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Message: [QUOTE="HtownOrange, post: 5561973, member: 622"] It sounds like UM was really hoping for the super league. I would love to see the real analysis reports. UC gets a 10% stake in the conference (Double the 5% assumption I was operating under), 15 year guaranteed with the sole option to sell or continue the deal. Not bad, if I am UC I am probably good with this. Never mind the probable conflict of interest of a non-member school holding a 10% stake in the BTN, as a famous penguin once said, "You don't see anything."* On the bad side, there is no new growth projections, if the B1G fails to maintain its status the investment may devalue in 15 years (not be worth the $2.4BB investment, let alone growth for inflation, let alone extra cash for profit). Meanwhile, the B1G schools get the cash version ($133MM, or so) of a shot in the arm. They lose 10% of their share for at least 15 years and that loss may be continued or sold at the option of the new shareholder of 10%. Eight of the said schools are $225MM in debt or worse. While the infusion will cut into the debt, it is not erased. Nor do these schools show signs of fiscal responsibility; which begs the question if they cannot pay their bills with the current revenue, how will they afford the remaining debt on 10% less revenue? Plus, if they don't like the deal, they have to buy back the investmen Has anyone seen hard numbers on this? Has anyone heard of each school's plan to attain fiscal responsibility? Let alone how they will manage to do so with less revenue? Has anyone shown how the B1G will generate more revenue to make up the loss of 10%? Who among us would take a small cash feel-good loan in exchange for insufficient cash to pay my other debts and rebuild while paying out 10% of our paycheck for 15 years and likely more? This looks more like self destruction more than a recovery plan. *Madagascar - My girls loved that movie. [/QUOTE]

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