[Title edited]: Dennis Dodd (lists possible penalties which) Big Ten (might) threaten, (up to and including) TV Ban and withholding of revenue
This to me is cause for departure from the conference if they seriously try to do this. Messing with the money means nuclear option is viable.
https://x.com/dennisdoddcbs/status/1721697645758906396?s=61
[edit @10:10 pm: the end result is a bit unwieldy, but in an attempt to clarify the OP's original thread title, I simply edited in everything that you see in parentheses. -rob f]
November 6th, 2023 at 8:43 PM ^
Unreal, it's right out of the PAC 10 vs UW playbook. How can the Big Ten possibly think this is the right move? And thank goodness M is dutifully defending itself now.
November 6th, 2023 at 8:43 PM ^
Hey Big Ten....
November 6th, 2023 at 8:44 PM ^
I'm sure it's just Dodd sensationalizing. How could you ever negotiate a TV contract again with Fox or whomever? "Hey we can't guarantee that we will show one of our teams because we might attempt to arbitrarily penalize them." If a conference can't give a dependable product, if I'm a network I'm looking at another conference that has its act together.
November 6th, 2023 at 8:44 PM ^
Just win...just win...just win.....that is all!
November 6th, 2023 at 8:44 PM ^
BIG Ten
Butthole
Is
Gaping
Ten
November 6th, 2023 at 8:45 PM ^
Seems a bit extreme doubt a TV ban or revenue withholding happens
November 6th, 2023 at 8:46 PM ^
Hmmm.... let's see what FOX has to say about it.
November 6th, 2023 at 8:46 PM ^
Move to ACC or SEC. Let's do it. Fuck Tony Titties and the whole BigTen
November 6th, 2023 at 8:46 PM ^
They really are going to bite the hand that feeds them. Ok …
November 6th, 2023 at 8:49 PM ^
So let me understand this. The big ten....with no evidence of connection to Harbaugh and no investigation is going to threaten a TV ban and money for on if it's two biggest programs and the number 2 team in the country. If that's true then a departure may be an option. Frankly the way Michigan has been treated in this case is insulting.
November 6th, 2023 at 8:52 PM ^
Dude is literally just reading the conferences bylaws and not adding any real reporting.
November 6th, 2023 at 8:50 PM ^
Would love to see them threaten a TV ban. Let's see what the other 13 programs say. This conference is propped up by Michigan, OSU and PSU. Anything that affects Michigan's revenue is affecting the Purdue's and Michigan State's of the world multifold.
November 6th, 2023 at 8:54 PM ^
Let's be precise. Michigan attracts more eyeballs than any other team except for OSU and Alabama. And OSU is harmed if Michigan isn't in the conference. The Big Ten really gonna scare away the 3rd most watched college team. Good luck dipshits.
November 6th, 2023 at 8:50 PM ^
This is the dumbest fucking thing I've ever heard. Dodd is a hack.
November 6th, 2023 at 8:54 PM ^
Shit like this happens every couple of decades. Witch-hunts and the like. Others were involved but for the most part that was just bad luck for Michigan in the zeitgeist.
November 6th, 2023 at 8:51 PM ^
This is definitely clickbait. Dodd is pulling random vague crap out. Think about it: Big Ten isn’t “notifying Jim Harbaugh” of anything, they would communicate with the AD or president of the university.
November 6th, 2023 at 8:51 PM ^
Wasn't Dodd the guy that was wrong about every single fucking thing when Jim was originally hired? Oakland still in play?
November 6th, 2023 at 8:52 PM ^
A TV ban is so clearly not happening, but man- I'd loooove to get to hear the phone call between Petitti and the Fox TV execs and hear the reaction to Petetti telling Fox that they wouldn't be broadcasting The Game.
November 6th, 2023 at 9:00 PM ^
The Vast Network will just live stream it from the stadium.
November 6th, 2023 at 9:10 PM ^
I don't believe a TV ban would happen, but if it did it would certainly be for a period of time where we play Rutgers, Maryland, NW or teams of that status. No way Michigan games against OSU, PSU, MSU, USC, UCLA, Oregon or Washington are included.
November 6th, 2023 at 8:53 PM ^
I suspect Dodd is being deliberately misleading in this tweet. The things he lists are all *technically possible* penalties that the B1G could try to impose on a member it deems wayward. That doesn't mean any of them are actually likely in this case
November 6th, 2023 at 11:29 PM ^
He said he just literally pulled it out of the Big Ten policy manual.
The Big Ten didn't say a thing. Fuck you Dodd and OP for making me defend the Big Ten.
November 6th, 2023 at 8:55 PM ^
This isn't really news. I'm sure the notice of potential punishment is a form that includes all the ranges. I'm equally sure a withholding of tv revenue and reprimand are equally likely and neither is the plan
November 6th, 2023 at 8:55 PM ^
April Fools Day is :::checks calendar::: still 21 weeks away.
November 6th, 2023 at 8:56 PM ^
And how would Fox, CBS, and NBC not sue over this?
If this is actually true, it amazes me how petty and spiteful this has become? To reiterate what Cowherd said last week, “if it was Purdue doing this, NO ONE would care.”
