[chrisk]

Can someone explain succintly why Stanford joining the Big10 is out of the cards for now?

Money. Fox scrounged up another $35M/year to pay half-shares to UW and Oregon.

With the Big 10 at 18 teams, Stanford's incremental value would be minimal, meaning reductions in
money to the other teams.

[chrisk]

Can someone explain succintly why Stanford joining the Big10 is out of the cards for now?

Money. Fox scrounged up another $35M/year to pay half-shares to UW and Oregon.

With the Big 10 at 18 teams, Stanford's incremental value would be minimal, meaning reductions in
money to the other teams.