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Financially Stanford doesn't need to beg, UCLA does. Current numbers are difficult to find but 20 years ago Stanford's endowment sat at $7+ billion with $300 million earmarked for athletics. The total endowment is now over $41 billion with great returns. Assume somewhere around $2 billion is specified for athletics. UCLA has a $100 million athletic department deficit. Beggars can't be choosers.

I imagine the global increase in the price of fuel, both gasoline and airline, is a major factor.

Oregon is really not lacking resources, they suffer in part because the perception of the league is weak. They don't perform well OOC. How does unequal revenue distribution help the lower half of the conference become competitive?

It wasn't that many years ago that Oregon State was nicknamed the giant killers and Oregon desperately needed equal revenue sharing to maintain an athletic department. Is it truly a league if one or two schools demand unequal shares?

Entry into the B1G may be the equivalent of the fabled Trojan Horse. At first celebrated as a great victory before leading to total destruction and the ash heap of history.

Gotta give credit to Georgia for their OOC scheduling. Clemson and Ohio State in the same year? Georgia football schedule: UGA’s future nonconference games are insane UGAWIRE.USATODAY.COM Looking at Georgia’s future nonconference schedules through 2034.

The dead period runs from June 27 to July 24. During that time coaches are not allowed to have any in person contact with recruits or their parents. It's difficult to arrange or confirm visits without speaking to the athlete so any visitor list would be unreliable.

Blasphemy about Harvey Mudd? US News ranks them at #28 among liberal arts colleges so maybe mom has a right to be proud.😀 In addition they also have a sense of humor..."Harvey Mudd is one of the country’s top math, science and engineering undergraduate colleges. The school offers a variety of student organizations on campus, from the break-dancing club to the Harvey Wallbangers Climbing Club, among others."

Thank you. I had skipped the article when I saw it on Oregon Live. It would have been my loss if you hadn't brought it to my attention this morning.

Bio from the Bowerman Track Club site. Jerry Schumacher — BowermanTC WWW.BOWERMANTC.COM

Reports link Jerry Schumacher to Oregon track and field coaching vacancy WWW.REGISTERGUARD.COM According to reports that surfaced late Sunday from both LetsRun.com and reporter Doug Binder of DyeStat.com, the hiring could come as soon as Monday.

It appears the tweet is gone and nothing on Youngs twitter, listed below????? https://twitter.com/richardyoung239

Presumably a similar deal for the B1G's projected billion dollar deal would divert $150,000,000 to private equity, reducing each of the current 14 members share by $10 million each and every year?

Somewhat off topic but tOSU has EIGHT home games? They open with five straight in the 'Shoe? Their toughest road trips are to Michigan State and Penn State plus Maryland and Northwestern. No wonder they are expected to be in the playoffs.

How many of the presidents have an interest in athletics? They oversee a billion dollar plus organization. The athletic director is the one who focuses on the conference affiliation and inner workings but I doubt many of them have particular expertise in media rights value. Reporting at the time certainly painted a different picture than what JC claims. Further we have no idea what the proposed partner was asking for. A lot of private equity firms border on sketchy. The Pac-12 is no longer interested in selling a media rights stake to private equity firms AWFULANNOUNCING.COM The Pac-12's plan to sell a stake to a private equity firm always seemed unlikely, and now it's officially dead; a strategic partnership remains possible.

At $68 million each the 14 members of the SEC divide a pool of $952 million. A new member would need to add a minimum of $68 million in revenue to prevent a reduced distribution. Canzano recently posted the Nielsen date for each conference and Oklahoma was listed at 755,340. Ignoring the fact the SEC will already capture a lot of those sets with OU would the addition of Oklahoma State warrant ESPN paying an additional $68,000,000? Will Alabama and Georgia take less money to be able to play in Boone Pickens Stadium? I doubt it.

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To me this speaks volumes about the maturity, ethics and character of the player. Further I think it reflects well on the coaching staff he chose to play for.

Announcement time narrowed down a bit.

Several decent options but I also lean toward #5. A game against every other division increases visibility (eyeballs) for everyone.

Didn't the same hold true for Avalos?

Isn't the only way this works is ESPN agrees to increase their payout to the SEC so they can void the ACC contract? Wouldn't that spawn an unending stream of lawsuits from the schools left behind? A brief overview from last year of the Grant Of Rights and the exit fee in the ACC. Clemson football: Why ACC Grant of Rights might not mean as much as we think RUBBINGTHEROCK.COM Over the course of the last week, rumors have been swirling surrounding the Clemson football program and several others due to the expansion moves being ma...

From Canzano "The Big Ten deal with Fox that was valued at $1 billion a year is now worth $1.143 billion with the addition of USC and UCLA." which keeps the payout at roughly the $71 million.

I see the response to the Winston speculation as very similar to Cota. Quotes from a thread when Cota entered the portal I was really disappointed when he chose UCLA over Oregon. Now, looking strictly at production he had 18 receptions for 286 yards last season as a third year player. With limited scholarships I hope they recruit someone a bit more dynamic. Hard Pass. He had his chance, and we do not have the scholarships to spare. Agreed. I’ve watched him for 4 years at UCLA and he is just an average pac12 receiver. Respect his family and wish him the best, but we can find a better receiver in the portal than Chase. After he committed to Oregon Meh. Agreed. Perhaps a political move for future Oregon HS recruits Cota is ok... the guy CAN play. He is a local kid so welcome. While I'm glad he's finishing his career at Oregon, I'm not head over heels excited. He's proven to have a limited ceiling and has similar stats as Brendan Schooner... he'll be a veteran presence to maybe teach the younger some things but I don't expect him to start or put up any record breaking numbers. I think it's a great pickup to build depth.