November 6th, 2023 at 8:57 PM ^
They probably won't stop at a Harbaugh suspension especially if Michigan continues to win. I live in Florida and I can tell they only care about eliminating teams from the 4 man playoffs. They could care less about the integrity of the game.
Listening to the radio down here they believe Michigan will go through the B1G with ease but OSU will get another bid which will put 2 B1G teams in again. So they're all for hurting Michigan in any way possible so they can get FSU and 2 SEC teams in or Texas/Oklahoma....blah blah blah.
The thing that is surprising is that everyone on the radio doesn't believe Michigan will lose. I mean if you truly thought Michigan had some hidden advantage then surely they'll fall back down to earth....nope, they sure don't.
November 6th, 2023 at 8:59 PM ^
I'm gonna drive to the BigTen office in Rosemont and smear shit on their windows and really work it into the nooks and crannies around the building. Missing a little caulk, let's fill it in with a little koala poo. Backsplash needs more grout, don't mind if I do.
November 6th, 2023 at 9:13 PM ^
Make sure you eat whatever gives koalas diaherra first.
November 6th, 2023 at 9:20 PM ^
You might as well pick up RGard on the way and bring the monkey cannon for good measure.
November 6th, 2023 at 9:00 PM ^
Literally zero chance of a TV ban, they won’t kill their own revenue. There might be a fine imposed on UM, but not a TV ban.
November 6th, 2023 at 9:04 PM ^
"Could range." Absolutely won't. They will not set that pile of money on fire. And if they try, Fox Sports will annihilate them.
November 6th, 2023 at 9:05 PM ^
Who wants to stay in a conference that treats you like shit. OSU has control of this conference.
November 6th, 2023 at 9:13 PM ^
So no one gets to watch The Game on Fox? Yeah, ok, sure. If true, this is the worst bluff ever.
November 6th, 2023 at 9:17 PM ^
Is that what he’s saying is in the letter? Or is he just describing the two extremes?
November 6th, 2023 at 9:24 PM ^
I call bluff, they will get the shit sued out of them from Fox.
November 6th, 2023 at 9:27 PM ^
Let's say this story is sensationalized click-bait, and that in the end, cooler heads prevail.
Even in that best case scenario, the fact that we got to this point with the B10 in the first place, especially in light of the NCAA not having the evidence to connect the sign stealing to Harbaugh, should really result in some serious soul searching. This includes, in my view, potential calls to the ACC and SEC, the TV networks, and even to ND about their arrangement with the ACC.
November 6th, 2023 at 9:29 PM ^
TV ban? Hahahahahaha!
Just try telling Fox they can't televise the Michigan-OSU game.
November 6th, 2023 at 9:51 PM ^
AN ohio state will be playing Xichigan instead.
November 6th, 2023 at 9:32 PM ^
Joining ACC and putting ND back on the schedule sounds rather appropriate to me. Do it!
#GoBlue
November 6th, 2023 at 9:54 PM ^
Michigan joins the ACC and that's when ND would join the B1G.
November 6th, 2023 at 9:33 PM ^
TV ban. Lol. also known as “How to get the networks to the league to knock it off”
November 6th, 2023 at 9:37 PM ^
It "could range" from a reprimand to a TV ban.
They "could" ban Harbaugh for life and strip all 998 (and counting) wins.
Or they "could" make him write "I will not hire Connor Stalions" on the chalkboard after school.
November 6th, 2023 at 9:38 PM ^
For what? On what grounds? I'm speaking more to any kind of punishment at this point. If the NCAA found no connection between Harbaugh and the sign/scouting/whatever it was, what is there to suspend him for at this juncture?
November 6th, 2023 at 9:42 PM ^
Tomorrow at Big Ten HQ:
Staffer, “Um, Mr. Pettiti, the lawyers from both Michigan and Fox are here with some papers for you.”
Pettiti: Soils self
November 6th, 2023 at 9:47 PM ^
Everyone start sending in your 10 cent cans and bottles to Michigan.
November 6th, 2023 at 9:55 PM ^
Yeah okay sure.
November 6th, 2023 at 9:59 PM ^
- The NCAA does not appear to support an imminent TV ban; ditto for imminent revenue withholding
- It’s easy to speculate that Fox does not support this
- *And* I find it implausible to believe the Big Ten can win on the merits in court and even less plausible that they can do so in any manner shy of Pyrrhic victory. (I even find it implausible that the Big Ten disagrees with that sentence.)
So, this is a game of chicken?
Alright!
/BestNotFlinch
November 6th, 2023 at 10:09 PM ^
This is incredibly dumb. Zero percent chance we get a TV ban and risk pissing off the people who actually own the Big Ten - the TV execs.
November 6th, 2023 at 10:14 PM ^
Can we just back up for a minute and acknowledge that
A guy paid 55k was going over the line on scouting
Harbaugh reportedly didn't know but maybe did of you believe so
No evidence it helped anything really
Opponents knew last year and changed things up
Now we are talking about a tv ban
I'm all for a reasonable penalty if evidence warrants, but my lord in heaven we've hit silly season