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03-21-2013, 12:00 PM #41Award Winning Poster Since 2015
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03-21-2013, 12:32 PM #42
Thats something that NOBODY seems to be focused on. Fox is taking on ESPN, and we've hitched ourselves to that. If Fox fails, what happens? How much leverage would we have with ESPN in that scenario. This whole thing has a fairly large downside, if it goes bad.
Risk is often measured by severity and likelihood I give a low likelihood that it all goes sideways but if it does, it could be a REAL problem.
And if the plan is to expand at all, then the best thing to do is act now. You dont want SLU and Richmond and UD and possibly VCU considering their options. The "old" BE, the MVC and the A10 are all pitted against each other right now for survival. Each conference is looking for depth and stability, and once achieved, it might get much tougher to pry out the teams we want. Strike now (soon) while everyone is in recovery mode.
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03-21-2013, 12:37 PM #43
Define right way.
It's known that they discussed going to 12 immediatly. It could just be an issue of logistics. Or it could be that they couldnt finalize which 2 would be added. But if they add 2 for the following year, wouldn't that constitute "right away"? It's not like it's 10 years later. They made all this happen in 3-4 months, so I'm thinking they just went with 10 for now due to the ability to manage the whole situation a bit better.
i like the idea of 12. heck I like the idea of 16. It appears that the conference leadership also likes 12 enough to have considered it as an option, and their current talking points do not rule it out in the near future.
i think we're all expecting 12 in the very near future, whether you like it or not.
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03-21-2013, 12:57 PM #44
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03-21-2013, 12:58 PM #45
I can see it being a factor. There is value in being able to manage your business without having to disclose everything you are doing to the public.
I doubt it has anything to do with NCAA investigations or things like that. It's much more likely the competitive business advantage one has from being able to do its work in private.
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03-21-2013, 01:02 PM #46
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03-21-2013, 01:03 PM #47
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03-21-2013, 01:15 PM #48
OK, then why not take dayton? We can rag on them all we want, but you can't deny those people watch basketball in big numbers. Why not go down and get Barry University to check off the Miami market? Maybe grab Detroit Mercy and Robert Morris while we're at it. At the end of the day, it's about creating a quality basketball league. If the product is good, the rest will take care of itself. That's not to say the markets don't matter, or that they never will expand, but I don't see the need to rush into adding two teams, solely for their markets, that could legitimately end up being the next Seton Hall and Depaul. If they suck, how many people in those markets will be watching? If you think it doesn't matter how their local teams do and they'll watch anyway, then why not keep it as is? The best scenario for this league is not Fox beating ESPN in the next couple years, or grabbing as many big markets as possible. It's being great on the court. The rest will take care of itself if that happens.
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03-21-2013, 01:38 PM #49
On a completely unrelated note, this little lady in the middle had some small part in raising the standards of our program by sheparding many players through to graduation, and helping us along the "path to excellence" that is stopping in the Big East.
...he went up late, and I was already up there.
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03-21-2013, 02:01 PM #50
Fox is giving us a contract for 12 years. If at any point Fox bails, do you not think ESPN or another network would pick up games that feature us Georgetown, Nova, Butler, etc?
There is a risk we are taking, but it's really not a big one. Fox has done pretty well taking risks and making them pay off.Award Winning Poster Since 2015
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