Article from the Lawrence Journal world included quotes below that make Bowlsby seemingly look like a bumbling idiot...
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Consider Big 12 Commissioner Bob Bowlsby’s comments about realignment from Big 12 media days just last week.
“It’s really moot on that question,” he said.
He then went on to explain how the last round of realignment was about cable households and, with digital production and streaming becoming a player in the broadcast revenue game, those household markers were not nearly as important any longer.
“The motivation is essentially gone,” he added, noting that conference restructuring was not something he was losing sleep over. “A lot of the motivation for realignment is no longer there.”
Bowlsby was smart enough to hedge, saying that it “could possibly happen for other reasons.” But he certainly did not come across like a commissioner who was at all concerned about any kind of imminent threat to the league he oversees.
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What percentage of kU fans would be happy with option #5 below?
Writer Matt Tait's outiines the choices below:
1st - Move to the ACC
2nd - Move to Big 10
3rd - Be a power player in keeping the Big-12 together
4th - Move to the Pac-12
5th - Join a Basketball Conference
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Consider Big 12 Commissioner Bob Bowlsby’s comments about realignment from Big 12 media days just last week.
“It’s really moot on that question,” he said.
He then went on to explain how the last round of realignment was about cable households and, with digital production and streaming becoming a player in the broadcast revenue game, those household markers were not nearly as important any longer.
“The motivation is essentially gone,” he added, noting that conference restructuring was not something he was losing sleep over. “A lot of the motivation for realignment is no longer there.”
Bowlsby was smart enough to hedge, saying that it “could possibly happen for other reasons.” But he certainly did not come across like a commissioner who was at all concerned about any kind of imminent threat to the league he oversees.
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What percentage of kU fans would be happy with option #5 below?
Writer Matt Tait's outiines the choices below:
1st - Move to the ACC
2nd - Move to Big 10
3rd - Be a power player in keeping the Big-12 together
4th - Move to the Pac-12
5th - Join a Basketball Conference
