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<blockquote data-quote="Mescalero" data-source="post: 5165603" data-attributes="member: 21439"><p>Any effort that has Kevin Warren behind it should be questioned. That said, apparently Bill Delaney and Barry Alvarez were brought in as "consultants" on expansion, etc. And, the B1G hired Diana Sabau, Ohio State's former Senior Deputy AD, as deputy commissioner of the B1G. So, now there is adult supervision over Kevin "Wall of Self" Warren. And I think these guys got the chops - Jim Phillips, ACC commissioner and former Northwestern AD, and George Kliavkoff, PAC 12 commissioner and former president of MGM Resorts International. But the B1G will direct this effort. Bottom line is Sankey F'd up. And, Big 12 is finished. </p><p></p><p>Interesting article from Andy Staples in The Athletic. It's pay-walled, but I recommend a subscription. Good content. </p><p></p><p> <a href="https://theathletic.com/2772414/2021/08/16/staples-why-would-the-big-ten-form-an-alliance-with-the-acc-and-pac-12-its-all-about-tvs-four-million-club/" target="_blank">https://theathletic.com/2772414/2021/08/16/staples-why-would-the-big-ten-form-an-alliance-with-the-acc-and-pac-12-its-all-about-tvs-four-million-club/</a></p><p></p><p>Here's a partial summary. Why would the B1G, which made $55M per school last year in media (#1 to the SEC's #2 $44M) want to create an alliance with the ACC ($37M) and PAC 12 ($33M)? According to Staples, the "Alliance" has nothing to do with expansion or mergers. Rather, its all about the "4 million club." </p><p></p><p>From 2015-2019 there were 1,593 rated telecasts of college football games. 198 of those had 4 million or more viewers. That's only 12% of the telecasts. Of those, 55 were SEC conf games and 49 were B1G conference games. The remainder were 13 ACC conf games and 58 interconference and independents. Only 13 schools had more than 10 games in the 4 million club: Bama 35, Ohio State 33, Michigan 26 were top 3. Six SEC schools, 4 B1G, Clemson, ND, Oklahoma were the 13. Notice, I didn't mention Texas, USC, FSU, Oregon, UW, Miami, aTm, Tennessee, Florida, Georgia, Wisconsin, Iowa, UCLA, etc. SEC will rue the day they brought Texas on board. Only three of the last five "Red River Shootouts" had 4 million or more viewers. </p><p></p><p>The Alliance is intended as a scheduling alliance that will create more 4 million viewer interconference match-ups and to be a voting block against the SEC and its new owner The Walt Disney Company. </p><p></p><p>Come 2024, NBC and CBS will be bidding along with Fox. ESPN will be shut out. Amazon, Hulu, Peacock, Paramount+ and other streaming services will be in on it. Sankey F'd up because there's no first mover advantage here and he brought on Texas.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Mescalero, post: 5165603, member: 21439"] Any effort that has Kevin Warren behind it should be questioned. That said, apparently Bill Delaney and Barry Alvarez were brought in as "consultants" on expansion, etc. And, the B1G hired Diana Sabau, Ohio State's former Senior Deputy AD, as deputy commissioner of the B1G. So, now there is adult supervision over Kevin "Wall of Self" Warren. And I think these guys got the chops - Jim Phillips, ACC commissioner and former Northwestern AD, and George Kliavkoff, PAC 12 commissioner and former president of MGM Resorts International. But the B1G will direct this effort. Bottom line is Sankey F'd up. And, Big 12 is finished. Interesting article from Andy Staples in The Athletic. It's pay-walled, but I recommend a subscription. Good content. [URL]https://theathletic.com/2772414/2021/08/16/staples-why-would-the-big-ten-form-an-alliance-with-the-acc-and-pac-12-its-all-about-tvs-four-million-club/[/URL] Here's a partial summary. Why would the B1G, which made $55M per school last year in media (#1 to the SEC's #2 $44M) want to create an alliance with the ACC ($37M) and PAC 12 ($33M)? According to Staples, the "Alliance" has nothing to do with expansion or mergers. Rather, its all about the "4 million club." From 2015-2019 there were 1,593 rated telecasts of college football games. 198 of those had 4 million or more viewers. That's only 12% of the telecasts. Of those, 55 were SEC conf games and 49 were B1G conference games. The remainder were 13 ACC conf games and 58 interconference and independents. Only 13 schools had more than 10 games in the 4 million club: Bama 35, Ohio State 33, Michigan 26 were top 3. Six SEC schools, 4 B1G, Clemson, ND, Oklahoma were the 13. Notice, I didn't mention Texas, USC, FSU, Oregon, UW, Miami, aTm, Tennessee, Florida, Georgia, Wisconsin, Iowa, UCLA, etc. SEC will rue the day they brought Texas on board. Only three of the last five "Red River Shootouts" had 4 million or more viewers. The Alliance is intended as a scheduling alliance that will create more 4 million viewer interconference match-ups and to be a voting block against the SEC and its new owner The Walt Disney Company. Come 2024, NBC and CBS will be bidding along with Fox. ESPN will be shut out. Amazon, Hulu, Peacock, Paramount+ and other streaming services will be in on it. Sankey F'd up because there's no first mover advantage here and he brought on Texas. [/QUOTE]
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