[NU Sports] New Rose Bowl contract

Thu Jun 4 16:44:56 CDT 2009

The Rose Bowl's preferred response to the rest of the money-grubbing, bad blazer bunch, to quote a WW2 general (at the Bulge ?):

NUTS

or words to that effect.

They invented Bowl Games, they should be able to do them the way they want to.? It's still good to know that if OSU goes to the Mythical National Championship game, and NU finishes second, We get the real prize with a trip to Pasadena.

Chuck Herron?? Tech '85

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From: Jonathan Hodges <jonathanwhodges at gmail.com>
To: Sportsbiz <sportsbiz at gmail.com>
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Sent: Wed, 3 Jun 2009 9:55 am
Subject: Re: [NU Sports] New Rose Bowl contract

Here's an update on the Rose Bowl non-BCS situation from ESPN's Rittenberg:

http://myespn.go.com/blogs/bigten/0-3-490/Rose-Bowl-selection-change-could-hurt-Big-Ten.html

The Rose Bowl will be forced to pick a non-BCS league champion if one of its
regular conferences' champion (Big Ten or Pac 10) is in the National
Championship game - but only for one time through the BCS National
Championship rotation, and only for the length of the current contract (i.e.
once during the next 4 years, starting with the 2010-2011 season).  This may
be due to the fact that no non-BCS school has ever played in the Rose Bowl,
while 2 other BCS bowls (Fiesta, Sugar) each have had non-BCS schools at
least once over the past 3 seasons.

I would guess that this is a ploy by the other BCS bowls and conferences to
force the Rose Bowl to take such a team, especially after the Rose Bowl took
Illinois 2 seasons ago despite a 9-3 record (resulting in very low ratings,
by the way) - especially since 2 other bowls have been forced to take
non-BCS teams in recent years (the 4th, the Orange Bowl, had a real clunker
with VT vs. Cincy this past season even though they were both BCS conference
teams).

So, although this isn't a huge shift, it seems like the other
bowls/conferences are trying to do what they can to the Rose/Big Ten/Pac 10
for keeping their own cozy arrangement intact.

Jonathan

On Mon, Jun 1, 2009 at 9:16 AM, Sportsbiz <sportsbiz at gmail.com> wrote:

> That was my first instinct too Jonathan but I have seen this now in a
> couple of different places. It grew out of the SEC spring meetings which
> makes me think it a bit suspect.  I especially don't trust the SEC when it
> comes to anything having to do with the Rose Bowl or the Big Ten.
> Nevertheless, it could have been something that ABC/ESPN negotiated into the
> current contract in aanticipation of bidding for the BCS contract when it
> came up for renewal.  That would not have surprised although the Rose Bowl
> and the conferences agreeing to it would definitely surprise me, esp
ecially
> since the talk at that time was of the three parties pulling out the BCS
> altogether.
> Mark
>
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> On Mon, Jun 1, 2009 at 9:26 AM, Jonathan Hodges <jonathanwhodges at gmail.com
> > wrote:
>
>> I don't know how correct this blog entry is - since the ABC/Big Ten/Pac 10
>> contract with the Rose Bowl actually didn't expire until 2013 (which was one
>> of the roadblocks in creating a playoff or Plus-One in coming seasons).
>> What I believe the article is speaking about is the new BCS contract with
>> the Orange/Fiesta/Sugar Bowls (& National Championship Game) which is
>> currently with FOX and will be going to ESPN starting with the 2010-2011
>> season.  The current Rose Bowl contract will remain in effect until 2013
>> (although there is a clause in the contract allowing ABC/ESPN to move the
>> game to ESPN if the other BCS games are also on ESPN, which they will be
>> beginning in January 2011).
>>
>> It isn't exactly clear how this rule will be applied, but seemingly it
>> means that a non-BCS conference champion will always be in BCS games.  Note
>> that since the addition of the National Championship game (making a total of
>> 10 BCS slots), such a team has always been included in the BCS (Boise State,
>> Hawaii, and Utah).  So, if this is indeed formalized, it wouldn't really be
>> turning over a new leaf.  And likely what will happen is that the lowest
>> bowl in the picking order (which rotates every year) will be stuck with such
>> a team - which is basically what happened in the past 3 years with the
>> aforementioned WAC/MWC teams.
>>
>> What will be interesting to see is what happens with the ABC/Big Ten/Pac
>> 10/Rose Bowl contract when it comes up for renewal - if ESPN will try to
>> com
bine it with the other contract to remove an obstacle to a Plus One or
>> playoff, or if the conferences and Rose Bowl continue to try and hold them
>> to tradition - although that tradition has been broken numerous times this
>> decade after the implementation of the BCS.
>>
>> Jonathan
>>
>> On Sun, May 31, 2009 at 10:44 PM, Sportsbiz <sportsbiz at gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>>> I don't remember seeing this come across here before but if I missed in
>>> then
>>> I apologize.  Apparently, in the new BCS contract with ESPN, there is a
>>> new
>>> wrinkle to the selection of teams in the Rose Bowl.  Remember that
>>> ABC/ESPN
>>> have a separate contract with the Rose Bowl, Pac-10 and Big Ten, but now
>>> that they are all one big happy family again, I suppose this was all
>>> agreed
>>> to.  If the Rose Bowl loses a team to the National Championship game, it
>>> automatically takes the qualifying conference champion of a coalition
>>>  (i.e.
>>> non-BCS Six) conferences:
>>>
>>>
>>> http://blogs.ajc.com/barnhart-college-football/2009/05/29/sec-headed-to-a-big-payday-in-2010/
>>>
>>> So, the next time that USC makes the championship game the Big Ten gets
>>> to
>>> play Boise
>>> Mark
>>>
>>> Mark S. Ament
>>> sportsbiz at gmail.com
>>> SportsBiz - The Business of Sports
>>> Illuminated<http://thesportsbizblog.blogspot.com>
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