Big East might be looking at a Grant of Rights...

[CuseLegacy]

Justin Glass‏@j_s_glass
@DavidTeelatDP will #ACC push for G.O.R. Once #PITT and #CUSE join?



21hDavid Teel‏@DavidTeelatDP
@j_s_glass Question worth asking.

 

[BlueCurtain]

The Irish would blow up the league before signing.

What is there left to destroy?

 

[reedny]

They don't set the rules, they're playing by them. As long as there's a TV deal that pays them more than they'd get through a conference TV deal why would they join a conference for football?

If/when NBC no longer profits from the deal then it'll end. ND will attempt to get another network to offer something similar. Only when that is no longer an option or the football playoff requires conference membership, then, and only then, will ND join a conference for football.

Jurie, with due respect, they DO set the rules because (for some strange reason) they're mysteriously on the committee making the decisions.

We all understand market forces. But those don't seem to explain the inequitable revenue the school receives (incongruent with its record), or its insider position in BCS management. That's what the article is pointing out.

Your mantra -- "it's ok b/c they're getting it" is circular and may soon (as the author says) be out of date. Until then, I agree, cash all those checks.