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re: The $7 billion reason the Big Ten is dominating college sports
Posted on 5/8/26 at 11:58 am to BuckI
Posted on 5/8/26 at 11:58 am to BuckI
I can assure you 95% of the west coast gives zero fricks about Big10 Football.
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We are going to look back at the geographic expansion of the Big Ten ... when they signed USC, UCLA, Washington and Oregon, as one of the most significant developments that could have happened in college sports
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Posted on 5/8/26 at 11:59 am to BuckI
I don't know why you're getting downvoted. Skimming through the text I see nothing controversial. We will see if the trend of the last couple years holds but this is all about money. Over the last two or three decades the SEC has owned the BIG by most important measures. A pretty noteworthy achievement considering the historic built-in advantage the BIG had due to largely controlling the media the first 100 years of intercollegiate sports. The SEC has been more innovative, had more success, and was the better product (in football obviously and probably also MBB) the last few decades. It is still a better product which make it all the more outrageous Sankey has fricked all of that up the last couple years. Everyone in the SEC should just own that and demand new leadership... and new TV deals.
Posted on 5/8/26 at 12:03 pm to John somers
Bug 10 is so great at basketball and baseball
Posted on 5/8/26 at 12:04 pm to BuckI
Respectfully, EABODs and join your b10 peeps on another board.
Posted on 5/8/26 at 12:40 pm to BuckI
quote:A lot of words to say the South dominated college sports and the North now dominates professional sports.
The $7 billion reason the Big Ten is dominating college sports
Posted on 5/8/26 at 12:45 pm to BevoBucks
eventually the sec will add some ACC teams and have their own league
will survive and do fine
will survive and do fine
Posted on 5/8/26 at 12:52 pm to BuckI
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The victory marked the first time since 2007 that a single conference has secured the national titles in
football
women's basketball
men's basketball.
what an incredible Holy Trinity to measure success big tin
also - there's this -
https://nil-ncaa.com/big10/
quote:Rutger -88.5M
2025 Financial Results: Big Ten Schools
Big Ten schools averaged over $ 48 million in net operating losses last year.
Washington -73.9M
Ohio S -61M
Illinois -60M
,,,,the list goes on -
This post was edited on 5/8/26 at 1:25 pm
Posted on 5/8/26 at 12:54 pm to BuckI
Who?
Posted on 5/8/26 at 12:57 pm to BuckI
Request to move.
Posted on 5/8/26 at 1:01 pm to BuckI
Perhaps now there will be enough interest in the Big10 that fans of their schools don't have to visit/troll forums for the SEC.
Posted on 5/8/26 at 1:02 pm to BuckI
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the reason some private-equity funds have been doing due diligence on the Big Ten, with hopes to invest in the conference itself.
Well PE getting involved is one way to turn the conference back into shite
Posted on 5/8/26 at 1:04 pm to BuckI
Op you are preaching to the choir. Posted on here a long time ago that the vastly inferior broadcasting contract was going to bite the SEC.
Was told: We're SEC! Money doesn't matter! Brought in 2 new members and not a single team got one penny more. Sankey probably has suitcases full of payoff cash.
Was told: We're SEC! Money doesn't matter! Brought in 2 new members and not a single team got one penny more. Sankey probably has suitcases full of payoff cash.
This post was edited on 5/8/26 at 1:06 pm
Posted on 5/8/26 at 1:11 pm to ColoradoElkHerd
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Op you are preaching to the choir.
quote:Looks like the Ags are already getting along with their future conference mates. Just be sure to get the shirts right this time.
Was told: We're SEC! Money doesn't matter!
This post was edited on 5/8/26 at 1:14 pm
Posted on 5/8/26 at 2:49 pm to Clemson_all_in1979
Link?
Posted on 5/8/26 at 3:06 pm to BigAL Golesh
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the irony coming from a bama fan, whose school dominated the sport by buying the nations best players for over a decade when pay for play was illegal.
How'd the run start? It was a Michigan CFB natty right? And not at all controversial
Posted on 5/8/26 at 3:09 pm to BuckI
JFC.
Look. We all know this has happened.
And everyone and their dog is on here screaming "but we were great before that!" That's great and doesn't mean a thing now.
Go back to the introduction of the Wishbone offense all those decades ago. Proper offense, run by proper teams, started getting sandblasted year after year. Why? They didn't adapt to the new world.
But wait! Go forward a decade and the Wishbone teams suddenly became passe when defenses finally found a solution. Option teams, who didn't adapt, went into a tailspin.
FFS, the rules have changed and we are bitching and moaning they aren't the same anymore. Change happens. We'd rather take it up the pooper than admit "yeah, its time to change how we do things."
Look. We all know this has happened.
And everyone and their dog is on here screaming "but we were great before that!" That's great and doesn't mean a thing now.
Go back to the introduction of the Wishbone offense all those decades ago. Proper offense, run by proper teams, started getting sandblasted year after year. Why? They didn't adapt to the new world.
But wait! Go forward a decade and the Wishbone teams suddenly became passe when defenses finally found a solution. Option teams, who didn't adapt, went into a tailspin.
FFS, the rules have changed and we are bitching and moaning they aren't the same anymore. Change happens. We'd rather take it up the pooper than admit "yeah, its time to change how we do things."
Posted on 5/8/26 at 3:28 pm to BuckI
It will cycle between the SEC and Big Ten now. We are the only two real powers now. So it will shift back and forth because both have quite a few programs that can win titles...I guess the ACC will slip in sometimes with Clemson, FSU, Miami, Notre Dame, and Vtech.
Amazing how ND is not killing it now..I am sure they have tons of money...requirements for student athletes I guess?
Amazing how ND is not killing it now..I am sure they have tons of money...requirements for student athletes I guess?
This post was edited on 5/8/26 at 3:33 pm
Posted on 5/8/26 at 3:37 pm to skrayper
Yea, and they had to change the rules several times before figuring it out
Posted on 5/8/26 at 6:18 pm to ColoradoElkHerd
quote:I seem to remember you talking about this and You have been proven right. The fact the league did not receive a pay increase after adding 2 major brands is a testament to the shenanigans going on among the league's leaders. Their actions out the league in a solid second place and it may take some time before they can fix it.
Op you are preaching to the choir. Posted on here a long time ago that the vastly inferior broadcasting contract was going to bite the SEC.
Was told: We're SEC! Money doesn't matter! Brought in 2 new members and not a single team got one penny more. Sankey probably has suitcases full of payoff cash.
Posted on 5/8/26 at 6:46 pm to BuckI
What a idiotic article. The BIG per team payout was approximately $5 million more than the SEC in fiscal
'24-'25 and this moron actually thinks that difference is the reason for the BIG winning the last 3 NC's?
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'24-'25 and this moron actually thinks that difference is the reason for the BIG winning the last 3 NC's?
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Sixteen of the Big Ten's member schools are fully vested but received different revenue payouts because of CFP participation and other factors. Ohio State received a league-high $91.57 million for fiscal year 2024-25, and Penn State, a national semifinalist in football, received $88.92 million. Other full members received between $76.01 million and $79.87 million.
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That means SEC schools received an average payout of $72.4 million, up from $53.8 million in the previous fiscal year
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This post was edited on 5/8/26 at 6:55 pm
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