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Summertime Conference Realignment Walking Dead: A Look at the Big 12 Grant of Rights Agreement 8 Aug 2013 | 07:36 pm
I’ve been trying to write about topics other than conference realignment lately, but our favorite blogging crack habit has been buzzing in my ear like a hit summer song that you can’t avoid (see “Blur...
Is There a Sports TV Rights Bubble? – Part 1: Why It’s Not as Simple as A La Carte Pricing 16 Jul 2013 | 03:15 am
(Note: In case you’ve missed it, I had Q&A with Burnt Orange Nation on conference realignment with a Big 12 and Texas focus last week. Here are parts 1, 2 and 3.) One of the major topics that has bee...
Power Conference Breakaway: Can It Benefit Student-Athletes? 19 Jun 2013 | 03:26 am
(Note: as conference realignment has slowed down, I’m going to shift back toward looking at some of the broader issues in the business of college sports, such as the impact of television rights, tensi...
B1G East Coast Expansion: Big Ten Adds Johns Hopkins Lacrosse and the Pinstripe Bowl 4 Jun 2013 | 03:26 am
The Big Ten continues the march to increase its presence on the East Coast by adding Johns Hopkins men’s lacrosse as the conference’s first-ever affiliate member and the Pinstripe Bowl based at Yankee...
Conference Realignment Reset: A Look at the Power Conferences’ Expansion Plans (or Lack Thereof) 8 May 2013 | 04:23 am
The main question that I’ve been getting over the past few weeks is the following: “Is conference realignment really done? Seriously? Isn’t everyone still lying?” Well, from my perspective, power conf...
Conference Realignment Reset: A Look at the Power Conferences’ Expansion Plans (or Lack Thereof) 8 May 2013 | 04:23 am
The main question that I’ve been getting over the past few weeks is the following: “Is conference realignment really done? Seriously? Isn’t everyone still lying?” Well, from my perspective, power conf...
ACC Grant of Rights: The Beginning of the End of Conference Realignment? 23 Apr 2013 | 07:33 am
Despite being a Big Ten guy that would personally love to have Jim Delany add Florida State, I’ve repeated the following statement many times on this blog: the ACC is much stronger than what people gi...
ACC Grant of Rights: The Beginning of the End of Conference Realignment? 23 Apr 2013 | 07:33 am
Despite being a Big Ten guy that would personally love to have Jim Delany add Florida State, I’ve repeated the following statement many times on this blog: the ACC is much stronger than what people gi...
Back Home: Big Ten Division Thoughts and Sweet Missouri Valley Conference Expansion 3 Apr 2013 | 07:55 am
I’m finally back from a spring break vacation in Arizona (80 degrees for the White Sox spring training game that I attended last Wednesday compared to 30 degrees for Opening Day in Chicago yesterday),...
Back Home: Big Ten Division Thoughts and Sweet Missouri Valley Conference Expansion 3 Apr 2013 | 07:55 am
I’m finally back from a spring break vacation in Arizona (80 degrees for the White Sox spring training game that I attended last Wednesday compared to 30 degrees for Opening Day in Chicago yesterday),...
