Blades,
The more I read the various things you have posted, the more I am convinced that the P5 and CR generally is spiraling towards litigation that will once again go to the US Supreme Court...............
Why aren't more people saying enough is enough, this is a corrupt model and it needs to be fixed?????????? This is not just about unfairness to UConn- it's unfairness period.
KSTW, your the lawyer but this is a follow up on CR from today's Courant. It's where I think a lawsuit should be considered by a small group of schools directly at the TV networks for the corruption, but more importantly the collusion that's going on. Remember when ESPN lied to the public regarding BC's AD Fillippo saying "ESPN told us what to do" ? Why is no writer picking up on what these networks are doing in using schools as pawns, while keeping some schools in and some schools out of the P-5 ?
It's like the TV Networks are controlling free agency to hurt schools that should or could be elevated... None of this has ever been about anything more than money, as we
all know, but ESPN has continued to lie about their role( while school presidents will mention things like academics, etc. blah blah, blah ! ).... But if this is going on publicly
(below) then everything that ESPN has said in the past about having no part in decisions regarding conference re-alignment is an admitted lie....
So now THEY WILL PAY CONFERENCES NOT TO EXPAND (which will hurt schools who would be considered )....... I think it's something "TV should be answering"
about in court regarding their direct involvement of who's in or out of the P-5 cartel.. The litigation I could see is ESPN getting sued by the schools they continue to hurt like those in the conference, the former Big EAST, they have lied about hurting and destroying in the past.
Courant: Excitement About Big 12 Expansion Has Dimmed; Will Conference Stay At 10 Teams?
from THIS Part of the article:
"One big reason behind the decision to expand was a clause in the Big 12 television contracts with
ESPN and Fox calling for an extra $20 million annually for any schools the Big 12 adds. That has also led to speculation that the networks are willing to pay the Big 12 not expand in order to keep their cost ratio in order. CBS Sports reported there is a 50-50 chance the league won't expand and
Bowlsby admitted that ESPN and Fox might end up paying the league not to expand. "It's plausible," Bowlsby told CBS Sports. "It's among a whole wide range, array of possibilities. I suppose that's one possibility. Nobody really enjoys paying more for what they already own."
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But they do enjoy paying 3 Big East schools more, like they did in the past.... when it was easier to poach them to destroy a conference, than pay full value for all 16 schools, SMH !) Earlier this week, TMG College Sports reported that ESPN and Fox are urging the Big 12 to not expand. Sources told the website that the television networks could be willing to increase payouts next season for the conference's first championship football game and extend the overall TV contract for 5 years."