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CU has rejoined the Big 12 and broken college football - talking out asses continues
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Victory
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It’s an interesting thought. What if the real move was to kneecap UT and take Oklahoma, Ok State, Texas A&M, Missouri, and Colorado. Then wait for UT to come to terms. They probably end up in the SEC but maybe not.
Would have solidified a true P3 (maybe P4 had ACC stuck together) and changed everything, probably for the better, about CFB.
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I think you're probably correcti think the BoR cancellation is meaningful.
let's posit for a moment that rg put all the gears in motion unless the pac managed to accept whatever terms he was asking for. i like this version of everyone talking out of their ass better.
Pac completely forgives CU’s Covid loani think the BoR cancellation is meaningful.
let's posit for a moment that rg put all the gears in motion unless the pac managed to accept whatever terms he was asking for. i like this version of everyone talking out of their ass better.
Victory
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Tiny sneaks for the win.i think the BoR cancellation is meaningful.
let's posit for a moment that rg put all the gears in motion unless the pac managed to accept whatever terms he was asking for. i like this version of everyone talking out of their ass better.
this is the same nonsense that keeps getting posted but means nothing. so what they agreed to a GOR deal. The GOR is dependent on getting a tv deal with enough $. What they don't have is a tv contract worth the money to stay together.
Along with all the other pro-B12 and pro-P12 nonsense that keeps getting posted but means nothing.
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Tomorrow's BOR has been cancelled.
Resolution is never going to happen it so seems.
Seems like the P12 deal is similar to what the ACC just agreed to and this BOR meeting scheduled for tomorrow was cancelled. That's significant.
Does that mean we are headed for more of this?
Um, no. The original plan was for utah and cu to go to the pac 10, and then the texas schools tried to horn in, and baylor tried to squeeze us out altogether.
Always nice to know that we are getting involved with a group who believes it can set arbitrary deadlines while having no actual authority to enforce them.
Even better, an end date.
IDK, I feel like the Big XII just might have the authority to enforce who gets into their conference
Maybe “authority” was a poor choice of words. Fact is that they’re in absolutely no position to be putting any kind of conditions on our move. Timing or otherwise.
Nope. The Big 12 does have leverage in this case.
Nah. What are they going to do if the deadline comes and goes? Move the deadline. Dumb move on their part to try to exert some control over the situation.
My guess is the decision has already been made and they’re posturing to make it look like they are the ones driving this.
Swaim is the last person to trust on this issue.
Sammy11
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Swaim has zero credibility with any Big 12 fan who's been around for any decent amount of time.
If he gets something right it's by accident.
Like I said, Kliavkoff’s strategy is to run out the clock. At some point, the Big 12 option was going to close. If the “reporting” is true, and I obviously use that word lightly with these bloggers and podcasters, and a reply must be made by July 1st, then you simply don’t present a bad deal. You make schools choose based on incomplete info.
The saga that keeps on giving
Hokie provided the answer I was going to give...who has the most money to offer? P12 isn't it.
Money rarely has anything to do with it. Having spent an entire career negotiating commercial agreements, I think leverage comes down to two things:
1) Desire - the party who wants/needs to get the deal done the most usually has the least leverage.
2) Options - any party who has the most viable alternative options (including waiting/time) usually has the most leverage
I literally spend most of my time coaching my internal stakeholders to avoid telling the counterparty that they are our preferred/only option, or that we need/want to get a deal done quickly, even when it is true. Either comment will prolong every negotiation, and usually results in a ****tier deal.
Loose lips, sink ships. That's why I'm guessing every party to the conference media rights deal (or realignment discussions) is keeping things super quiet.