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Next Pac-12 Commissioner Announced

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  • huskyhooligan
    huskyhooligan Member, Swaye's Wigwam Posts: 5,930 Swaye's Wigwam
    Part of me thinks adding UNLV and UNR to the conference would be beneficial from an 'eyes' perspective, but ultimately see where that, much like adding BYU, would be bad for the league. Las Vegas has 2.2 million people, but I venture most of them are California transplants already, and have very little loyalty to UNLV. UNR would be like adding OSU or WSU, which would not be good. That said, UNLV and BYU would be interesting additions. I have said however keeping BYU out of a P5 conference is beneficial for P12 schools. The number of mormon kids that play at other schools because BYU is not in a P5 is staggering. If they were in a P5 they would be able to hold onto a lot of those kids. Utah State doesn't really move the needle, and though Fort Collins is an awesome town, and they have new belgian brewing bar in one of the endzones, also doesn't do a lot. In 10 years as demographics continue to shift to WA, CO and AZ however, adding such schools may be a good idea. All just speculation and off season hot talk on my part.

    Hire isn't surprising considering how much of the P12 has utilized vegas and MGM for hoops and was moving in that direction for football.
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  • chuck
    chuck Member, Swaye's Wigwam Posts: 11,678 Swaye's Wigwam
    Bob_C said:

    Tequilla said:

    Bob_C said:

    Tequilla said:

    FecalFeast said:

    He gets the problem ... can he fix the perception?
    Step one should be to put Pac12 championship game as home game for someone. It’s a terrible look to have it half full on tv.
    I like the idea of the game being in Vegas for a number of reasons

    But to get people to come you have to help people out ...

    1) Get airlines (Alaska) to run additional flights to/from Vegas to get fans to the game reasonably ... gouging prices with limited supply available doesn’t help

    2) Partner with hotels to make sure that lodging is at a reasonable price ... you want the fans there to buy food, go to events, and lose money at the tables

    If you can’t find a way to get everybody there then you have to move it on campus. The P12 has a geography problem in that it’s not super easy to drive to a centrally located championship game
    Or enough fans willing to travel on short notice. I agree that if Vegas is going to work, it needs heavy subsidization from somewhere. I’d give away free tickets at the door to make it look good for tv if you need to.

    And make it a Saturday afternoon game. Friday night neutral setting game with a weeks notice was easily the dumbest idea anyone has ever had.
    I've been saying for years that any place, including UW when only 60k or less are showing up, should being doing mass ticket giveaways the night before the game. Fill the fucking stadium even if it's with a bunch of soccer fags or exchange students who couldn't give less of a fuck about football.
    You get better play from your team, more excitement for new customers getting their first impression meaning new fans, and it looks and sounds better on TV.

    I also think Vegas is the best bet for the title game. I wouldn't really worry about home field/regional advantage. UW and UO fans would travel there better than most alternatives. It's close for everyone else that has a shot of playing in it.
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  • RoadDawg55
    RoadDawg55 Member Posts: 30,129
    edited May 2021
    Maybe we can get the PAC 12 championship in Vegas. Novel concept, I know. Sports fans enjoy trips to Vegas more than Bay Area suburbs.
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  • CallMeBigErn
    CallMeBigErn Member Posts: 8,028
    edited May 2021
    huskyhooligan said:

    UNR would be like adding OSU or WSU

    Come say that to my face!

    https://www.espn.com/college-football/game?gameId=401012744

    Never forget, the strength of the pack is the wolf, and the strength of the wolf is the PACK. The PAC knows what's in store for them if they come here. Two team enter, one team leave. They ain't wanna touch this.

