WinchesterBUCK wrote: Good news, Rutgers and Maryland fans, your schools will be joining the Big Ten in 2014, bringing a nice influx of that cold hard cash into your athletic departments. It's just too bad you might not be able to watch all of their games once they've joined the Big Ten.

Yes, that's right, according to the Sports Business Journal, the Big Ten is considering keeping Maryland and Rutgers games -- both football and basketball -- off of its own Big Ten Network in an effort to get local cable companies to place the network on their basic tiers.

Just another reminder that conferene realignment is about nothing more than eyeballs staring at televisions, which produces money whether those eyeballs know it or not.

At the moment the Big Ten Network is available in the home markets of both Maryland and Rutgers, but it's located on sports tiers that are optional to cable subscribers. However, at the moment cable subscribers outside the Big Ten market are paying about 15 cents a month for the network. Once the network hits the basic package and the markets are in the Big Ten's market, that jumps up to 80 cents a month.

So that means for every million cable subscribers in those markets -- subscribers, not people actually watching the Big Ten Network, just those with cable -- the Big Ten will make an additional $650,000 a month, or $7.8 million a year.

Between New York City, New Jersey, Baltimore and Washington D.C. there are roughly 18.1 million people. If only 50% of those people have cable that's nearly $5.9 million a month for the Big Ten Network.

So if you still had any questions about why the Big Ten would choose Rutgers and Maryland, it's probably a bit clearer now.

Also, this is not the first time the Big Ten has used such tactics, as it threatened to do the same thing with Nebraska before it joined the conference as well. Of course, there wasn't much resistance from the cable companies in Nebraska as their customer base would not have been happy without their Cornhusker games available on television.

However, it will be pretty interesting to see whether or not New York cable companies even bat an eye when threatened with the possibility of losing Rutgers games.

buckEYEdr2B wrote: You could at least credit the source that your post came directly from.... www.cbssports.com/collegefootb...and-off-network

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--- WinchesterBUCK wrote:

Good news, Rutgers and Maryland fans, your schools will be joining the Big Ten in 2014, bringing a nice influx of that cold hard cash into your athletic departments. It's just too bad you might not be able to watch all of their games once they've joined the Big Ten.

Yes, that's right, according to the Sports Business Journal, the Big Ten is considering keeping Maryland and Rutgers games -- both football and basketball -- off of its own Big Ten Network in an effort to get local cable companies to place the network on their basic tiers.

Just another reminder that conferene realignment is about nothing more than eyeballs staring at televisions, which produces money whether those eyeballs know it or not.

At the moment the Big Ten Network is available in the home markets of both Maryland and Rutgers, but it's located on sports tiers that are optional to cable subscribers. However, at the moment cable subscribers outside the Big Ten market are paying about 15 cents a month for the network. Once the network hits the basic package and the markets are in the Big Ten's market, that jumps up to 80 cents a month.

So that means for every million cable subscribers in those markets -- subscribers, not people actually watching the Big Ten Network, just those with cable -- the Big Ten will make an additional $650,000 a month, or $7.8 million a year.

Between New York City, New Jersey, Baltimore and Washington D.C. there are roughly 18.1 million people. If only 50% of those people have cable that's nearly $5.9 million a month for the Big Ten Network.

So if you still had any questions about why the Big Ten would choose Rutgers and Maryland, it's probably a bit clearer now.

Also, this is not the first time the Big Ten has used such tactics, as it threatened to do the same thing with Nebraska before it joined the conference as well. Of course, there wasn't much resistance from the cable companies in Nebraska as their customer base would not have been happy without their Cornhusker games available on television.

However, it will be pretty interesting to see whether or not New York cable companies even bat an eye when threatened with the possibility of losing Rutgers games.

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Buckifaithful wrote: These threads would be great if it were updates for rumors, news, etc instead of just pure rampant speculation of "what would I do if I were Delaney" by 6 people.  

Just a thought.

Buckifaithful wrote: These threads would be great if it were updates for rumors, news, etc instead of just pure rampant speculation of "what would I do if I were Delaney" by 6 people.  

Just a thought.

