stinger 1957
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There are going to be a lot of smaller programs that cannot and will not afford the player payment system, this is going to trigger movement in the alignment game, I feel sure about that. many will not be asked to join the Big 2 so something in the downsize dept will have to take place, not sure what their options may be, but if you ain't got the money and you can't or elect not to get it you gotta make a change. It's called meeting payrolls for those that have never been responsible for doing that.
I will believe ND joins a conference when I see ND name a conference they are joining. I think eventually they could be forced to join just to get good scheduling when and if consolidation moves further along, but I'm not even positive about that. As long as they can see a road to maintain their position of independence along with national prominence and that includes sufficient money from TV they will continue to do so IMO, I would if I were them.
A lot of schools now have a really big money problem to deal with, movement is going to take place, it will be ugly for some fan bases.
If ESPN takes the money and applies it to the remaining ACC schools does that keep the Big 10 from coming in and getting schools in the S.E. thereby protecting ESPN's TV turf? Of the remaining ACC schools the overall matchups would appear to be better. Does viewership get better with the better matchups, I don't know just ask the question? It appears to me that ESPN could have approx 5 ACC games per week, is that enough content? I don't know.
I will believe ND joins a conference when I see ND name a conference they are joining. I think eventually they could be forced to join just to get good scheduling when and if consolidation moves further along, but I'm not even positive about that. As long as they can see a road to maintain their position of independence along with national prominence and that includes sufficient money from TV they will continue to do so IMO, I would if I were them.
A lot of schools now have a really big money problem to deal with, movement is going to take place, it will be ugly for some fan bases.
If ESPN takes the money and applies it to the remaining ACC schools does that keep the Big 10 from coming in and getting schools in the S.E. thereby protecting ESPN's TV turf? Of the remaining ACC schools the overall matchups would appear to be better. Does viewership get better with the better matchups, I don't know just ask the question? It appears to me that ESPN could have approx 5 ACC games per week, is that enough content? I don't know.
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