Big East contacts Fresno, UNLV

[MrTitleist]

http://www.cbssports.com/collegefootball/blog/dennis-dodd/21425151/big-east-contacts-fresno-state-and-unlv-about-joining-in-football" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

 

[fromolwyoming]

No Reb or Fresno fan sounds happy about this. But if this "contact" goes like it did with Air Force and BYU not too long ago, expect some long worded statements that are summed up to "Thanks, but no thanks."

 

[J-Rod]

No Reb or Fresno fan sounds happy about this. But if this "contact" goes like it did with Air Force and BYU not too long ago, expect some long worded statements that are summed up to "Thanks, but no thanks."

Don't hold your breath.

 

[Wyo2dal]

So they invited UNLV to join in Football only..... In 2003 they were .500. 2000 was the last time they had a winning record and before that it was 1994. What this completely shows is they are not going after quality Football schools they are going after the largest media market they can obtain.

I have nothing against UNLV I love fighting against them in Football and Basketball both. I think the Big East would have a very hard sell for UNLV as they would have to throw their Basketball team under the bus and I just can't see them doing that. However this is where Basketball is the easier team to throw into a mediocre conference because as long as you can still schedule big the conference has nothing to do with your ability to win.

This is 100% about money to the Commissioner of the Big East and that is exactly why the MWC is in trouble not only today but also going forward. If the big East gets SDSU, Fresno & UNLV they can negotiate with the Television contracts because let's be honest that seals up a good majority of the media in this area.

Don't be so fast to assume they are going to turn them down. If they can show TV executives the media market they will cover and they like it that gives them negotiating power and that is something that is more powerful than anything else in the College Football world.

 

[fromolwyoming]

You guys may want to look at this thread before going all doomsday here.
http://www.mwcboard.com/index.php?showtopic=44571" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

 

[J-Rod]

https://twitter.com/murphsturph/status/281599855007244288" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

Okay, who are the schools working under the table?

 

[OrediggerPoke]

Losing UNLV would be the tipping point. The UNLV President's statement is worrisome as it sounds like a tpyical statement made before leaving. If UNLV goes, its almost certain that some type of western division to the Big East conference would be for all sports. If we lose UNLV and Freso, I think it is certain that UTEP, Tulsa and possibly NMSU would receive immediate MWC invites.

However, its the whole chicken and egg deal. How can a team seriosuly considering leaving the MWC for the Big East without a TV deal in place.

Worst Case for us:

Wyo
CSU
AF
Utah State
Nevada
SJSU
UTEP
Tulsa
NMSU

 

[OrediggerPoke]

...and worst part

potentially losing the MWC tournament in Vegas

 

[OrediggerPoke]

https://twitter.com/murphsturph/status/281599855007244288

Okay, who are the schools working under the table?

Hawaii makes sense to me as a team noone is talking about. Why stay and pay travel subs in the MWC if you can leave (pay the same or less travel subs) and make more TV money.

 

[fromolwyoming]

Updated article...
http://www.lvrj.com/sports/report-big-east-has-contacted-unlv-fresno-state-184175881.html" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

 

[J-Rod]

How can a team seriosuly considering leaving the MWC for the Big East without a TV deal in place.

Well, a lot of people view the Front Range schools and overall Rocky Mountain area as a T.V. contract cancer. Anyone affiliated with those schools, ends up caught in that net. That's what everyone thinks anyway. Therefore, any conference not including those schools will have a better T.V. deal. Lord knows some of these Big East schools are pathetic on the field/court, but most bring heavy T.V. value....and that's all that matters now. Tulane or Wyoming? Wyoming may win in all sports competitively, but Wyoming cannot compete with that T.V. market or the money Tulane puts into its sports.

College sports.....are by no means merit based any more.

 

[denverpoke]

http://www.washingtonpost.com/sports/colleges/big-east-commissioner-mike-aresco-we-feel-we-have-a-very-good-league/2012/12/19/2fb80652-4a1e-11e2-820e-17eefac2f939_story.html" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;


Q. Presumably you envision further expansion?

A. We certainly have room, as a 13-team league with Navy coming in in 2014, to add a 14th team. My guess is we’d look west. There are western schools that have asked to join us. I don’t know if we would be a 14- or 16-team conference.

Our goal is to hold together. We know realignment may not stop, but you can’t not forge the future because various shoes might drop in realignment. So looking out west — we have a western presence, and it would fit in with our Texas presence. And there are western bowl games that would have an interest in us.

 

[PokeTransplant]

I'm not too worried about UNLV jumping ship. I tend to believe that they are more tied to the Front Range schools than anyone outside the Front Range.

If anyone is going to leave, it will be Fresno or SJSU.

 

[laxwyo]

Tv execs are scrambling for the huge tv market of Vegas? Too bad no one watches one of the worst teams ever

 

[fromolwyoming]

Livengood came out on a Vegas radio show and if anything, insulted the Least and scolded SUDS and SPUDS for a knee-jerk move to the Least, and said that the TV deal is being worked on as we speak.

 

[phxpoke]

I'm sure this has been discussed before, and I missed it. Any chance we can get a new tv deal? I am worried about our future. I loved going to games in San Diego, and Vegas is great too. El Paso...here I come!?

 

[MrTitleist]

Wyoming is a great deal for TV.. you automatically get like 500,000 TV viewers in an whole state!

 

[Wyo2dal]

I'm sure this has been discussed before, and I missed it. Any chance we can get a new tv deal? I am worried about our future. I loved going to games in San Diego, and Vegas is great too. El Paso...here I come!?

We got hosed on the contract because of the Mtn going under. We were given tier 3 games back and the schools tried to sell them out. Wyoming sucked ass for selling those games they sold them to root who outside of 2-3 states is non existent.

I don't see the TV deal improving for shit no one cares about the media market where we are as we don't have one! Were pretty much in no mans land when it comes to making money from a TV deal

 

[WyoBrandX]

Wyoming is a great deal for TV.. you automatically get like 500,000 TV viewers in an whole state!

Oh come on man, its 576,000 TV viewers now! We are also growing faster than 46 other states:
http://www.wyomingbusinessreport.com/article.asp?id=64341" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

December 21, 2012 --
CHEYENNE — With 1.6 percent population growth between July 2011 and July 2012, Wyoming's growth rate was fourth in the nation.

"People tend to move to areas where economies are viable," said Dr. Wenlin Liu, senior economist with the state's Economic Analysis Division, "which is particularly true for Wyoming."

 

[WyoBrandX]

I don't think realignment is going to stop. I think the economy is going to heat up soon, people are going to quit watching TV, and all this realignment BS is going to fall apart. The next big realignment will be when everyone realizes inviting an SDSU/UNLV/Whomever based upon "TV Market" is stupid and they are bankrupt. Call it the TV contract bubble.

Up next - watch football/basketball/every sport online or with a set top box connected to the 'net. PPV or PPV style packages.

The rest of this is just retarded. In fact, I haven't watched a bowl game yet this year and I refuse to going forward. I also refuse to watch football/basketball on TV now. I'll continue to walk over and watch Wyo, but the hell with the rest of these greedy fake self-righteous bastard universities who think their shit don't stink.

At least in the NFL, the players are making good money to beat up their body. The universities are basically robbing/using their players. This is just sick.