[French Rage]

Stanford surely has the appeal to get an invite to one of the new super conferences, right?

Would we really turn it down?

I seriously doubt Stanford has the appeal to get an invite to the B1G, at least in the immediate future. If U$C and UCLA joining turns out to be geographically untenable, or if the B1G is trying to create a "national super conference" to rival the SEC (and look like the NFL), some other PAC-12 schools may get/be allowed to join. Stanford doesn't deliver the Bay Area television market. Stanford + Kal doesn't either. We don't draw big crowds and probably never will. I think Oregon is marginal at best because their State is just too small. Washington and Utah have larger TV markets in their immediate urban area. In the past, nobody took Utah seriously. Lots of reason to believe nobody will now. Under those constraints, I don't see an offer being extended. We don't get the chance to say "no" IMHO.

Rutgers doesn't deliver NYC but that didn't stop them from adding them to get that market.  While Stanford/Cal doesn't deliver the Bay Area as strongly as other team's deliver their media market, you need at least some semblance of a presence in order to justify inclusion in cable packages, and Stanford/Cal are currently your best (close to only) choices in that regard for a top 10 media market.

[French Rage]

Stanford surely has the appeal to get an invite to one of the new super conferences, right?

Would we really turn it down?

I seriously doubt Stanford has the appeal to get an invite to the B1G, at least in the immediate future. If U$C and UCLA joining turns out to be geographically untenable, or if the B1G is trying to create a "national super conference" to rival the SEC (and look like the NFL), some other PAC-12 schools may get/be allowed to join. Stanford doesn't deliver the Bay Area television market. Stanford + Kal doesn't either. We don't draw big crowds and probably never will. I think Oregon is marginal at best because their State is just too small. Washington and Utah have larger TV markets in their immediate urban area. In the past, nobody took Utah seriously. Lots of reason to believe nobody will now. Under those constraints, I don't see an offer being extended. We don't get the chance to say "no" IMHO.

Rutgers doesn't deliver NYC but that didn't stop them from adding them to get that market.  While Stanford/Cal doesn't deliver the Bay Area as strongly as other team's deliver their media market, you need at least some semblance of a presence in order to justify inclusion in cable packages, and Stanford/Cal are currently your best (close to only) choices in that regard for a top 10 media market.