Big Ten, Pac-12, ACC in discussions about forming alliance: Sources
The Pac-12, Big Ten and ACC are engaging in high-level discussions about an alliance, sources tell The Athletic.
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It's a caucus of the remaining conferences to discuss how they are never beating the SEC in anything for the foreseeable future.What's an alliance?
What's an alliance?
Oh it's more diabolical than that.View attachment 103229
I hear they've brought in consultants to strategize the forming of the alliance.
Exactly, and I think that's what this is about. 2025-26 when the CFP rights come up for bid. ESPN won't have an exclusive deal. And that's the American way. Or used to be. Competition.Fans opinions don't matter. Television deals are what matters. That is where the money comes from.
They Trying to show the SEC they not going to be pushed around so lightlyThey did it. Announced today.
ACC, BIG TEN AND PAC-12 ANNOUNCE HISTORIC ALLIANCE
The ACC, Big Ten and Pac-12 today announced an historic alliance that will bring 41 world-class institutions together on a collaborative approach surrounding the future evolution of college athletics and scheduling.bigten.org
I think it has more to do with (1) B1G and PAC 12 network deals are coming back up for bid end of 2024 and this will be a "scheduling alliance" of some sort and the thought being the next network deals will be more attractive; and (2) it's a stand against ESPN having exclusive CFP rights (which is interesting because the ACC's network deal is with ESPN). Ohio State has home and home games scheduled over the next 6-7 years with Texas, Notre Dame, Georgia, and Alabama and those games aren't going away so as far as a "scheduling alliance" is concerned, I don't see anything really happening there until later this decade. What will probably happen is the B1G and PAC 12 reduce their conference schedule to 8 games to be like the ACC and SEC so that a marquee game of B1G vs ACC vs PAC 12 can be scheduled.They Trying to show the SEC they not going to be pushed around so lightly