs face into the godfather i think would up some content here .
I think most people don't know where to start , but having a tool at hand here more people will play with it
It's a bit weird to report on revenue without reporting on costs which help show profit , this is why wall street reports multiple numbers .
I bet a chart for most profitable universities have A&M much lower
As i understand the ESPN contract with the SEC didn't have the language for a renegotiation for TX and OU or for a 9th game. Both part settled on getting TX and OU over and same payouts for now to make everyone whole as part of some expansion clause.
ESPN in general didnt have a pressing want to regotiate what it considered a favorable contract otherwise . (Similar to acc really)
I do expect something to change next time around the next negotiation , or for the SEC to go shopping
Ignorant question, how does this work ? Do they have a particular spot on the field they are supposed to throw to ? Assuming same fixed route for every throw ?
Because their Hall of Champions is a very large, very empty echo chamber
I think A&M is hiring down knowing they are in bad financial straights, and paying off some debts to give it another go in 2030
Way too much spin on all the things , and of course the cult will fall in line for a few years because they get angry again.