The B1G will never allow a group of schools who play a sport that they sponsor to fly a different flag. It would dilute the brand and more importantly lose market share. As little as that is. It's still live content and live content rules the roost. There is zero reason to give it up, and a ton of reasons not to.Farfromgeneva wrote: ↑Wed Jul 06, 2022 10:02 am Like another piece stated-conferences and colleges won’t do anything until a lawyer tells them they can.
Hop doesn’t have any permanent residence in the Big Ten. If it’s inconvenient even from a paperwork perspective for the conference they’ll make a move.
I don’t see lacrosse lining up or conferences mattering outside the two big sports soon. Could see dual conference alignments, it’s happened before and is suspect that’s what will happen here. One affiliation for football and basketball and another for everything else under the old conference model.
The B1G isn't done. The only question at this point is which other teams come. If two or even four more lacrosse playing schools are fortunate to find a chair, it's going to make B1G lacrosse even more exciting. It also would pave the way for possibly more schools to sponsor the sport. With the incredible figures being thrown around for media rights, it's not too far fetched now.