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Conference Realignment Board
2 d ago
They both, particularly the Big 10
need to "digest" their new members. That process may be complete by the time the ACC's exit fees get to much lower levels. Is this a controlled demolition?
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3 w ago
Great movie with a couple of plot flaws…
Why would the Germans respect exit visas signed by General DeGaulle?!
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3 w ago
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3 w ago
Football Board
3 w ago
Conference Realignment Board
3 w ago
The key for equal revenue sharing was Wellington Mara of the NY Giants
agreeing to abide by a league wide TV contact, ie. the terms of the Sports Broadcasting Act. The men who ran the NFL and AFL were true visionaries.
Conference Realignment Board
3 w ago
Yeah, Stanford, Rice, Tulane, Vandy, Carnegie-Mellon all named after
wealthy benefactors, either renaming existing institutions or starting new ones
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Conference Realignment Board
1 mo ago
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1 mo ago
Well, the Ottomans had a long period of decline, the “sick man of Europe”
so they weren’t really seen as a driver in 19th-early 20th century power politics, maybe that’s a factor. Their long existence also complicates the only the West are colonizers narrative as well.
Let’s ask a Greek.
The Lounge
1 mo ago
I’ve met a Bosnian but I don’t know that I’ve met
a Hercegovinian. Thought that Hercegovina died as a historical entity with the Archduke or maybe Marshal Tito.
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1 mo ago
When did we have to start saying “Turkey” like
Christopher Moltisanti saying “didn’t?”
** Edited by mancunian at 6/25/2026, 12:38:52 PM
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1 mo ago
Conference Realignment Board
1 mo ago
The real disgrace is the colleges have
known about this demographic cliff for 15+ years and haven’t done anything about it: administrative bloat, useless programs, no real controls on spending etc.
Some of the Ivies have a 1:1 student/administrator ratio, that’s nuts
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1 mo ago
You guys see this?
** Edited by mancunian at 6/14/2026, 10:27:30 AM
** Edited by mancunian at 6/14/2026, 10:30:07 AM
Conference Realignment Board
2 mo ago
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2 mo ago
Football Board
2 mo ago
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2 mo ago
Conference Realignment Board
2 mo ago
Overall brand value. Look how many
commercials have UNC gear in them. I can't stand UNC, how they got away with having a fake major for athletes blows my mind, but they're the tits so far as value.
Conference Realignment Board
2 mo ago
UNC is the most valuable non P2 school/property
excepting ND. Both the SEC and Big 10 would snatch UNC up in a heartbeat.
Conference Realignment Board
2 mo ago
I like it. My only quibble with you is on
Stanford, they could be big time if they choose to; SMU as well. But yeah, I'm thinking something like this is a real possibility.
I think Saban let the cat out of the bag on Gameday last year when he referenced a 30 team superleague. The top of the SEC and Big 10 would have no problem with jettisoning the bottom of their respective conferences.
Conference Realignment Board
2 mo ago
So you're talking about a Big 12/ACC football centric
mashup? That's been floated a few times, not a bad idea, I'd be ok with it assuming conferences are still a thing by the early-mid 2030s.
Conference Realignment Board
2 mo ago
I think ND ends up in whatever secessionist
super league for football that gets formed in the early 2030s, this belief is based on no information whatsover.
The Lounge
2 mo ago
14 straight division titles is insane.
Totally underrated historic achievement. Those Braves teams should’ve won a couple more world championships.
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2 mo ago
Great promoter and sharp business mind
Won the America's Cup in 1977, huge impact with CNN and other cable ventures.
Also.".In 1976, Atlanta Braves pitcher Andy Messersmith wore a jersey with "Channel 17" on the back instead of his name, a publicity stunt by owner Ted Turner to promote his superstation, WTBS. The stunt lasted only a few games before MLB Commissioner Bowie Kuhn prohibited it, citing rules against, advertising on uniforms."
** Edited by mancunian at 5/6/2026, 1:09:54 PM
Conference Realignment Board
3 mo ago
But its not an entire network where you
need multiple hours of programming, its distinct live games.
Conference Realignment Board
3 mo ago
Normally I subscribe to Mike Wilbon's belief
that "not everything's a big deal" but the Duke-Amazon thing seems like a big deal.
A fire bell in the night? The Giants signing Pete Gogolak in 1966?
Conference Realignment Board
3 mo ago
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3 mo ago
Football centric merger between
the ACC and Big 12 makes sense; I know you posted about it recently and its intrigued me for a while.
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3 mo ago
That's great, good on you and your wife, but some jackass
is probably going to call child services on you.
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3 mo ago
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3 mo ago
You know the Browns were preparing to move to
Los Angeles for the 1942 season? Move was supposed to be announced the week of 12-8-1941.
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3 mo ago
ABA, Utah Stars
there was a spate of guys going straight to the pros in the 70s...Bill Willoughby, Darryl Dawkins, then none until Kobe.