With Arms Wide Open

[OregonDucks]

This coming from @OregonDucks, reporting live from Scenario Village.

temperature never drops below 32 degrees, so snowflakes like Buckeye fans would melt if they entered.

 

[Goldbug]

It's a long shot Nebraska does come back but I'd do three things for them if they'd make the move. First, I'd rearrange the schedule so each team can have a cross-division rivalry game so OU and Nebraska played every year. And I'd relax the recruiting rules a bit so coaches could do more recruiting to help Nebraksa compensate for it's longer distance from some of the prime recruiting grounds in the South. I'd also have the basketball championship games played in Kansas City.

 

[JohnShadows]

What would be the difference in the TV money?

 

[Wild Turkey]

Can't imagine Nebraska will pay the financial amount necessary to sever itself from the BigTen.

What will they have to pay? I’m betting the Big 12 would pick some of it up.

Also, LOL if you have financial penalties for leaving a conference. In the SEC you are free to go and don’t have to pay a dime.

 

[michaeljordan_fan]

What will they have to pay? I’m betting the Big 12 would pick some of it up.

Also, LOL if you have financial penalties for leaving a conference. In the SEC you are free to go and don’t have to pay a dime.

The BigTen owns Nebraska's media rights. I can't imagine the BigTen just giving that up before 2024.

 

[Wild Turkey]

The BigTen owns Nebraska's media rights. I can't imagine the BigTen just giving that up before 2024.

Who knows. If Nebraska was serious (and I don’t think they are) they could counter with a breach of contract for the B1G canceling the season. Don’t know if it would work but it’s a pretty damn big deal what the B1G did.

 

[michaeljordan_fan]

Who knows. If Nebraska was serious (and I don’t think they are) they could counter with a breach of contract for the B1G canceling the season. Don’t know if it would work but it’s a pretty damn big deal what the B1G did.

Season wasn't canceled, it was postponed.

 

[Wild Turkey]

Season wasn't canceled, it was postponed.

We both know it will be canceled but regardless they could wait until it was for sure. I don’t see anyway they can play in Spring.

 

[michaeljordan_fan]

We both know it will be canceled but regardless they could wait until it was for sure. I don’t see anyway they can play in Spring.

Why not?

 

[belcherboy]

Why not?

These are my two thoughts on why spring will eventually be scrapped too:

* Football in the north and midwest in the winter and early spring. All the stadiums are outside
* Loss of many of the best players from the conference due to the draft.

 

[Wild Turkey]

Why not?

1. Top players will opt out due to the NFL season. Even Urban Meyer agreed it wasn’t possible to play twice in one calendar year.

2. There are going to be a lot of kids that just quit or fail out.
3. We are about to see a big rise in player arrest issues.
4. Non P5 schools are going to start dropping programs or at least lay-off people like crazy.
5. If the SEC, ACC and PAC play in the fall that will be the real CFB season.

This is a serious issue.

 

[michaeljordan_fan]

These are my two thoughts I why spring will eventually be scrapped too:

* Football in the north and midwest in the winter and early spring. All the stadiums are outside
* Loss of many of the best players from the conference due to the draft.

They will still have plenty of players to field rosters.
January 1st would be rough, but a March 1 start date would be fine.

 

[michaeljordan_fan]

1. Top players will opt out due to the NFL season. Even Urban Meyer agreed it wasn’t possible to play twice in one calendar year.

2. There are going to be a lot of kids that just quit or fail out.
3. We are about to see a big rise in player arrest issues.
4. Non P5 schools are going to start dropping programs or at least lay-off people like crazy.
5. If the SEC, ACC and PAC play in the fall that will be the real CFB season.

This is a serious issue.

The PAC already postponed.

 

[belcherboy]

They will still have plenty of players to field rosters.
January 1st would be rough, but a March 1 start date would be fine.

Huh? March 1st in Wisconsin, Ann Arbor, and Minnesota just to name a few? I looked up the average high and low at those places and it is still brutal...even into April.

Also, If you start March 1st, you likely aren't done till Mid May. Then you ask the team come back in July? I can't imagine coaches would sign up for anything later than a February start. It just wouldn't give their guys enough time to recover for the Fall season.

 

[Inquisitor95]

 

[ellupo]

Who knows. If Nebraska was serious (and I don’t think they are) they could counter with a breach of contract for the B1G canceling the season. Don’t know if it would work but it’s a pretty damn big deal what the B1G did.

Is it a breach of contract?

 

[Wild Turkey]

The PAC already postponed.

I meant Big 12.

 

[Wild Turkey]

Is it a breach of contract?

If they cancel the season and other teams play then it’s a very strong argument that they did.

 

[ellupo]

If they cancel the season and other teams play then it’s a very strong argument that they did.

It would be interesting to see what is in the contract with this as other conferences have no bearing on the decision nor the contract.

 

[Used 2 B Hu]

If they cancel the season and other teams play then it’s a very strong argument that they did.

There's probably a lot of language in the agreements these teams have with their conferences that mitigate this kind of thing. I can't imagine the league would have gone ahead with the suspension of athletics if they thought any member schools would have any kind of legal leg to stand on in opposition.