Alliance Update

[MCMLXXX]

http://www.reflector.com/sports/ecu/board-discusses-new-league-991067

[Roadruner]

This is sounding more and more like it is going to happen:

Ballard said he expected three to four months of “more important discussions” about laying the groundwork for the new conference after the agreements are signed by members, and the all-important discussions about TV revenue would follow.

“I think the real key details will depend upon what will happen with the TV contracts,” Ballard said, adding that he believes the league is committed to 24 total members in the long term.

“There are certainly some areas of concern there, but the biggest single event is if and when we were to sign over our TV rights to a new conference because that would be more binding and probably much harder to exit from than the situation that we’re currently in.”