03-14-2007, 02:56 PM | #31 | |
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If Tom Holmoe said he was looking into models of BYU going independent and joining other conferences, that in itself, is half the battle! |
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03-14-2007, 02:59 PM | #32 | |
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1. The TV deal, which is much more lucrative than it used to be provides BYU < $1M per year. We could make that in one game with a home game against a Notre Dame. We could make double that putting the rest of the games on Channel 16 or 24 just in Utah. Any TV deal as an independent would blow away what we have now. 2. Two years removed from losing season three years in a row, BYU demand is as high as ever. The demand is there and it's not going away that easy. 3. We don't get shared bowl revenue--maybe a few hundred K at the most in a good year. Shared NCAA tournament revenue is a bigger deal. 4. Absolutely. Schedule would go something like this: 3-4 Pac 10's, 3-4 other BCS conference schools, 3-4 old MWC/other non BCS, Utah, Utah State, non D-1A. Beautiful thing. 5. BoT wouldn't even approve a Thanksgiving evening game with Utah that would have made bank, so obviously getting BoT to approve a big move would be near impossible. Bottom line: financially it's a boon for football. Exposure wise it's a boon for football. It would be a killer for other sports unless they could get conference affiliation. |
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03-14-2007, 03:10 PM | #34 |
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That's not the question, nor was it the choice that Penn State was presented with. The question is why has independence virtually ceased to exist? What were the financial drivers involved? Why has no one willingly gone from a conference affiliation to independent status (is Army the sole exception)?
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03-14-2007, 03:10 PM | #35 | |
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BYU interest is exploding. Coming off three losing seasons, we sold out the Vegas Bowl two years in a row. Even during those three losing seasons and a bogged down by a MWC schedule we had home games against USC and Notre Dame to market. Either one of those could have funded the entire MWC TV budget split. The risk is in the non-football sports. And that's a big risk. There's virtually no risk in football. The story here is whether or not a huge financial and exposure benefit in football is worth risk in the other sports. It almost seems silly to worry about risk to the football program when we get so little from the conference currently. |
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03-14-2007, 03:14 PM | #36 |
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It's crazy to think we get less than $1 million per year, and the Big Least teams get $10 million per year.
Is BYU so different than those Big East teams? Sure Wyoming, CSU, Air Force etc. are absolute nobodies. But BYU? |
03-14-2007, 06:06 PM | #37 |
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Well, $$ talks. That BYU's dollar amounts are closer to those of Wyoming, CSU and Utah says a lot.
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