(03-29-2024 02:06 PM)JRsec Wrote:  

(03-29-2024 01:49 PM)EdwordL Wrote:  

(03-29-2024 01:39 PM)Skyhawk Wrote:  

(03-29-2024 01:35 PM)EdwordL Wrote:  

(03-29-2024 10:50 AM)RUScarlets Wrote:  B1G is not adding ASU. That ship has sailed. If they are going for a Big 12 team, it would be KU. CU and Utah have as good a shot as ASU at this point.

Also don't see how FSU/Clemson are left out yet NCSU and VaTech get it, unless it's coming from a Carolina guy? Yeah, then that makes perfect sense.

FSU and Clemson would be in the B1G in a blink of an eye if Sankey plays games. Not ideal, but unlikely he sacrifices both.

Remember that, at this time, Utah has not signed the GOR to the Big Xii (think the document they signed says they will sign the GOR once actually in the conference). So, if the invitations go out this spring (after the tournament), Utah doesn't have exit fees and GOR to worry about.

I wonder if that is true of all of the 4Cs. Or the rest of the Big12, for that matter.

It would definitely add a new dynamic to realignment...

I've not read anything like that for the other 3; at the time that item came out, there was something to the effect that everyone would be signing a new GOR when the four join, and that the document would be absent that original 99-year term.

I should think that whatever precedent that TCU established in leaving the Big East after joining but never playing a game in it, would apply to anything that the Four Corner schools attempted to do should they not ever play for the Big 12. It seems to me that it did cost TCU something but I can't seem to find if that was indeed the case, or how much. Perhaps someone here remembers.

IIRC, WVU owed $20M (2 years penalty), and Big XII helped them with that, since their coming quickly helped the XII; TCU paid $5M (half of one year).

ETA: I see that bullet already covered this.

(04-03-2024 09:54 PM)EdwordL Wrote:  

(03-29-2024 02:06 PM)JRsec Wrote:  

(03-29-2024 01:49 PM)EdwordL Wrote:  

(03-29-2024 01:39 PM)Skyhawk Wrote:  

(03-29-2024 01:35 PM)EdwordL Wrote:  Remember that, at this time, Utah has not signed the GOR to the Big Xii (think the document they signed says they will sign the GOR once actually in the conference). So, if the invitations go out this spring (after the tournament), Utah doesn't have exit fees and GOR to worry about.

I wonder if that is true of all of the 4Cs. Or the rest of the Big12, for that matter.

It would definitely add a new dynamic to realignment...

I've not read anything like that for the other 3; at the time that item came out, there was something to the effect that everyone would be signing a new GOR when the four join, and that the document would be absent that original 99-year term.

I should think that whatever precedent that TCU established in leaving the Big East after joining but never playing a game in it, would apply to anything that the Four Corner schools attempted to do should they not ever play for the Big 12. It seems to me that it did cost TCU something but I can't seem to find if that was indeed the case, or how much. Perhaps someone here remembers.

IIRC, WVU owed $20M (2 years penalty), and Big XII helped them with that, since their coming quickly helped the XII; TCU paid $5M (half of one year).

ETA: I see that bullet already covered this.

Bullet's pretty danged reliable on details. My point was however that the precedent TCU set was that they could get out fairly cheap. We'll see if the Big 10 is interested in them at some point, or if Kansas is in play for either the SEC or Big 10. The Jayhawks aren't new members but they'll be under a new contract.