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HustlinOwl {l Wrote}:Why do people want Notre Dame so bad?

University of Maryland President Wallace Loh will brief the Board of Regents via telephone late Sunday afternoon about the school’s possible move to the Big Ten, an individual with direct knowledge of the situation said Sunday morning.

The Board of Regents, which oversees the entire University of Maryland system, will vote on the proposal at a meeting on Monday, but only Chair James L. Shea and Vice Chair Barry P. Gossett have received any detail so far. Shea and Gossett have been involved in the discussions since they started, the source said. The rest of the Board of Regents have been kept in the dark until this point.

The individual anticipates that the Board of Regents will ask Loh if he has had any recent contact with the ACC, which Maryland would be leaving after 59 years should the move be approved. “Have we even talked with the ACC about this?” the individual asked. “Or are they reading it in the paper like everyone else?”

The individual, who asked not to be named because of the situation’s sensitivity, said reaction from alumni has been swift.

“There are a lot of alumni upset about it,” the individual said. “People are e-mailing me and so forth. It seems to be a firestorm out there. I’m getting a lot of reaction from people.”

HJS {l Wrote}:With 9903's constant support of Swoffy's negotiation skillz, I'd just like to point out that the B14 will be composed of 7 programs that are historically considered terrible (or at least in the bottom half of the BCS): Rutgers, Maryland, Indiana, Purdue, Northwestern, Minnesota and Illinois. That doesn't even including a terrible post-JoePa PSU and a long-struggling Iowa program. They have elite properties in Michigan and OSU. They have very good propreties in Nebraska, Wisco and MSU. But, do those 5 teams justify TWICE the revenues of the ACC? No. It was just mismanaged to such an extent that this is the result.

HJS {l Wrote}:I'm trying to rectify 9903's lynchpin argument with the number of students at Notre Dame. This may take a while...

eagle9903 {l Wrote}:

HJS {l Wrote}:I'm trying to rectify 9903's lynchpin argument with the number of students at Notre Dame. This may take a while...

I have come to the conclusion that maybe you actually don't understand what I'm saying.

The short version is the Big10 is a more valuable property than the ACC because more people watch the big10 on television. This is true due to a variety of factors including but not limited to the respective size of the schools, for instance also including popularity of college football in the areas of the schools, better on the field performance.

HJS {l Wrote}:

eagle9903 {l Wrote}:

HJS {l Wrote}:I'm trying to rectify 9903's lynchpin argument with the number of students at Notre Dame. This may take a while...

I have come to the conclusion that maybe you actually don't understand what I'm saying.

The short version is the Big10 is a more valuable property than the ACC because more people watch the big10 on television. This is true due to a variety of factors including but not limited to the respective size of the schools, for instance also including popularity of college football in the areas of the schools, better on the field performance.

If TV ratings is the reason for their great TV deal, then why does the ACC have such a terrible TV deal?

eagle9903 {l Wrote}:All that matters in TV negotiations is TV ratings... except when they don't.

HJS {l Wrote}:All products are equal. Competing bidders don't effect a market. Television networks don't care about revenue and regularly bid against themselves without financial motivation, a shrewd negotiator can name his price and get it every time.

jrlbc06 {l Wrote}::slapfight

eagle9903 {l Wrote}:

HJS {l Wrote}:All products are equal. Competing bidders don't effect a market. Television networks don't care about revenue and regularly bid against themselves without financial motivation, a shrewd negotiator can name his price and get it every time.

HJS {l Wrote}:It's up to Maryland now. It all hinges on the vote tomorrow. It also looks like ESPN is going to stuff UConn down our throats and Swoffy (being a bitch) will obviously cave (to which 9903 will again support).
http://m.espn.go.com/extra/ncaa/story?storyId=8649670

HJS {l Wrote}:We do. He is the guy who posts as marineagle. He was the reason GDF was still the AD up until Sept.

Btw... you can rest assured that no ACC member will be forced to wear those UA shoes/unis after the contract expires.

Nonetheless, we are stuck watching every other conference member pretty itself up for the SEC, B10 and B12. Amazes me that WVU and RU will be fine and we will be battling UConn for relevance. Pathetic. But, GDF was way ahead of the curve and devalued sports before being forced to.

bosa90 {l Wrote}:

eagle9903 {l Wrote}:

HJS {l Wrote}:All products are equal. Competing bidders don't effect a market. Television networks don't care about revenue and regularly bid against themselves without financial motivation, a shrewd negotiator can name his price and get it every time.

Gold!

tallsy {l Wrote}:Let's not play revisionist history. Moving to the ACC was the right decision at the time.

Swofford's inability to leverage the DC and Boston media markets or the fact that the league has the only two college basketball teams anyone cares about, is shocking. As is the general evolution of conference realignment.

Given that B1G only cares about TV and not tradition/current quality, I think we should put a phone call into Delaney and hope we are in when they move to 16.

DuchesneEast {l Wrote}:

tallsy {l Wrote}:Let's not play revisionist history. Moving to the ACC was the right decision at the time.

Swofford's inability to leverage the DC and Boston media markets or the fact that the league has the only two college basketball teams anyone cares about, is shocking. As is the general evolution of conference realignment.

Given that B1G only cares about TV and not tradition/current quality, I think we should put a phone call into Delaney and hope we are in when they move to 16.

As much as I think that would be crazy when GDF was here, its not as crazy with Bates. I always wondered if the B1G would like BC for hockey. I dont think we have $50m laying around either. I also thought us going to the B1G would be a package deal with ND.

We need to hope ND loses on Sat and that they are at the bottom of the one loss teams due to strength of schedule and no championship game.