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Originally Posted by Rams Fan
I agree, but there's still substantial disadvantages with the new alignment geographically.
Let's use Oregon as an example.
For football, this re-alignment doesn't do much in terms of travel. May want to fly out Thursday night instead of Friday to have more time to adjust to time zones, but overall a non-factor.
Every other sport is at a disadvantage though. How are road trips going to work for every other sport? Do those teams just stay in the Midwest or East for 2 weeks? Or do they travel mid-week to go across the country before coming back on the weekend?
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I am thinking they are going to do the two-week tour method.
It is not optimal but the athletes need to understand that this was the best long term for the university and players. Like horse racing, you need money to be top tier in college athletics.
Oregon and Washington were looking at $20 per year versus $70-80 for Big Ten teams.
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