The Cougars and Beavers could lose their Power Five status if the conference fractures.
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People are also reading… Stanford and Cal have some appeal because of the Bay Area market, the access to Silicon Valley and their academic reputations. I’m not convinced they will land somewhere, especially Cal, but their prospects are north of grim. If the Big Ten doesn’t stop at 18 teams and instead moves to 20 or 24, it would surely consider creating a western branch and pairing the Northwest and Los Angeles schools.
There was undoubtedly a competitive element, as well: Why push for a landscape change that would help Oregon, your chief recruiting rival? Leaving the Ducks behind undermines their efforts in Southern California. “We have not scheduled a new competition in a banned state since the law was enacted in January 2017. Should UCLA compete or recruit in a banned state, in compliance with the law, none of the costs for travel to that state will come from state funds.
But the sheer number of competitions required for some sports will necessitate a plethora of cross-country trips and many, many nights in hotel rooms. As for the Bears’ ultimate landing spot, the chances of finding a home at the Power Five level are better than 50%. But it’s hardly assured — more like 60/40 than 90/10.
But that would have forced the conference to lower the price for other distributors due to the Most Favored Nation clause in the contract, thereby offsetting revenue gains from bringing on DirecTV.
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