[Husker] Big 10 to increase number of league games.

[Mike Jaixen]

Exactly.  The games that disappear under a 9 or 10 game conference schedule are the games that you really DON'T want to disappear, unless (and this is a BIIIIIG if) the television networks incentivize teams to play on the road.  In other words, the television revenue of playing a game at LSU, Alabama, Tennessee, Florida State, etc., more than offsets the $5 million that a school receives for scheduling Florida Atlantic.

I don't see that happening.  And so this will have the net effect of further weakening non-conference schedules.

Mike Jaixen
http://huskermike.blogspot.com
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--- On Tue, 2/12/13, Paul Dalen <quesohusker at gmail.com> wrote:

From: Paul Dalen <quesohusker at gmail.com>
Subject: Re: [Husker] Big 10 to increase number of league games.
To: "Jon Johnston" <jon.johnston at gmail.com>
Cc: "Husker Discussion List" <husker at tssi.com>
Date: Tuesday, February 12, 2013, 7:49 AM

In my line of work we call the issue of 7 vs 6 home games 'measurement
space'...the deltas between proposed courses of action that actually mean
something.

I'm more than skeptical that this move would increase the overall strength
of schedule of the conference, as I think it would guarantee that any
non-conf away games would disappear and be replaced with pay-for-play
teams.  I'm not even sure that this should be considered a second order of
effect...it's so obvious that it should be considered a first order effect.

On Tue, Feb 12, 2013 at 7:42 AM, Jon Johnston <jon.johnston at gmail.com>wrote:

> I have no idea how this can be considered good news.
>
> Jon Johnston
> Corn Nation
>
> On Feb 12, 2013, at 3:23 AM, Dave Ratchford <ratchfromneb at gmail.com>
> wrote:
>
> > Good news.
> >
> >
> http://espn.go.com/college-football/story/_/id/8937704/big-ten-increase-number-league-games-eight
> >
> > Last paragraph talks about school budgets that rely upon 7 home games.
> >
> > Dave
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