Money to me Is the reason for the big and pac for not playing this fall
Couldn't agree more. It really affects the bottom line if you can't pack over 100k people into your stadium. They are hoping they can in the spring.
Money/Political agenda. The B1G seems to be doing fine with money. But it was a hit. They will push and push for "spring" but at the height of flu season, it's a terrible idea. Spineless.
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If you consider athletic departments losing >50% of their revenue and having $100,000,000 budget deficits fine... sure.
From what I read on various webesites, they have $50 million to give to member schools and are threatening Nebraska with that. Seems fine right now. They can take the one year hit and push the politics. For your smaller and liberal schools, this is the perfect case scenario. Still take the money that tOSU would typically get them via television and playoff revenues and opt out.
That's still dependent on DeWine giving the ok. The local board of health could shut down any youth league if DeWine doesn't authorize it.
Well for one the players in a baseball game are playing baseball and the players in a soccer game are playing soccer.
That $50 million comes from TV revenue sharing (primarily from televised football games). This is more of a threat to their future conference membership and future seasons revenue share. There will be little TV money this year, certainly not $50 million per school, without football.
I'm not sure what they have in the reserves, but I'm sure its ample. I wouldn't expect the Big Ten to announce their political agenda without compensating schools for future recruitment, training, and now testing measures. The bank is never dry in the Big Ten. That money will make its way to the member schools. If not, then those that have lesser clout (Northwestern, Illinois, Rutgers, etc) would have most definitely pushed for the season.
No. At least not for football.
Pull the rug out the day before the season starts?? That would be highly unpopular
It has been a lot longer than 16 days. Team have been practicing for a long time without pads but with the same risk.
Do you have information about B1G financial reserves or a payout coming to member schools? The fact is that the conference, like its member schools, relies on annual football revenue and spends accordingly. After all, before 2020 who seriously could've imagined a whole football season being wiped out? Those with "lesser clout" ultimately have less to lose because their budgets depend more on student fees and support from the university's general fund and less on football revenue.
There should be a good punch line for this somewhere.
Clearly. They need the ticket sales to support their entire athletic program.
Many teams have been doing their conditioning and lifting since the order was lifted in late May...................
Very true.
