Big 10 Report: Conference Realignment

[Mr. Laz]

A source in St. Louis familiar with the situation told NewsCenter 16 Thursday afternoon that Missouri will leave the Big XII and soon join the Big 10. Other schools expected to follow the Tigers are Syracuse, Pitt, Rutgers and Nebraska.

Many have speculated that such an expansion would include Notre Dame but ND athletic director Jack Swarbrick told me today that the Irish prefer to stay independent in football and in the Big East for other sports. Swarbrick said maintaining football Independence is such a part of what Notre Dame is.

He went on to say the Big East is a great partner for the University in other sports.

"We do have to monitor what is going on," Swarbrick said. "There will be significant shifts. "Hopefully we can navigate them by keeping our football independent and keeping our Big East affiliation because that is what we care about."

The move of Syracuse, Pitt and Rutgers to the Big Ten from the Big East could categorically change the landscape of the Big East itself. Thus, what Swarbrick is referring to when stating the University must continue to monitor what is going on.

The interview with Swarbrick was done before the late afternoon announcement.

http://www.wndu.com/sports/headlines/92447574.html

[kepp]

Originally Posted by DeezNutz

Why is that funny? "Compelling" is fair, no? A conference with OU, Texas, Notre Dame, A&M, and Arkansas would turn on a lot of television sets for a lot of different reasons.

Strongest? No. Compelling? Sure.

Compelling? Yes. "In the history of college football"? Probably not.

[DaKCMan AP]

Originally Posted by kepp

Compelling? Yes. "In the history of college football"? Probably not.

Precisely. I'm fine with the use of the word 'compelling' as long as the preceding 'most' and trailing 'in the history of college football' are removed.

[kepp]

Originally Posted by patteeu

They are stipulated damages. Nebraska and Colorado already agreed by signing the contract that leaving would cause damage (whether it actually ends up doing so or not) and that that the compensation for that damage would be as indicated in the contract.

Also, the money doesn't really come in the form of payments so much as from revenue the Big12 withholds from CU/NU, right? So, the money WILL be withheld, and they'd have to go to court to get it back.

[alnorth]

Originally Posted by kepp

Also, the money doesn't really come in the form of payments so much as from revenue the Big12 withholds from CU/NU, right? So, the money WILL be withheld, and they'd have to go to court to get it back.

Yep. The only chance I think they would have (again, not a lawyer) is to make an equity argument that this clause is so grossly unfair that it would lead to unjust enrichment.

As I understand it, "equity" is an unpredictable squirrelly area of the law that tries to address something that is blatantly unfair no matter what the contract may say. For example, if your cell phone contract had a termination penalty of 10 million dollars buried in the fine print, that would get thrown out because of equity. (the "damage" to the cell phone company is clearly nowhere close to 10 million dollars, and the fee is hilariously high)

However, this is the University of Nebraska we are talking about here. Not some little old lady suckered into a bad contract by an unethical salesman. They have access to some of the best legal advice in the country. Plus, the "damages" in the contract do not sound highly unreasonable to me that it would trigger an equity argument. Damages are uncertain, and forgoing a share of revenue for 1 or 2 years sounds like a reasonable remedy.

[ceebz]

Originally Posted by DaneMcCloud

Eastern Kansas is likely to root for Colorado,

No, more like eastern Coloradans are likely to root for Kansas.

Believe me, I'm one of them, and I grew up in the 80's watching Kansas basketball.

[Reerun_KC]

Originally Posted by DaKCMan AP

Precisely. I'm fine with the use of the word 'compelling' as long as the preceding 'most' and trailing 'in the history of college football' are removed.

And we care how you feel about it?

[Pants]

Originally Posted by schneider221

Chip Brown reported this which is where they got it from. He said this was one of the things that caused Texas to reconsider.

Chip Brown hasn't really been wrong about any of this, has he?

[sedated]

Originally Posted by Reerun_KC

And we care how you feel about it?

I don't see why he is even participating in this thread, other than his inability to resist constantly declaring the SEC the greatest football entity in the history of entities.

I think he has some sort of Florida/SEC tourettes.

[Reerun_KC]

Originally Posted by sedated

I don't see why he is even participating in this thread, other than his inability to resist constantly declaring the SEC the greatest football entity in the history of entities.

I think he has some sort of Florida/SEC tourettes.

IDK? especially when 99% of the posters in here probably doesnt give a shit if the SEC existed or not...

I know I dont.

[Bambi]

Petro repeating exactly what I've been saying about the myth of football revenue.

[DaKCMan AP]

Originally Posted by Reerun_KC

And we care how you feel about it?

Obviously.

[DaKCMan AP]

Originally Posted by sedated

I don't see why he is even participating in this thread, other than his inability to resist constantly declaring the SEC the greatest football entity in the history of entities.

I think he has some sort of Florida/SEC tourettes.

Do you lack mental capacity? There were rumors and scenarios about every BCS conference, including the SEC.

[kepp]

Originally Posted by Wickedson

Petro repeating exactly what I've been saying about the myth of football revenue.

You should probably consider that the killshot on that particular theory.

[Reerun_KC]

Originally Posted by DaKCMan AP

Obviously.

Fail

[DaKCMan AP]

Originally Posted by Reerun_KC

Fail

Yes. You fail. Thanks for playing.