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OUTGOING: Will Donovan Sing a New Toon in Loan Move to Newcastle?
This is an excerpt from an article in Sunday Sun
Pardew hopes to coax around £10million from Derek Llambias and Mike Ashley in January, although that is a transfer war chest which might have to be supplemented by player sales.
US international Landon Donovan, who was superb for Everton during a short loan spell last season, has been offered to the Toon and Pardew is understood to be keen.
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Thumbs up on TCU’s move
Everyone seems to win with TCU’s new arrangement.
- TCU gets what they want: access to the process. That means a better class of opponent, higher visibility, better TV coverage (especially in key eastern markets), and more revenue with which to build the program. Membership is also instant additional credibility on the recruiting trail in a talent-rich part of the country.
- The Big East gets to fend off questions about their claim to AQ status. TCU might not even win the conference in coming years, but their staying power as a strong program will buoy the rest of the league. The conference will also gain penetration into the competitive DFW media market. The Big 12 will still be the dominant player in town of course, but the rest of the Big East should be able to steal a prospect or two out of the vast recruiting territory in this new market.
- Even members of other AQ conferences should be happy: TCU will be removed from the pool of possible BCS crashers.
Geography is a big part of this story. It shouldn’t be. Forth Worth is only about 300 miles farther from Morgantown, WVa. than Tampa is, the home of current Big East member South Florida. Miami used to be a Big East member, and that’s only about 100 miles closer to Morgantown than Forth Worth is. ACC members Boston College and Miami are separated by over 1,500 miles. That’s about the distance from TCU to Syracuse. Those of us in the East and SEC territory tend to think of conference games in terms of day trips or short weekend treks. TCU’s road destinations this year included Fort Collins, Las Vegas, Salt Lake City, and Albuquerque. Albuquerque – at over a 10-hour drive – was the closest of those road trips. For perspective, every SEC school but Arkansas is a shorter drive from Athens than TCU’s shortest road trip of 2009.
Every other Mountain West school is at least a 12-hour drive from Fort Worth. TCU might not be in the Big East’s neighborhood, but the Horned Frogs are already used to a bit of travel. Additionally, the proximity of most Big East schools (except West Virginia) to major airports with frequent flights to and from DFW could make the occasional road trip a reasonable possibility for fans. Again, though, this isn’t the SEC. The number of fans who travel to watch Big East football just doesn’t compare. From a football perspective, it’s much more about access and markets than it is about filling seats. As college football continues to have more of a national outlook, moves like this will feel much more normal.
In our football-centric world, the basketball angle is getting secondary attention. Dashiell Bennett does a good job of illustrating why a sport at which the Horned Frogs are much worse is actually a stronger financial incentive for this move than the payoff from football. TCU can get BCS money whether or not they’re part of a BCS conference – they’ll do so this year. But their new conference receives over 5 times as much revenue from the NCAA Tournament as the Mountain West does, so TCU should expect a much bigger kick from the basketball side of things.
I’m just looking forward to seeing the 17-team Big East Tournament bracket. They might have to start that thing in mid-February.
Chelsea Consider Move from Stamford Bridge to Earls Court
Chelsea may be one of the richest clubs in the Premier League, but their matchday attendances are definitely not in the same league as the Big Four of English football. Rival clubs Manchester United, Arsenal, Manchester City and Liverpool all have bigger attendances. The problem for Chelsea is not their inability to sell tickets. Instead it’s that the capacity of Stamford Bridge, currently at 41,841, is small by comparison, and therefore the club is unable to generate as much matchday revenue as its chief competitors.
So it’s with great interest that The Guardian newspaper has revealed that Chelsea is secretly in discussions for a possible move to Earls Court, less than a mile away from Chelsea’s home at Stamford Bridge. Famous for its exhibition centre, Earls Court will be demolished after the 2012 Olympic Games. The original plan was for site owners to build a housing complex featuring thousands of new homes. But the prospect of building a state-of-the-art stadium with at least 60,000 seats may be quite enticing especially knowing how badly Chelsea wants a new stadium and how much they may be willing to pay for that luxury.
