ULcard86

Spectator of politics and sports. Fan of the Louisville Cardinals

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@roblowe93 @RobertGC2001 @Brett_McMurphy It’s all about competition. Money is no good if it doesn’t translate into wins. If you are Mississippi State and make $150M in the SEC, it means nothing if all of your competitors (in SEC/B10) are making $200M+. Their competitive advantage erases if the don’t play smaller teams

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@roblowe93 @Brett_McMurphy You are assuming they don’t cut schools. One day Michigan and Ohio State will realize that they are getting paid as much as Rutgers. In those leagues, For every Alabama there is a Kentucky. The big brands will be fine, it’s the others that will suffer.

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@cspangenburg @Greg75925448240 @Brett_McMurphy Maybe because of market. Both the SEC and B10 already consider Louisville a home market because of UK and IU. SLC would be a new market. Athletically, Louisville is a bigger athletic department and has more success, better facilities, and produces more revenue than Utah

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@tiddyboyhoe @Michael43333781 @LarryMatarasso @Terrapins247 They make more money than other programs. We don’t have pro sports (even though we are bigger than a few pro sport cities) so the corporate dollars go to support UofL. Our bball arena is an NBA quality arena with 22,000 seats and 72 luxury suites

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@duke919fan @Michael43333781 @LarryMatarasso @Terrapins247 Louisville is also the number one TV market for college bball. More people watch basketball here than anywhere else. So although DC is a bigger market by population, those people aren’t watching Maryland

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@adamazing1 @stoolgambling @MeganMakinMoney Louisville is probably the biggest if you include the MLS as well

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@TaninSmithKK @louis_villecov Louisville only had 6 healthy players in PK’s first year with many of the injured being out either the entire year or the vast majority of the year. They definitely overachieved.

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@ColonnaKyle @MarMarFunnyy @Blutman27 Correct, this is in the women's gym not the men’s

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@IMiss43_41 @TheWildUte @Bomb3r_CFBMafia In 2031 (when almost all other conferences are renegotiating their TV deals) the exit fee to leave the ACC falls to $75M. I could see teams like FSU and Clemson leave but the ACC would just add enough teams to stay above the 15 minimum

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@IMiss43_41 @TheWildUte @Bomb3r_CFBMafia ESPN could have gotten out of it last year but exercised the option to continue it through 2036 (since they are paying below market rates for the ACC brands). The only way out now is if the ACC falls below 15 teams. To prevent that, the ACC added SMU, Cal, and Stanford

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@IMiss43_41 @TheWildUte @Bomb3r_CFBMafia ESPN is locked in for another 10 years. Even if Clemson and FSU pay the buyout and leave in 2031, ESPN still has to pay the contracted amount until 2036 (unless over half the league votes to dissolve). After that the ACC is probably cooked

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@IMiss43_41 @TheWildUte @Bomb3r_CFBMafia The only way the ACC would dissolve is if the SEC or B10 took most of the teams. The ACC makes more than the B12 so no team would go to the B12 unless it was a desperate situation (similar to the PAC teams going to the B12)

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@TheWildUte @Texan4USA By contract they have to play 5 ACC football games but many years they play 6 ACC games

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@detroitotaku @rthiel1096 No, Louisville didn’t play ineligible players and cover it up. Those players weren’t ruled ineligible until years later and it wasn’t because of what they did, it was because they didn’t cooperate with the NCAA after they were in the NBA.

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@TimLanter @SkleeboJ1302 @Barstool_USF Funny how we didn’t get any sympathy last year when we only had 6 players total for the majority of the season. Also let’s not act like Lowe is anything special

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@okaywhatno @J___D___I @CardChronicle How come Lexington isn’t top 10?

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@RobOcon854026 @TristanUda UK spent $22M on this roster. Pretty sure that was the highest payroll in cbb

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@NextRoundLive GT considering they have won a National Championship in that time

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@raver_lance @PhysicalTherapy It’s a slippery slope and it would be wise for all non blue bloods to fight decentralization. The biggest brands will eventually kick out the smaller brands in those conferences too. One day Ohio State is going to realize that they should be getting paid way more than Rutgers

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@karldaddy @UofLCardGame @GiovaBertuccio @PhysicalTherapy They were actually one of the most profitable at Freedom Hall too. Its true that schools will look after themselves. Thats why 100 schools are fighting against 36 schools who are pushing for the status quo (36 until the Bama’s of the world kick out the Vandy’s of the world)