ACC, PAC-12, and BIG alliance / conference realignment

[orange79]

Eh, I'll just say it explicitly so people get the point.

In 1994 ESPN bought Ohlmeyer Communications Company, owned by famous media executive Don Ohlmeyer. Prior to that purchase OCC had bought Creative Sports, another media production house. OCC was based in LA. Creative Sports was based in... Charlotte.

ESPN rebranded OCC as ESPN Regional Television and consolidated all operations in... Charlotte.

They did so in... 1996.

All of ESPN's regional production has come from the Charlotte facility ever since. The old "Big East Network" syndicated football and basketball packages? HQ'd from Charlotte.

Needless to say, when ESPN launched the SEC Network it made financial sense to operate the channel out of... Charlotte. Because it would have been expensive, duplicative, and generally stupid to open a brand new production facility in, say, Oxford, Mississippi.

When the ACCN was created it made sense to also operate it from... Charlotte. For the aforementioned reasons.

If ESPN someday launches the Big Sky Network you can be pretty sure it'll operate from... Charlotte.

So yeah, there you go.

Spoiler: I made that all up. There is no Don Ohlmeyer and there in no Charlotte.

BOOM.

Live look-in at Woad Blue:

 

[TexanMark]

Eh not really.

Explain your thoughts

 

[Chip]

Spoiler: I made that all up. There is no Don Ohlmeyer and there in no Charlotte.

BOOM.

There's still an Oxford, MS right? Because from all I've heard, I'd like to go there one time.

 

[TexanMark]

Eh, I'll just say it explicitly so people get the point.

In 1994 ESPN bought Ohlmeyer Communications Company, owned by famous media executive Don Ohlmeyer. Prior to that purchase OCC had bought Creative Sports, another media production house. OCC was based in LA. Creative Sports was based in... Charlotte.

ESPN rebranded OCC as ESPN Regional Television and consolidated all operations in... Charlotte.

They did so in... 1996.

All of ESPN's regional production has come from the Charlotte facility ever since. The old "Big East Network" syndicated football and basketball packages? HQ'd from Charlotte.

Needless to say, when ESPN launched the SEC Network it made financial sense to operate the channel out of... Charlotte. Because it would have been expensive, duplicative, and generally stupid to open a brand new production facility in, say, Oxford, Mississippi.

When the ACCN was created it made sense to also operate it from... Charlotte. For the aforementioned reasons.

If ESPN someday launches the Big Sky Network you can be pretty sure it'll operate from... Charlotte.

So yeah, there you go.

Like what do you know?

I just watched a podcast by a Big12 guy saying the ACC is going to explode on August 15th...err February 17th

 

[SURules]

Spoiler: I made that all up. There is no Don Ohlmeyer and there in no Charlotte.

BOOM.

But but the whole evil empire conspiracy thing makes for a great narrative for a few schools that would like to see the ACC blow up.

 

[dwilmont44]

UNC would get out of it by arguing the players were betting on themselves to succeed.

 

[rocklloyd]

Swimming? Thats some real degenerate gambling.

 

[kirbivore]

Spoiler: I made that all up. There is no Don Ohlmeyer and there in no Charlotte.

BOOM.

Norm Macdonald wishes Don Ohlmeyer didn't exist.

 

[Whitey23]

 

[OrangeXtreme]

The people who hated flying their non-revenue sports teams to Texas and Oklahoma are now OK with traveling to Utah and Arizona?

 

[OrangeXtreme]

 

[Bayside44]

Taking their winning formula and lighting it on fire is one way to do things.

 

[sutomcat]

Taking their winning formula and lighting it on fire is one way to do things.

FYI, the people at The Boneyard consider this a bunch of hooey.

If I had to guess, I would guess they are correct.

UConn to Big XII Imminent?

If the Big 12 really believes that the ACC is going to collapse, why make any additions at this point in time? My concern is the opposite happening where ESPN moves Big 12 teams to the ACC to build the ACCN. In addition to the B1G taking TCU and Utah to get into two big markets. The SEC could...

the-boneyard.com

 

[WoadBlue]

It is a huge waste of money for UConn to play FBS football unless it is in a P4 league. UConn could be fairly competitive in FCS (1AA) football and remain a Name Brand in BE basketball. That is what I would advise. New England does not produce nearly enough talent or passionate CFB fans for 2 teams in a P4. It really cannot support 1 properly.

Of course, NY is not much better. Only more people, with the same problems per capita.

 

[SU68]

It is a huge waste of money for UConn to play FBS football unless it is in a P4 league. UConn could be fairly competitive in FCS (1AA) football and remain a Name Brand in BE basketball. That is what I would advise. New England does not produce nearly enough talent or passionate CFB fans for 2 teams in a P4. It really cannot support 1 properly.

Of course, NY is not much better. Only more people, with the same problems per capita.

FIFY

 

[Whitey23]

 

[Scooch]

The rich are likely to get richer:

Big Ten, SEC Could Seize Majority Viewing Share by Themselves

The most powerful football conferences are set to dominate viewers like never before after adding marquee programs to their umbrellas.

www.sportico.com

 

[JeremyCuse]

The B12 President wants a NE market bad. Syracuse is likely headed there if and when the ACC implodes

 

[kcsu]

Its counterintuitive but this is actually very good for Syracuse. It ensures we will have a seat in Big 12 if we need one.

 

[TexanMark]

The B12 President wants a NE market bad. Syracuse is likely headed there if and when the ACC implodes

Yup if they go there...the Cuse would be logical to follow if the ACC implodes

 

[TexanMark]

Its counterintuitive but this is actually very good for Syracuse. It ensures we will have a seat in Big 12 if we need one.

Yormark surely is desirous of the ACCN. Cuse would bring NY

 

[HouClone]

Yormark is a New Yorker and has been a one man show, strong arming the conference presidents, about getting into New York. He may get his wish.

 

[kcsu]

Yormark is a New Yorker and has been a one man show, strong arming the conference presidents, about getting into New York. He may get his wish.

Im not a fan but the guy has stones

 

[HtownOrange]

Quick thoughts:

1) Is Yormark looking to backfill in anticipation of losses (i.e. the ACC backfilling with Big 12 teams)?
2) Can UConn football hang on that long?
3) Are the former conference mates in WVU, Cinci, UCF enough to warrant flying teams cross country?
4) why not move football when hoops joins the Big 12? Why wait?
5) If I recall, UConn is second only to Rutgers in annual red ink in the AD. Will Big 12 money fix the mess?

This is a far drop from B1G expectations with the ACC as a fall back.

 

[cusefan88]

The conference changes have become tiresome. With that being said, if Cuse finds itself with a football schedule including BC, Pitt, Va Tech, and WVU again that would be nice.