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Posted on 10/2/25 at 11:53 am to TigerHornII
I've worked for PE companies my whole career, not many PE companies are looking for any kind of long term investment, 3-5 year turnarounds typically
Posted on 10/2/25 at 11:58 am to TigerHornII
Getting in league with devil when you're with PE.
To your point, it's all about ROI for these guys. You can bet if a league isn't performing, they'll start looking at the teams in the league that aren't performing and will demand changes. Coaches, maybe even dropping teams from leagues and replacing them with teams that perform better.
They'll have their tentacles in everything.
To your point, it's all about ROI for these guys. You can bet if a league isn't performing, they'll start looking at the teams in the league that aren't performing and will demand changes. Coaches, maybe even dropping teams from leagues and replacing them with teams that perform better.
They'll have their tentacles in everything.
Posted on 10/2/25 at 12:01 pm to TigerHornII
quote:B1G is late to the game. PE’s been running 10u baseball & AAU for years!
B1G working on $2B Private Equity deal
Posted on 10/2/25 at 12:02 pm to nicholastiger
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the way things are trending it makes me wonder if we even have college athletics in 10 years
revenue share alone is gonna eventually make cost to attend too high for the casual fan and it's gonna look really bad on tv when stadiums are not full in the future
that day and reckoning is coming to most campuses
I understand the sentiment and yes there will be a lot of changes over the next 10 years. At the end of the day markets equalize and there will be corrections.
Posted on 10/2/25 at 12:20 pm to Oswald31
no but Atlanta did in 2020. Not in 2024
Posted on 10/2/25 at 12:50 pm to Henry Jones Jr
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The biggest one is being “coast to coast”. The travel costs and wear and tear on the smaller programs is going to be the first thing that causes some schools to consider leaving.
It’s already started @ UCLA.
Posted on 10/2/25 at 12:52 pm to lewis and herschel
Takes 2+ teams to play a sport.
Posted on 10/2/25 at 12:53 pm to Nasty_Canasta
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They play a high school schedule and talk the most shite on here
You never know. Marcus Camby might have 22 kids one day who are all playing for UMass at the same time.
eta: Damn. I didn't know Dr. J also went to UMass.
This post was edited on 10/2/25 at 12:55 pm
Posted on 10/2/25 at 12:57 pm to BigBro
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Marcus Camby
Knicks legend but a real head case lol
Posted on 10/2/25 at 1:23 pm to bamaoldtimer
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Here is another wild theory since it’s Thursday and I’m bored.
The flaw in your theory is about boomers dying off and college fandom with them. A larger percentage of the population than ever attends college now, building a larger potential fanbase, not a smaller one.
Americans have been sending their kids to soccer camps for decades. It's been the "sport of the future" here since 1960-something. I think football will always trump futbol in the US because the former is an everyman sport.
In futbol, there is little spread between the smallest player and the largest. They all end up around the same body type - medium size, weak upper body, medium speed, at the pro level. Even good HS teams have very little spread.
In football, you have 350 lb 6'7" linemen, 6' 240 lb LBs, 160 lb DBs in heights ranging from 5' 5" to 6' 2", QBs from Drew Brees ("too small to see over the OL") to Cam Newton Six Five Two Fiddy, RBs from bruisers to scat backs, and kickers from 130# up to the low 200's. They can all find a place to succeed and play, and the spread is even greater in HS.
Enough thread slide for now, I think the B1G is about to make a colossal mistake. IDK how you get a decent IRR on $2B for 5% of profits - not revenue - profits. I hope it doesn't wreck the sport.
Posted on 10/2/25 at 1:26 pm to TigerHornII
To defend soccer, how many football athletes can run constantly for 2 45-minute periods?
Posted on 10/2/25 at 1:32 pm to MillerLiteTime
This is the first SEC Rant post I’ve read in years that was informative
Posted on 10/2/25 at 1:33 pm to southernboisb
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To defend soccer, how many football athletes can run constantly for 2 45-minute periods?
Completely different sports with specialized physical requirements. And I actually did play football with some cross sport football/soccer athletes in high school. So I guess I knew a few. I'm sure my school wasn't any special case either.
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Any time a private equity firm gets involved, it’s a disaster.
This can't be stated enough. They will wring every greedy penny they can out of such a deal, especially knowing full well that they can expect a state bail out to help fill their coffers. They don't care if sports get cut, if people get unemployed, if athletic departments get shut down. "Here's the contract you signed, where's our money? And no more sob stories about you having to sell your stadium, just give us the money!"
This post was edited on 10/2/25 at 1:39 pm
Posted on 10/2/25 at 2:05 pm to ouflak
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This can't be stated enough. They will wring every greedy penny they can out of such a deal, especially knowing full well that they can expect a state bail out to help fill their coffers
I compare this to a shady payday loan cash advance business on the corner of any large Urban area. They will provide you cash up front if you are in a jam, but read the fine print and you will owe your next two pay checks to them. The only sound advice you give give someone in a pickle like that is to not have to decide that again. If you’ve had to go down that route, you’ve already lost, but perhaps a teachable moment
Posted on 10/2/25 at 2:37 pm to RunningHog
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Getting in league with devil when you're with PE. To your point, it's all about ROI for these guys. You can bet if a league isn't performing, they'll start looking at the teams in the league that aren't performing and will demand changes. Coaches, maybe even dropping teams from leagues and replacing them with teams that perform better. They'll have their tentacles in everything.
1.) some of these B1G schools will have a tough time keeping up with SEC peers in NIL. They know they will be left behind if they don’t get a sudden influx of $
2.) PE firms see CFB as an untapped revenue stream finally open for business. They will do what they do best and exploit every possible source for $. Get ready for the nascar patches on jerseys. Field advertising logos. Etc. They will have crunched the numbers and figured a way to recoup their investment in just a few years
3.) This would give the B1G cover to possibly undo some mistakes. The Rutgers/Maryland additions were short sighted and stupid. The whole dynamic changes if they can drop a few of the anchors and add the right few teams. The timing of a PE deal could be used as incentive to entice the few remaining schools they want to join. One last push by the B1G that would end conference realignment
From an SEC perspective, we don’t have their problems. The new TV deals will tilt in favor of SEC. The priority should be North Carolina and Notre Dame. No new additions unless one or both of those schools are involved. If you speak to the non-academic people that matter at both of those schools, they both want SEC
1. Notre Dame
2. UNC
3. Virginia or VT
4. Duke or NC St
5. Kansas
6. Colorado
Some combination of 4 of these schools
Posted on 10/2/25 at 3:59 pm to Raoul_Duke
quote:The way this deal is structure, and tied to the Grant of Rights, gives absolutely ZERO indication that the Big Ten is expecting a change in membership, and even less that they have in mind shedding recently added members. Where do people come up with this stuff?
This would give the B1G cover to possibly undo some mistakes. The Rutgers/Maryland additions were short sighted and stupid. The whole dynamic changes if they can drop a few of the anchors and add the right few teams. The timing of a PE deal could be used as incentive to entice the few remaining schools they want to join. One last push by the B1G that would end conference realignment
Posted on 10/2/25 at 4:04 pm to Raoul_Duke
quote:?
1.) some of these B1G schools will have a tough time keeping up with SEC peers in NIL. They know they will be left behind if they don’t get a sudden influx of $
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