Location not as important than size and robustness for big 10

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Washington has over 45,000 students, and huge campus and research, really fits big 10 model.... Oregon is only about 18000 students,, and does not have a medical school or engineering. (engineering at Oregon State and medical school is one state medical school separate in Portland. However, Oregon has the Knight money as well as Nike funding. Nike makes a corporate decision on Oregon separate than the other brands. So Oregon gets top branding, (no matter what the others think) because its the founder's institution. (this is the same For Underamour and Maryland. Under Armor loses it shirt on Md stuff but since the founder goes there they will take a loss. VT really needs to have development types (in athletics) to reach out to our CEO's who lead Major corporations (Norfolk and Southern (maybe not now), and Boeing. and there seems to be a border between Amazon and VT as an university and Amazon and athletic branding...... I DONT KNOW WHY..

Posted: 03/16/2023 at 05:36 PM ET

(In response to this post by HokieAl)

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Recent post about the ACC not getting teams in the big dance. -- VTCALS72 Mar 13, 2023 at 10:06 AM ET

VTCALS72 • 03/13/23 10:06 AM ET

How do you say dmv is big 10 -- Mercury Mar 14, 2023 at 07:54 AM ET

Mercury • 03/14/23 07:54 AM ET

Right now it’s about football, that’s where the 💵 is. SEC rivalry model -- Stech Mar 13, 2023 at 12:03 PM ET

Stech • 03/13/23 12:03 PM ET

Basketball is the next big expansion play. SEC and B1G -- 133193Hokie Mar 15, 2023 at 07:05 PM ET

133193Hokie • 03/15/23 07:05 PM ET

ACC not doing all it could to get WVU/Cinn was error. -- HOO86 Mar 13, 2023 at 09:39 PM ET

HOO86 • 03/13/23 09:39 PM ET

If the ACC would just treat expansion and scheduling for 🏈, like 🏀, they -- Stech Mar 14, 2023 at 09:26 AM ET

Stech • 03/14/23 09:26 AM ET

Too Much Paid for the ACCN -- WarHog38 Mar 13, 2023 at 11:10 PM ET

WarHog38 • 03/13/23 11:10 PM ET

its all hindsight now -- Mercury Mar 14, 2023 at 09:33 AM ET

Mercury • 03/14/23 09:33 AM ET

Brand-on-brand? How about market-on-market? -- 33laszlo99 Mar 13, 2023 at 08:25 PM ET

33laszlo99 • 03/13/23 08:25 PM ET

Agree on Greg sankey -- HokieInTampaFL Mar 13, 2023 at 09:43 PM ET

HokieInTampaFL • 03/13/23 09:43 PM ET

Where has Sankey Put on the Brakes? -- WarHog38 Mar 14, 2023 at 12:10 AM ET

WarHog38 • 03/14/23 12:10 AM ET

Why did Sankey feel a need for this? Is more to come? -- 33laszlo99 Mar 14, 2023 at 11:52 AM ET

33laszlo99 • 03/14/23 11:52 AM ET

Sankey is Trying Desperately to Take the Ethical High Road -- WarHog38 Mar 14, 2023 at 05:43 PM ET

WarHog38 • 03/14/23 05:43 PM ET

If you listened to Big Ten de-facto realignment mouthpiece Greg Flugar, -- Maroon Baboon Mar 14, 2023 at 10:51 PM ET

Maroon Baboon • 03/14/23 10:51 PM ET

Each of them actually is trying to prevent a lawsuit. Same with FSU. -- 33laszlo99 Mar 15, 2023 at 08:42 PM ET

33laszlo99 • 03/15/23 08:42 PM ET

Two things. -- Maroon Baboon Mar 17, 2023 at 01:32 AM ET

Maroon Baboon • 03/17/23 01:32 AM ET

What does "aggressive" even mean in this current environment? -- Maroon Baboon Mar 14, 2023 at 01:09 AM ET

Maroon Baboon • 03/14/23 01:09 AM ET

True on FSU & Clemson -- WarHog38 Mar 14, 2023 at 01:41 AM ET

WarHog38 • 03/14/23 01:41 AM ET

I don't think it's a rivalry model as much as it's just a passion model. -- Maroon Baboon Mar 13, 2023 at 02:18 PM ET

Maroon Baboon • 03/13/23 02:18 PM ET

Now you are debating the chicken or the egg, let me go with the egg for now -- Stech Mar 13, 2023 at 04:34 PM ET

Stech • 03/13/23 04:34 PM ET

I think it has moved past football. This is now about conf branding -- HokieAl Mar 13, 2023 at 01:04 PM ET

HokieAl • 03/13/23 01:04 PM ET

B1G is certainly buying that, but not the SEC, the SEC draws #s on rivalry -- Stech Mar 13, 2023 at 01:39 PM ET

Stech • 03/13/23 01:39 PM ET

Uhhm Nike earns less from Oregon than other areas? -- VTCALS72 Mar 13, 2023 at 02:59 PM ET

VTCALS72 • 03/13/23 02:59 PM ET

You are right it's not his income, but branding wise it is big! -- Stech Mar 13, 2023 at 03:56 PM ET

Stech • 03/13/23 03:56 PM ET

For Oregon it is a matter of location -- HokieAl Mar 13, 2023 at 02:12 PM ET

HokieAl • 03/13/23 02:12 PM ET

Location not as important than size and robustness for big 10 ◄ -- Mercury Mar 16, 2023 at 05:36 PM ET

Mercury • 03/16/23 05:36 PM ET

Conferences with the best football teams and rivalries have the best brand. -- Stech Mar 13, 2023 at 04:04 PM ET

Stech • 03/13/23 04:04 PM ET

UO could easily be taken by the BigXII. -- Maroon Baboon Mar 13, 2023 at 02:23 PM ET

Maroon Baboon • 03/13/23 02:23 PM ET

ACC is screwed. Big money is already in control -- HokieAl Mar 13, 2023 at 10:58 AM ET

HokieAl • 03/13/23 10:58 AM ET

I am afraid so. The best and only path for all ACC teams not named -- VTCALS72 Mar 13, 2023 at 11:02 AM ET

VTCALS72 • 03/13/23 11:02 AM ET

I still don't buy into the "Miami hype" that everyone seems to post here -- EDGEMAN Mar 13, 2023 at 03:50 PM ET

EDGEMAN • 03/13/23 03:50 PM ET

Miami is a great brand nonetheless -- SpeakToDamien Mar 13, 2023 at 05:24 PM ET

SpeakToDamien • 03/13/23 05:24 PM ET

Miami still gets decent football TV ratings. That gives them some value. -- tarheelblue Mar 13, 2023 at 04:34 PM ET

tarheelblue • 03/13/23 04:34 PM ET