Baylor

Financial Support Part 10 When comparing university athletic departments, few demarcation points are as cut and dry as the financial support that they receive.  It is also...

Structure Part 9   I would imagine terabytes of memory on the internet are dedicated to ignoring reality and making the entire world of NCAA sports boil down...

Desire Part 8   Of all of the factors that we need to consider when evaluating expansion candidates none is more important than desire.   In short, if you...

Location Part 7 As the old real estate mantra goes when describing the most valuable properties, it comes down to location, location, location.   However, no single aspect...

Why Custom Fios Matters to ESPN How We Got Here Since the dawn of the television era, content providers and distributors have not only worked together...

Media Contracts Part 6 Buyouts bind schools to conferences.   Grant of Rights bind inventory to media contracts.  So, at the end of the day, what we need...

Grant of Rights Part 5 I’m not a media lawyer, but I’ve talked to a few and what I can tell you about a Grant of Rights...

Buyouts and Buy-ins Part 4 The long and short with buyouts is that they are monetary compensation for the conference due to the trouble it has...

Brand and Culture Part 3 At this point the joke is old.  There are fourteen teams in the Big Ten and ten teams in the Big 12. ...

Building a Foundation Part 2 Prior to about five years ago, expansion was addressed very rarely.   The Big Ten stayed at eleven members for years prior...