Louisville to ACC

[Mission9]

Doesn't "FIRE" seem to be the operative word of the day?

[Triple B]

We are so royally screwed. Goes to show how powerful football is. It's driving conferences/revenue, not the academics which has been our administration's biggest blunder. We keep striving to be "elite" academically to "better our situation" when all it would've taken is investing in a good football coach and then we'd have plenty of money to better the academics.

Rutgers has already jumped and UConn is being talked up heavily .... For the 3,012th time, football is a very small driver in this.

[bullsqrd]

We are so royally screwed. Goes to show how powerful football is. It's driving conferences/revenue, not the academics which has been our administration's biggest blunder. We keep striving to be "elite" academically to "better our situation" when all it would've taken is investing in a good football coach and then we'd have plenty of money to better the academics.

Rutgers has already jumped and UConn is being talked up heavily .... For the 3,012th time, football is a very small driver in this.

+1

[bcgruber]

Football is the main driver. And it all stinks and will end up hurting the product in the long run

[namuh-bull]

It looks like the Big 10 is planning on having some big payouts in the future.

"Thamel believes the Big Ten annual payout will grow to between $30 million and $35 million by 2017 (when the Big Ten will be negotiating new TV agreements) as a result of the decision to add Rutgers and Maryland..." from http://www.sportsbusinessnews.com/content/college-football-–-very-big-business

Go Bulls!