Caple: UW leaving Pac-12 is a total bummer — and totally necessary

DerekJohnson

https://sports.mynorthwest.com/1763022/caple-uw-leaving-pac-12-is-a-total-bummer-and-totally-necessary/

PurpleBaze

It was necessary, but not necessarily a bummer.

CFetters_Nacho_Lover

Thanks Taft!

whatshouldicareabout

PurpleBaze said:

It was necessary, but not necessarily a bummer.

Agree. I think we found out that UW fundamentally doesn't work with the rest of the Pac-12

The CA schools repeatedly blocked expansion. USC always wanted to be the biggest fish in the pond, and no school outside the Ivy could satisfy Cal or Stanford. In the era of expansion, that effectively killed any chance the Pac-12 would have for survival.

We learned that ASU's president is an idiot and that Wazzu and Beav think going from $27m per year to $23m per year with no TV exposure is a good deal. It's presidents like these that is why the Pac-12 lived in fantasy land and not reality.

The only school that gained w/respect from me was UA who realized this was a bad deal and forced ASU to leave the Pac-12 with them. That and he was probably the one who asked the Big 12 if they could take every team in the Pac-12 except Wazzu and Beav

ntxduck

whatshouldicareabout said:

PurpleBaze said:

It was necessary, but not necessarily a bummer.

Agree. I think we found out that UW fundamentally doesn't work with the rest of the Pac-12

The CA schools repeatedly blocked expansion. USC always wanted to be the biggest fish in the pond, and no school outside the Ivy could satisfy Cal or Stanford. In the era of expansion, that effectively killed any chance the Pac-12 would have for survival.

We learned that ASU's president is an idiot and that Wazzu and Beav think going from $27m per year to $23m per year with no TV exposure is a good deal. It's presidents like these that is why the Pac-12 lived in fantasy land and not reality.

The only school that gained w/respect from me was UA who realized this was a bad deal and forced ASU to leave the Pac-12 with them. That and he was probably the one who asked the Big 12 if they could take every team in the Pac-12 except Wazzu and Beav

Hard to disagree with any of this.

RaceBannon

Fun fact

Larry Scott was the highest paid commissioner at 4.1 million when he left

I could share some deep thoughts about academia and the business acumen they have but it would be wrong

UW_Doog_Bot

whatshouldicareabout said:

PurpleBaze said:

It was necessary, but not necessarily a bummer.

Agree. I think we found out that UW fundamentally doesn't work with the rest of the Pac-12

The CA schools repeatedly blocked expansion. USC always wanted to be the biggest fish in the pond, and no school outside the Ivy could satisfy Cal or Stanford. In the era of expansion, that effectively killed any chance the Pac-12 would have for survival.

We learned that ASU's president is an idiot and that Wazzu and Beav think going from $27m per year to $23m per year with no TV exposure is a good deal. It's presidents like these that is why the Pac-12 lived in fantasy land and not reality.

The only school that gained w/respect from me was UA who realized this was a bad deal and forced ASU to leave the Pac-12 with them. That and he was probably the one who asked the Big 12 if they could take every team in the Pac-12 except Wazzu and Beav

He should have asked to exclude all the remaining Pac 4 teams. Then the deal might have gotten done.

YellowSnow

So Seattle won the Battle of Vantage then @PurpleThrobber ?

Swaye

What all of this really taught me was something I had already assumed: Womens Tennis executives are mostly fags.

PurpleThrobber

YellowSnow said:

So Seattle won the Battle of Vantage then @PurpleThrobber ?

https://mynorthwest.com/category/earthquake_tracker/

Real God disagrees

YellowSnow

PurpleThrobber said:

YellowSnow said:

So Seattle won the Battle of Vantage then @PurpleThrobber ?

https://mynorthwest.com/category/earthquake_tracker/

Real God disagrees

That ain't shit.

Kingdome_Urinals

whatshouldicareabout said:

PurpleBaze said:

It was necessary, but not necessarily a bummer.

Agree. I think we found out that UW fundamentally doesn't work with the rest of the Pac-12

The CA schools repeatedly blocked expansion. USC always wanted to be the biggest fish in the pond, and no school outside the Ivy could satisfy Cal or Stanford. In the era of expansion, that effectively killed any chance the Pac-12 would have for survival.

We learned that ASU's president is an idiot and that Wazzu and Beav think going from $27m per year to $23m per year with no TV exposure is a good deal. It's presidents like these that is why the Pac-12 lived in fantasy land and not reality.

The only school that gained w/respect from me was UA who realized this was a bad deal and forced ASU to leave the Pac-12 with them. That and he was probably the one who asked the Big 12 if they could take every team in the Pac-12 except Wazzu and Beav

B1G has been way more culturally aligned than the PAC.

FireCohen

RaceBannon said:

Fun fact

Larry Scott was the highest paid commissioner at 4.1 million when he left

I could share some deep thoughts about academia and the business acumen they have but it would be wrong

Remember when that asshole twatted that he got a contact extension but had to take it down because of the backlash hahaha.