How do you feel about the additions of Rutgers and MD now?
- Thread starter rutgersal
- Start date
BTN is only part of it. And they absolutely did help us in that respect. But having the DC, Baltimore, and NY City DMA also helps us in our First and second tier rights packages.
Delany pulled them out of his back pocket during the last rights negotiations when ESPN wanted to play hardball. We ended up with the highest rights package by far. Even the SEC's NEW first tier package that goes into effect in 2024 doesn't match the $440 million per year Delany negotiated back in 2017.
That's the good news. The bad news is we owe our TV partners a lot of money from all the cancelled games last year. And we are in the process of negotiating our new contract that expires in 2024. Having those DMAs in our back pockets is not a bad thing. Especially when you have a new man at the head of the negotiating helm.
State politics isn't the problem. ESPN and the GOR is.
For the present, both Virginia teams are off the table.
Delany caught the perfect storm. Media rights for sport properties were being bid up across the board, Fox was consolidating its position in college football, and ESPN got caught flatfooted so they threw too much money on the table.
The results of the next deal will depend largely on what ESPN does. If they're a player, the BIG should get a nice contract. If not......
Well Rutgers is building a nice team now with Shianno’s recruiting success, and Maryland beat us last year. I don’t like either program but I’m OK with them in the conference because of their eastern locations. Plus they are both pretty good academically.
Last edited:
As a serious answer to your question, Rutgersal, I felt like Rutgers and Maryland further diluted the Big Ten brand, which was pretty diluted to begin with. There are too many mediocre programs and bad teams in the Big Ten.
I have no interest in games featuring Rutgers or Maryland in any sport, against any team. I typically feel the same way about Illinois, Indiana, Northwestern, Purdue, and Minnesota in most years. That's half the conference.
Some of these teams can be good in basketball or football in some years. But I just do not care.
I have no interest in games featuring Rutgers or Maryland in any sport, against any team. I typically feel the same way about Illinois, Indiana, Northwestern, Purdue, and Minnesota in most years. That's half the conference.
Some of these teams can be good in basketball or football in some years. But I just do not care.
I heard rutgers and maryland were all about the cable packages for the big 10 network.
since streaming is hurting that, there is another reason rutgers and maryland maybe a good deal.
because maybe they can find people by these large population areas that can play football.
ohio state and michigan does it.
plus after all these teams die due to sec and the horns/0u....thing....
there will be fewer places for recruits to go, so if the remaining big 12 folds, I suppose there will be alot of texas recruits looking for a place to go.
maybe if the sec raids the acc, maybe there will be recruits heading to rutkers and maryland
since streaming is hurting that, there is another reason rutgers and maryland maybe a good deal.
because maybe they can find people by these large population areas that can play football.
ohio state and michigan does it.
plus after all these teams die due to sec and the horns/0u....thing....
there will be fewer places for recruits to go, so if the remaining big 12 folds, I suppose there will be alot of texas recruits looking for a place to go.
maybe if the sec raids the acc, maybe there will be recruits heading to rutkers and maryland
PSU beat Rutgers 15-12 the day I was born. Weak entrance for me but I still feel like it was a springboard.
Yeah. I don’t consider either school a “rival” per se - but I wouldn’t consider any of our old eastern opponents as a rival really - but I love playing teams that are actually on the east coast in areas where we have a good bit of our fan base. The Big Ten feels like a much better fit without PSU being such a geographical outlier.
