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Post by n00b on Aug 4, 2023 13:46:58 GMT -5
USC, UCLA, Oregon and Washington do not care about their student athletes. Money and greed are driving this bus. Multiple cross country trips for the volleyball and basketball teams each season is going to kill the talent level on these teams within 3 years, the travel requirements are horrendous. I think you are way underestimating how luxurious every aspect of the student athlete experience can be when you increase the department budget by $50 million. It's worth spending an extra hour on the private charter.
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Post by n00b on Aug 4, 2023 13:48:49 GMT -5
They will get creative with scheduling to minimize trips. Might see pods at one site for multiple conference games (meaning each year, some teams will give up some home games) This absolutely will not happen. (Nor SHOULD it happen) I DO think we could see a return of travel partners so there is less flying for a single match and returning home.
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Post by luckydawg on Aug 4, 2023 16:00:54 GMT -5
At this point, it isn't clear one way or the other. I don't believe adding just USC and UCLA is viable. Sticking together could keep the Pac alive. There is room for negotiation. No. And once again, we're not entirely sure Stanford and Cal even would want this. Both have almost non-existent national tv ratings, so no real value to the Big.
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Post by luckydawg on Aug 4, 2023 16:06:35 GMT -5
USC, UCLA, Oregon and Washington do not care about their student athletes. Money and greed are driving this bus. Multiple cross country trips for the volleyball and basketball teams each season is going to kill the talent level on these teams within 3 years, the travel requirements are horrendous. From Washington to Minnesota, Northwestern, Nebraska, and most of Big is less than a 90 minute difference than travel to ASU, Tempe or the SoCal schools. Better than bus rides to Oregon or WSU.
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Post by c4ndlelight on Aug 4, 2023 16:16:48 GMT -5
UO Board of Trustees meeting in ~15 minutes:
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Post by luckydawg on Aug 4, 2023 16:25:36 GMT -5
What's really sad is this saga has brought UO and UW closer together. They will no longer be my most hated conference rival. Don't worry, the feeling will pass.
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Post by USC✌🏼 on Aug 4, 2023 16:39:28 GMT -5
UO Board of Trustees meeting in ~15 minutes: [br What happen
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Post by thedudeabides21 on Aug 4, 2023 16:39:54 GMT -5
UO Board of Trustees meeting in ~15 minutes: [br What happen Roll call. lol
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Post by ay2013 on Aug 4, 2023 16:41:06 GMT -5
UO Board of Trustees meeting in ~15 minutes: [br What happen probably went off the air to talk sh*t about USC.
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Post by c4ndlelight on Aug 4, 2023 16:42:51 GMT -5
I do like how the Chair was very clearly calling from the golf course. Didn't even take off his glove.
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Post by c4ndlelight on Aug 4, 2023 16:53:17 GMT -5
13-0 Oregon Trustees vote to accept the Big Ten's invitation.
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Post by midnightblue on Aug 4, 2023 16:54:59 GMT -5
13-0 Oregon Trustees vote to accept the Big Ten's invitation. USC found unalive in a ditch.
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Post by isaacspaceman on Aug 4, 2023 17:05:56 GMT -5
From Washington to Minnesota, Northwestern, Nebraska, and most of Big is less than a 90 minute difference than travel to ASU, Tempe or the SoCal schools. Better than bus rides to Oregon or WSU. The funny thing is that the travel burdens are worse for the existing Big 10 teams than the new ones. With the time-zone difference and the availability of direct flights from Newark/DC, a Seattle or Oregon team would sometimes get home from a road trip to Maryland or Rutgers earlier than it would from Arizona or ASU. Oregon VB can take Thursday to travel to Rutgers, study Friday morning, play a 6 PM match, fly from Newark to DCA, play a noon match, fly from DCA to Portland by 8:00 or 9:00, and be in bed a little groggy by midnight but ready to put in a day's work on Sunday. Whichever travel partner has to play in Eugene on Saturday, though, probably also spends Thursday getting to Seattle, studies Friday morning, plays at 6:00 or 7:00, takes a late-night charter bus to Eugene (or maybe flies to Portland and takes a bus to Eugene?), plays at noon on Saturday, and either takes a red-eye home and has to sleep off most of Sunday or stays the night in Portland and spends most of Sunday traveling. Ohio State is not wrong in complaining about the travel burden (though I get the sense they were worrying only about the football and basketball teams, not the volleyball or softball players).
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Post by c4ndlelight on Aug 4, 2023 17:08:14 GMT -5
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Post by bigfan on Aug 4, 2023 17:24:30 GMT -5
The WCC and Big West conferences are the big winners recruiting wise here regarding women's volleyball.
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