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Caple: UW leaving Pac-12 is a total bummer — and totally necessary
DerekJohnson
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It was necessary, but not necessarily a bummer.
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Thanks Taft!
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Agree. I think we found out that UW fundamentally doesn't work with the rest of the Pac-12PurpleBaze said:It was necessary, but not necessarily a bummer.
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.whatshouldicareabout said:
Agree. I think we found out that UW fundamentally doesn't work with the rest of the Pac-12PurpleBaze said:It was necessary, but not necessarily a bummer.
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 -
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 -
He should have asked to exclude all the remaining Pac 4 teams. Then the deal might have gotten done.whatshouldicareabout said:
Agree. I think we found out that UW fundamentally doesn't work with the rest of the Pac-12PurpleBaze said:It was necessary, but not necessarily a bummer.
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 -
So Seattle won the Battle of Vantage then @PurpleThrobber ?
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What all of this really taught me was something I had already assumed: Womens Tennis executives are mostly fags.
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https://mynorthwest.com/category/earthquake_tracker/YellowSnow said:So Seattle won the Battle of Vantage then @PurpleThrobber ?
Real God disagrees -
That ain't shit.PurpleThrobber said:
https://mynorthwest.com/category/earthquake_tracker/YellowSnow said:So Seattle won the Battle of Vantage then @PurpleThrobber ?
Real God disagrees -
B1G has been way more culturally aligned than the PAC.whatshouldicareabout said:
Agree. I think we found out that UW fundamentally doesn't work with the rest of the Pac-12PurpleBaze said:It was necessary, but not necessarily a bummer.
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
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Remember when that asshole twatted that he got a contact extension but had to take it down because of the backlash hahaha.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
