If I was the commish and I had $45 million to spend

[slbpsi63]

I would go after a big name school to come to our league. Is it a long shot, HELL TO THE YES, but bet your ass I would still try to pull a big fish into the league! who to target, Lets debate it out!! If we had a legitimate top ten team( in rankings and FAN BASE) in the fold we will get ACC now, and provide us the momentum to propel the league in the right direction. Pay their exit fess and give them the remainder of the money to offset temporary losses due to their TV contract shrinking. This will give the rest of the conference enought time to build on the new success prestige due to use getting a perenial player. This will also give us an opportunity to kill it on the next TV deal and permentantly put this behind us. We need a Big dog, GO BUY ONE!!!!! Its just crazy enough to work....

[Ghost]

USC

[Matt]

$45 mil is a drop in a bucket to these major programs with big time TV deals. That would cover about 3-4 years of TV money that a team in the SEC, Big 12, Pac 12, Big 10 receive.

No long term value in the big east unless we can get a big TV deal. which that isn't looking very likely.

[Joe]

$45 mil is a drop in a bucket to these major programs with big time TV deals. That would cover about 3-4 years of TV money that a team in the SEC, Big 12, Pac 12, Big 10 receive.

No long term value in the big east unless we can get a big TV deal. which that isn't looking very likely.

Depends on your definition of big. We'll get a nice deal. It won't be the crazy numbers some have thrown out on here. I wouldn't have been with Nd either.

[Matt]

yea Joe I agree. I meant Big TV deal enough to sway a team to leave one of those conferences I already mentioned to come to the Big East.

We won't get SEC, Pac12, Big 12, Big 10 money but we will get enough money to still be able to grow as a program and a conference.

[CPR]

The only big name team that we have any shot at is BYU. 45mil is nothing to every team in the Big 5.

[slbpsi63]

$45 mil is a drop in a bucket to these major programs with big time TV deals. That would cover about 3-4 years of TV money that a team in the SEC, Big 12, Pac 12, Big 10 receive.

No long term value in the big east unless we can get a big TV deal. which that isn't looking very likely.

Lets say that the team earns $20M a year. Our initial deal equals $15M-$17M a deal. The $45M would offset the annual loss and the initial exit fee and the BE will provide provide an easier road to the 4 team playoff, thus triggering a larger payout for making the playoffs.

[CPR]

$45 mil is a drop in a bucket to these major programs with big time TV deals. That would cover about 3-4 years of TV money that a team in the SEC, Big 12, Pac 12, Big 10 receive.

No long term value in the big east unless we can get a big TV deal. which that isn't looking very likely.

Lets say that the team earns $20M a year. Our initial deal equals $15M-$17M a deal. The $45M would offset the annual loss and the initial exit fee and the BE will provide provide an easier road to the 4 team playoff, thus triggering a larger payout for making the playoffs.

Is this thread real life? It's BYU or bust.

[smazza]

we are outside looking in

the gap between haves and have nots is growing

big east is in have not group

[NCBull]

$45 mil?...a yacht with a hot tub, a nice mansion on the Mediterranean, a tight trophy wife, and lifetime season tickets at Notre Dame (sorry, couldn't resist).