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<blockquote data-quote="michaelwalkerbr" data-source="post: 129495574" data-attributes="member: 1601483">I'm sorry, don't always take me literally. That was the wildest example I could think of to show that incredulous things do happen and money is a very strong motivator. If a billionaire alumnus of any school wants to facilitate a move that a conference would like, it can be done.&nbsp; That was simply the most unlikely example I could think of. I hope you get my point. Exceptions can be made, but only if the incentive is strong enough. Since the GOR rights are with the conference and not the broadcasters, offers may always be entertained for schools in the lower tier of the conference. If for some crazy reason, The Big 10 wanted Pitt and offered to pay each school in the conference $50 million dollars to wave the GOR on a one time basis, what would happen? Remember,&nbsp; a billionaire donor to Pitt is paying the bill and theoretically the Big 10 wants Pitt. I maintain there would be a very quick arrangement of goodbye Pitt and hello Cincinnati in the ACC. Ride this paradigm roller coaster with me for a minute. If someone that eccentric wanted one of the lower level Big 12 schools into another conference, do you really think WVU or anyone else in the conference would turn down that kind of money for a vote of exception? It would not weaken the strength of the GOR.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="michaelwalkerbr, post: 129495574, member: 1601483"] I'm sorry, don't always take me literally. That was the wildest example I could think of to show that incredulous things do happen and money is a very strong motivator. If a billionaire alumnus of any school wants to facilitate a move that a conference would like, it can be done. That was simply the most unlikely example I could think of. I hope you get my point. Exceptions can be made, but only if the incentive is strong enough. Since the GOR rights are with the conference and not the broadcasters, offers may always be entertained for schools in the lower tier of the conference. If for some crazy reason, The Big 10 wanted Pitt and offered to pay each school in the conference $50 million dollars to wave the GOR on a one time basis, what would happen? Remember, a billionaire donor to Pitt is paying the bill and theoretically the Big 10 wants Pitt. I maintain there would be a very quick arrangement of goodbye Pitt and hello Cincinnati in the ACC. Ride this paradigm roller coaster with me for a minute. If someone that eccentric wanted one of the lower level Big 12 schools into another conference, do you really think WVU or anyone else in the conference would turn down that kind of money for a vote of exception? It would not weaken the strength of the GOR. [/QUOTE]

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