    GO PACK
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  • DerekJohnson
    DerekJohnson Administrator, Swaye's Wigwam Posts: 68,384 Founders Club
    Are Pac-12 teams gonna have to kick 10% upstairs to "The Big Guy"?
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  • GrundleStiltzkin
    GrundleStiltzkin Member Posts: 61,516 Standard Supporter
    GreenRiverGatorz said:

    Judging by nothing other than the fact that he's a prominent exec in an industry with dubious morals and ethics, I'm a fan. He also has no known involvement with women's tennis, which is another huge plus.

    FREE PUB for @GreenRiverGatorz
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  • FremontTroll
    FremontTroll Member Posts: 4,744
    I’m confused didn’t the championship game to Vegas already happen?
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  • dnc
    dnc Member Posts: 56,839
    Gladstone said:

    I know too well the folly of excess dooging after a KICKASS intro presser, but he said all the right things.

    It's been a long ass tim since we could even say that.


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  • RaceBannon
    RaceBannon Member, Moderator, Swaye's Wigwam Posts: 113,882 Founders Club
    I thought it was going to Rams Chargers Stadium
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  • Kingdome_Urinals
    Kingdome_Urinals Member Posts: 2,793
    Boston University rowing team. Board of Governors WNBA. The hits keep coming.
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  • Pitchfork51
    Pitchfork51 Member Posts: 27,662
    Fuck that fag

    He can't be any worse
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  • dirtysouwfdawg
    dirtysouwfdawg Member Posts: 14,100
    LB_33 said:

    whatshouldicareabout said:

    Given his background, I guess we'll see a digital sports package when the Pac-12 renegotiates TV rights

    Like the great warrior poet Christopher Wallace once said, Mo Money Mo Gambling Fuck your Problems

    If your going to quote biggie Smalls it better be verbatim. Put some respek on that name.
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  • TommySQC
    TommySQC Member Posts: 5,813
    GreenRiverGatorz said:

    Judging by nothing other than the fact that he's a prominent exec in an industry with dubious morals and ethics, I'm a fan. He also has no known involvement with women's tennis, which is another huge plus.

    I heard he fucked Anna Kornikova...allegedly.
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  • dirtysouwfdawg
    dirtysouwfdawg Member Posts: 14,100
    TommySQC said:

    GreenRiverGatorz said:

    Judging by nothing other than the fact that he's a prominent exec in an industry with dubious morals and ethics, I'm a fan. He also has no known involvement with women's tennis, which is another huge plus.

    I heard he fucked Anna Kornikova...allegedly.
    Pics?
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  • haie
    haie Member, Swaye's Wigwam Posts: 23,720 Founders Club
    Kingdome_Urinals said:

    Boston University rowing team. Board of Governors WNBA. The hits keep coming.

    1) The WNBA still exists, so I don't see that as a negative.

    2) We are a rowing school.
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  • DerekJohnson
    DerekJohnson Administrator, Swaye's Wigwam Posts: 68,384 Founders Club
    Doog_de_Jour said:

    RaceBannon said:

    PurpleBaze said:

    Chinteresting choice.

    Just reading about this guy...

    Yep the Mafia should help even the field with the SEC

    And in stadium gambling

    Well, well played
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  • DerekJohnson
    DerekJohnson Administrator, Swaye's Wigwam Posts: 68,384 Founders Club
    Gladstone said:

    I know too well the folly of excess dooging after a KICKASS intro presser, but he said all the right things.

    New site motto?
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  • theknowledge
    theknowledge Member, Swaye's Wigwam Posts: 5,633 Founders Club
    Get the Pac 12 that CBS contract. The best conference game of the week on CBS at 12:30, televised nationally. That’s a start. Although they are dying a slow death ESPN still sets the narrative for CFB. Give them joint control of the P12 Network so that they have a vested interest in talking up the conference instead of a constant barrage of negativity. Get the network on Direct TV. I mean really? That’s not done yet? I’m okay with 9am games but the schedule needs to be accommodating for the teams that get those slots. I’m okay with Thursday night games as well. Anyway to get the conference on TV. Be creative, be aggressive. This league needs eyeballs and sizzle desperately.
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