Will USC Take Less Than Michigan, Ohio State, Penn State In Private Equity Deal?

As the Big Ten considers a $2.4 billion private equity deal, this interesting detail emerged courtesy of Yahoo’s Ross Dellenger.

USC will get paid less than Michigan, Ohio State and Penn State.

“Those at USC are against the uneven distribution structure of both (1) the upfront $2.4 billion and (2) the future conference revenues. The Trojans are behind Michigan, Ohio State and Penn State in the payouts of the uneven structure, according to those who have seen details of the plan.”

I’m not surprised Michigan and Ohio State want the most money. But Penn State? What gives them the right to more money than USC?

The answer, of course, is that they are “legacy school,” which is supposed to explain everything.

If I was USC, I would vote against this proposal unless the university got as much as every other school.

Remember the controversy when USC agreed to give up the larger share of TV revenue it received from the Pac-10 when the conference expanded to the Pac-12? That decision was poorly received for years afterward.

15 thoughts on “Will USC Take Less Than Michigan, Ohio State, Penn State In Private Equity Deal?

  1. Pac-12 is where a Cali team belongs, but the chancellors and presidents of those universities made one bad decision after another, leading to the implosion of what was a great conference.

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    1. Cali? No self respecting native Californian refers to it as such. Akin to a San Franciscan calling it “Frisco”. It doesn’t happen.

      Cali is a city in Colombia.

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      1. Yup! As bad as calling the Coliseum the “Coli”.

        So gay. (Not that there’s anything wrong with it!) 😉

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    1. We know you love it. You wouldn’t write about that kind of stuff so frequently, if you didn’t love the thought of it.

      You are very, very sick in the head and we can all see why you need to come here, where nobody wants you. The people in your real life don’t want you around either. Sad.

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      1. KAM: Owns was another epic spamming Bruin known as “Bruin Rob’ from Cerritos. He was known over the years for his Democrat tinged posting on BRO and calling the local radio shows whenever the Bruins were doing well, which became less and less over the last decade.

        DON: I have a feeling Cowardly Gabby/Charlie Bucket and Owns/Bruin Rob were friends who socialized and went to the UCLA games together and cooked up this scheme to destroy this blog with their incessant spams.

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      2. Rob Carillo is/was such a loser. He got kicked off of Topix many times. We had a thread going for years that started from a story about Rick Neuheisal and his claim that UCLA was the new football powerhouse in LA.

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