Sampson would come into a business class I took at OU several times during the year and discuss sports business. Examples he gave at the time that top teams were requesting hundred of thousands above the lower teams to play on the road. Maybe he exaggerated, maybe times have changed. But Duke not coming to OU for 20k more the Stephan f Austin.
When two power conference school play each other, it isn't a buy game. I can promise you KU didn't pay UNC a dime last season, nor is UNC paying KU this season. Arrangements like that are almost always home and home series.
Sampson explained it that OU got less to go to Top tier and had to pay more for the return visit. He was talking guarantee. May have changed, or maybe not everyone worked same way. KU UNC is different than OU UNC. But I only really know from the class maybe Sampson was trying to make it more interesting or relevant.
Well, there is a limit on what is considered a "buy game." Any power 4 school is not going to be a buy game. And the top (and some not top) teams outside the power 4 aren't going to be either.
usually they both pay each other .. just the same amount for both seasons .. (at least that is the way it works in football )
Why only play them one year when you can make it an annual tradition?
As someone who loves tradition, bring on the yearly Stetson game!Why only play them one year when you can make it an annual tradition?
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The thing is, it doesn’t matter what any of us think. What matters is what the committee values. If the committee decides in the future that playing games with one arm tied behind your back and half the lights in the gym turned off, that’s what teams and coaches should do. I’m not basing my argument on my own personal feeling about how teams should schedule, though I do think you should test yourself against teams that at least have a pulse. I’m just focused on what the committee has consistently followed for over a decade.
So we're scheduled to play 2 of the worse 3 teams in the country?Sooners Announce Full Men's Basketball Schedule - University of Oklahoma
NORMAN — With its non-conference slate of games finalized, University of Oklahoma Vice President and Director of Athletics Joe Castiglione and head coach Por...soonersports.com
Full schedule out.
There are 365 teams in the country. Here is where Bart Torvik projects the seven teams coming to Norman: 345, 363, 322, 313, 316, 351, and 365.
Gross. And embarrassing.
I think the committee does distinguish somewhat within quads. They definitely do within Q1. And this is so egregiously bad. It is almost as if someone challenged Moser to put together the worst home schedule possible.
