The advice to play the long game when schools often cannot see beyond tomorrow is spot on. Especially in the B1G. Example: they too Maryland, sure it gave the ACC a black eye but Maryland has not really been impressive. Still not fiscally sound. Just another mouth to feed. Example: Rutgers. Need I say more? Terrible facilities. Mismanagement of the AD. Teams are body bag games. Borrowed money, still paying it back. Runs in the red in spite of making more TV money than ever beforeNCAA prez urges caution on private equity deals
NCAA president Charlie Baker is urging schools and conferences tempted by riches offered through potential deals with new equity sources to think about the long-term repercussions before jumping into the deals.www.espn.com
Part of the ACC owning part of the B1G.From 4 days ago, but still relevant.
University of California pursues $2.4 billion investment in Big Ten, but faces backlash
While the Oakland-based university system's investment office wants to invest in the Big Ten, leadership of conference's 18-member institutions must agree to it.www.pionline.com
When they first announced their opposition to this there were some noises that they would go independent and try to get a TV deal like ND has. But I wonder how the existing grant of rights agreement would affect that.
As the new investment and partnership was not a fundamental part of the original BTN agreement, I would guess that the existing agreements would only stand as applied to UM and USC if they each ratify the agreement. Either or both should be able to leave with less hassle than Most other schools leaving a conference before their present agreements.