Big Ten Expansion

I think Clemson would be the first to jump to the SEC. It's a football school first and foremost.

 

Couple of VERY reliable guys on a paid Gamecock site I read say the SEC has been looking at expansion for a long time. According to both of these guys (and they're usually spot on), the SEC has already contacted and received agreements from Texas, Texas A&M, and FSU. The 1 problem is VT is 4. VT hasn't committed to joining because of UVA's helping get them in the ACC (or whatever the hell happened). The SEC will NOT take UVA. If they can't work it out, Clemson (the next choice) has already agreed to join.

Once again, it's a rumor. But from some very reliable people. Who knows?

 

No one is going to be making any moves until 2013. Once UNCC decides on its conference, it will be the spark that gets the ball rolling.

 

That's basically the same thing being said on most of the boards, I think. Then on the Clemson scout board there was the debate about bringing Pitt and Syracuse into the ACC. Cracked me up when a Clemson fan wrote about how far away Pitt is and there's nothing to do there. Bless his heart.

 

Big Ten quashes latest expansion rumors

By RUSTY MILLER, AP Sports Writer May 11, 7:05 pm EDT




COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP)—Big Ten commissioner Jim Delany e-mailed conference officials Tuesday to stamp out a rumor that four schools had already been offered a chance to join the league.
Ohio State athletic director Gene Smith confirmed Tuesday that Delany had quashed a report that the Big Ten had offered expansion spots to Missouri, Nebraska, Notre Dame and Rutgers.

Asked if there was anything to that speculation, Smith said, “Nothing. There’s no truth to it whatsoever. Actually, Jim sent us all an e-mail telling us there’s no truth to that—which we knew. There’s no extensions of offers that have been made, so that’s not true.”
The conference is looking at expanding from its current 11 members so that it can extend the reach of its lucrative cable network and add a league championship game in football.
The Big Ten athletic directors will meet May 17-19 in downtown Chicago. They will be joined by faculty representatives, senior women’s administrators and the head coaches in football and men’s and women’s basketball. But Smith said the meetings were routine and nothing would be decided in terms of expansion.
“This is our normal meetings, the ones we have every year,” Smith said. “Jim (Delany) will probably give us an update on what the consultant has shared, and I don’t even know if the consultant report is done. He’ll give us an update and then move on doing what he’s been doing. I think they meet with the (university) presidents in June or something like that. So the timeline hasn’t changed, but there won’t be any action next week.”

 

"Today we are discussing Raycom, FOX, an ACC Network, how the Big 10 and ESPN have shifted the landscape, how the chips have fallen to this point, and what we can expect in the future. This television debate will likely frame a lot of talk regarding expansion at some point, so it is important to know how this deal could shake out for the conference and why. Here are some options:

The ACC tries to bang out a deal with ESPN

The ACC looks to work with Raycom and another network in a situation similar to the agreement currently in place.

The ACC could also go it alone and create its own media network.

The idea that I really like the most would involve working with another conference to create a much larger and more attractive package for a possible suitor.

The final option to discuss is the use of another non-traditional football network."


http://www.shakinthesouthland.com/2010/5/12/1449926/media-contracts-ins-outs-and-where

 

That was ten minutes of my life that I'll never get back.

 

Miami?

 

Give me a month and I'll respond to this.

 

What's in it for teams to switch conferences? ie: Clemson to SEC or Missouri to Big 10?