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<blockquote data-quote="topdecktiger" data-source="post: 129488940" data-attributes="member: 1459051">There isn't anything significant about being &quot;first to 16.&quot; The other conferences aren't going to expand just to expand either. The SEC isn't going to go 16 unless they are getting more money. The Pac 12 isn't going to 16 unless they get more money. Therefore, the Big Ten doesn't have to be concerned with getting to 16 unless they get the teams they want either.Basketball doesn't matter. That's one big flaw in your analysis of all this. Football makes exponentially more money that basketball. It doesn't matter how good Kansas's basketball program is. Basketball doesn't bring in anywhere close to the money football does, so basketball doesn't offer incentive when expanding a conference. Rutgers football brings in way more money for the Big Ten than Kansas basketball would. That's because the ratings for football dwarf those for basketball, and thus the networks pay way more for football than basketball. Plus, the most money a team can bring in from the NCAA Tournament in any given year is $1.25 million dollars. Hell, a mid-level bowl game can bring in more than that.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="topdecktiger, post: 129488940, member: 1459051"] There isn't anything significant about being "first to 16." The other conferences aren't going to expand just to expand either. The SEC isn't going to go 16 unless they are getting more money. The Pac 12 isn't going to 16 unless they get more money. Therefore, the Big Ten doesn't have to be concerned with getting to 16 unless they get the teams they want either. Basketball doesn't matter. That's one big flaw in your analysis of all this. Football makes exponentially more money that basketball. It doesn't matter how good Kansas's basketball program is. Basketball doesn't bring in anywhere close to the money football does, so basketball doesn't offer incentive when expanding a conference. Rutgers football brings in way more money for the Big Ten than Kansas basketball would. That's because the ratings for football dwarf those for basketball, and thus the networks pay way more for football than basketball. Plus, the most money a team can bring in from the NCAA Tournament in any given year is $1.25 million dollars. Hell, a mid-level bowl game can bring in more than that. [/QUOTE]

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