Posted on Wed, Aug 25, 2010 : 9:07 a.m.
Big Ten officials seek way for members to play 7 home football games after realignment
By AnnArbor.com Staff
As the Big Ten Conference examines its options for adopting a nine-game conference schedule, one of the key puzzles is finding a way for member schools to include seven home games each year.
Some teams, such as Michigan in 2009, play as many as eight home games a season. The extra home games can result in significant revenues, according to Adam Rittenberg at ESPN.com.
"There's an intention to go to nine games," Big Ten commissioner Jim Delany told me, "if we can work out the sequencing of those games so that teams that have obligations on a home-and-away basis can end up with seven home games."
Comments
Dennis
Thu, Aug 26, 2010 : 12:02 p.m.
Ask your 5 year old what to do. The child will have the right answer and then it will be settled.
chris
Wed, Aug 25, 2010 : 11:40 p.m.
The Big Ten (Twelve) needs a new, better commisioner for various reasons. If they are going to split into divisions, presumably six and six, then each team plays the five in their own division each year and three of the other six each year. With the rotating, each team has a home and home with the other division's teams every four years. Eight game conference schedule, four game nonconference, like now. Money is too important to give up a nonconference home game against the Sisters of the Poor.