( Part 1) Got an email from my source in Austin. He read my tweet where I said I didn't expect movement until after the bowls were done.....

@ dsbland Most likely B10 grabbing 2 more ACC schools because ND turns down their ultimatum to be a full member or forever miss your chance.

sunflowerpetsounds wrote: To the loud and obnoxious UNC fans on here or other threads.  I don't want to see UNC in the BIG, never have, and there are plenty of us. 

UNC is a Basketball - Women's Soccer school who dreams big of football relevance.  Football is second tier to hoops in your state - prep athletes.  Your population is substantially less than Fl, Tx or Ca where actual football powers exist: UT, Stanford, USC, FSU, Miami (once upon a time) and Fl. NC is congested with FBS schools.  UNC has never won a NC in football.  You are not a sleeping giant as so many of your delusional fans suggest.  Going to the SEC will only make you less relevant.  

You seem to have a Tx complex, which doesn't serve you purposefully, because UT has football history to boast, and far better prep football in a more populated state.  The proximity of Chapel Hill to NC State, East Carolina, WF, Duke = too saturated. Your neighbors to the South, East, and North have better per capita football recruits on average.  Stick with basketball. 

Stay in the ACC or join the SEC. At least in the SEC you'll have a better chance of remaining dominant in hoops - a BIG membership will bring you down to earth, as if IU hasn't whooped Carolina enough in games that matter - a gap that will only widen as Williams gets older and Crean remains in Bloomington.  Has anyone ever noticed why KU, Ky, Duke & UNC have so many basketball wins? They play in conferences where the bottom two thirds have lackluster hoops history.

WinchesterBUCK wrote: Good news, Rutgers and Maryland fans, your schools will be joining the Big Ten in 2014, bringing a nice influx of that cold hard cash into your athletic departments. It's just too bad you might not be able to watch all of their games once they've joined the Big Ten.

Yes, that's right, according to the Sports Business Journal, the Big Ten is considering keeping Maryland and Rutgers games -- both football and basketball -- off of its own Big Ten Network in an effort to get local cable companies to place the network on their basic tiers.

Just another reminder that conferene realignment is about nothing more than eyeballs staring at televisions, which produces money whether those eyeballs know it or not.

At the moment the Big Ten Network is available in the home markets of both Maryland and Rutgers, but it's located on sports tiers that are optional to cable subscribers. However, at the moment cable subscribers outside the Big Ten market are paying about 15 cents a month for the network. Once the network hits the basic package and the markets are in the Big Ten's market, that jumps up to 80 cents a month.

So that means for every million cable subscribers in those markets -- subscribers, not people actually watching the Big Ten Network, just those with cable -- the Big Ten will make an additional $650,000 a month, or $7.8 million a year.

Between New York City, New Jersey, Baltimore and Washington D.C. there are roughly 18.1 million people. If only 50% of those people have cable that's nearly $5.9 million a month for the Big Ten Network.

So if you still had any questions about why the Big Ten would choose Rutgers and Maryland, it's probably a bit clearer now.

Also, this is not the first time the Big Ten has used such tactics, as it threatened to do the same thing with Nebraska before it joined the conference as well. Of course, there wasn't much resistance from the cable companies in Nebraska as their customer base would not have been happy without their Cornhusker games available on television.

However, it will be pretty interesting to see whether or not New York cable companies even bat an eye when threatened with the possibility of losing Rutgers games.

KyleSLamb wrote: Big East basketball schools have a decision coming in 24-48 hours about their future. ESPN is reporting that it would be an "upset" if they do not elect to leave.

KyleSLamb wrote: Big East basketball schools have a decision coming in 24-48 hours about their future. ESPN is reporting that it would be an "upset" if they do not elect to leave.

Hopefully FSU and GT are on the radar, especially if FSU is working towards AAU status.  The ACC could still survive as the new Big Least, but I think UNC and Virginia would be begging for a B1G invite if FSU and GT joined.  Their finances would be hit hard.  Despite UNC's redneck fans, their administrations would choose the B1G over the SEC any day of the week.   

rayb678 wrote:

Despite UNC's redneck fans