PAC-12 is lost, and soft. The Kliavkoff letter thread

Hitman Hart said:
Pac-12 are such dummies

They should have taken that OU/Texas/Okie State/TTU package when they had chance. instead they turned it down b/c "muh academics"

ACC will face a similar fate. ACC had a shot at Penn State in 1991, but declined to invite them b/c "it would ruin ACC hoops", lololol
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It wasn't academics.. they said no to UT and LHN for it's 3rd tier rights.. They rather have had nothing of 0% instead of something.

When ou/osu tried to go after UT bowed out, PAC said no thanks.. They needed UT to be part of the deal.
 
Thiefery said:
It wasn't academics.. they said no to UT and LHN for it's 3rd tier rights.. They rather have had nothing of 0% instead of something.

When ou/osu tried to go after UT bowed out, PAC said no thanks.. They needed UT to be part of the deal.
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Boombox Shut Up GIF
 
UCLA is gone and Kliavkoff knows that. He is just trying to do everything he can so he can tell people he put the effort in to save the conference.

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CorpRebel said:
DON'T underestimate the clusterfuck that is Cali nowadays... :nod:
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To be fair, the OU/Texas to the SEC has kind of been a clusterfuck as well. You announce you are moving conferences and then stay in your existing conference at least 3 if not 4 years. That is not a smooth transition.
 
outofyourmind said:
That never happened
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? What was all of the stuff from summer 2021 about? Sure, I guess it was leaked by Aggie but still it was made public you are leaving the Big12 and yet OU is having to stay in Big12 for the 2021, 2022, 2023, and possibly 2024 season. That isn't a smooth transition.
 
It’s a lame letter but he is not wrong about the travel.

Anyone saying “free vacation” has never had to travel for work. 4+ hour plane rides are killer. With gas prices the way they are, not cheap either.
 
Volbound1700 said:
To be fair, the OU/Texas to the SEC has kind of been a clusterfuck as well. You announce you are moving conferences and then stay in your existing conference at least 3 if not 4 years. That is not a smooth transition.
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They were contracturally obligated to stay until 2025 (?), unless they paid "early exit" fee terms. They just gave advanced notice that they wanted out of Big12...

Cali is a VERY SPECIAL kind of clusterfuck! :nod:
 
Wonder how the mental health would fare of the athletes whose sports UCLA would have to cancel by staying in the PAC?
 
Hitman Hart said:
Pac-12 are such dummies

They should have taken that OU/Texas/Okie State/TTU package when they had chance. instead they turned it down b/c "muh academics"

ACC will face a similar fate. ACC had a shot at Penn State in 1991, but declined to invite them b/c "it would ruin ACC hoops", lololol
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Nah, Texas and OU would have bolted to the SEC money anyway. Okie Lite and Tech would have been stuck out West.
 
Volbound1700 said:
To be fair, the OU/Texas to the SEC has kind of been a clusterfuck as well. You announce you are moving conferences and then stay in your existing conference at least 3 if not 4 years. That is not a smooth transition.
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I would argue waiting until 2025 when the CFP changes, and after the new contract kicks in is the most smooth.
 
Sgt Brutus said:
It’s a lame letter but he is not wrong about the travel.

Anyone saying “free vacation” has never had to travel for work. 4+ hour plane rides are killer. With gas prices the way they are, not cheap either.
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My only disagreement is that when I was young, those trips weren't a problem at all. 40 years later, I hate them. I don't think that 20 year old athletes in top physical condition, flying a charter, will have any problems with a 4+ hour flight other than missing class.

Hell, when I was 25 years younger I looked forward to 16 hour coach flights to Hong Kong and Malaysia. You couldn't pay me enough to do one of those today. Business class, maybe, but even that would not be fun at 63.
 
WhosYourDawggy said:
My only disagreement is that when I was young, those trips weren't a problem at all. 40 years later, I hate them. I don't think that 20 year old athletes in top physical condition, flying a charter, will have any problems with a 4+ hour flight other than missing class.

Hell, when I was 25 years younger I looked forward to 16 hour coach flights to Hong Kong and Malaysia. You couldn't pay me enough to do one of those today. Business class, maybe, but even that would not be fun at 63.
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I believe jet lag affects everybody

Add in the wear and tear of a season, let’s say a hip injury or something, that 4 hour flight just means you’re going to be stiff and in pain

But who knows, USC and UCLA will find out soon enough
 
People are making too much about travel.. they are getting PAID. Enough for them to rent a storage facility for all the sports equipment and jerseys needed, somewhere in Indiana.

TBH all this posturing sounds like it's CAL crying about not being invited.. eerily mirrors Baylor throughout realignment with it's lawyers threatening to sue everyone
 
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