If Chelsea is able to secure a deal to move to Earl’s Court, the new stadium won’t be ready until the beginning of 2015. However it’s important to point out that Earls Court is on the same side of the River Thames as Stamford Bridge. In the past Chelsea has looked at moving to Battersea Power Station. But while that site is less than three miles away from Stamford Bridge, the Power Station is symbolically a whole world away because it’s on the other side of the Thames. Earls Court is only a 15-20 minute walk from Chelsea’s current ground.
An interesting side note about Chelsea is that a non-profit organization named Chelsea Pitch Holders own the freehold and naming rights of Chelsea FC. What this means is that if Chelsea decides to move to a new location in the future, they will not be able to use the name Chelsea Football Club.
Chelsea Pitch Owners was formed in the 90s with the intention of ensuring that Stamford Bridge could never be sold to property developers and that the club’s name could not be used outside of Stamford Bridge. The company was formed as a defensive manoeuvre to ensure that the club couldn’t be kicked out. Times have changed considerably since the company was formed, but if Chelsea is to move to Earl’s Court, it’ll need to deal with the legal implications of working with the Chelsea Pitch Owners group to unravel the mess to keep the Chelsea FC name.
Until then, the executives at Chelsea Football Club need to continue its private discussions with the owners of the Earls Court Exhibition Centre. Chelsea supporters should keep their fingers crossed that the meetings are fruitful. Earls Court would be the best thing that could happen to Chelsea if the deal goes through.
Related posts:
- Should West Ham or Spurs Move Into the Olympic Stadium?
- Why I Dislike Watching Chelsea Play At Stamford Bridge
- Ancelotti Outclassed By Mourinho In Battle Of Stamford Bridge
Did Alabama’s loss move UK down the bowl ladder?
At first look, you might have thought Alabama’s 24-21 loss to LSU on Saturday pushed Kentucky down a rung on the SEC bowl ladder.
Not so fast, my friend.
Sure, for Kentucky to get a better bowl, besides finishing the season with wins over Vanderbilt and Tennessee, the Cats need for two SEC teams to be in BCS bowls. The way to do that is to have one SEC team in the BCS title game, and another team near the top of the BCS standings, thus making it more inviting for an at-large bid. That moves the remaining teams up a notch when it comes to the league’s numerous bowl tie-ins.
Going into Saturday, Auburn and Alabama both appeared in great position for BCS bowl status. But then Alabama fell 24-21 to the genius that is Les Miles and LSU on Saturday, dropping the Crimson Tide to 7-2 and surely from its lofty No. 6 BCS ranking.
Ah, but LSU is now 8-1. The Tigers could be as high as No. 5 when the BCS rankings are released today. If that’s the case, and Auburn stays at either No. 1 or No. 2, then LSU would be a prime candidate for the Sugar Bowl, which would help the rest of the SEC members.
For Kentucky, the difference could be whether the Cats go to the Music City, the Liberty or the Birmingham Bowl.
My projections as of today:
- BCS title game: Auburn. If the Tigers beat Georgia on Saturday, they wrap up the SEC West no matter what happens in the Auburn-Alabama game.
- Sugar: LSU. Les Miles’ club still has a tough game left with Arkansas. If it can beat the Razorbacks, it will hold on to the Sugar Bowl bid.
- Capital One: Alabama. Disappointing year for Nick Saban’s team. A loss to Auburn would saddle the Crimson Tide with three losses.
- Cotton: Mississippi State. Only a collapse would keep the Bulldogs out of Dallas.
- Outback: Florida. I’m basing this on Florida beating South Carolina this Saturday in Gainesville. If South Carolina wins, the Gamecocks get the Outback.
- Chic-fil-A: South Carolina. Read Outback Bowl.
- Gator: Arkansas. If the Razorbacks beat LSU, Bobby Petrino’s club could find itself in the Cotton Bowl, or maybe even the Outback.
- Music City: Georgia. Some think the Music City would not pass on a 7-5 Kentucky, but I’m not so sure, especially if Georgia upsets Auburn.
- Liberty: Kentucky. Only if the Cats beat Tennessee. If UK loses in Knoxville, Tennessee would be in a better position for the Liberty, and Kentucky would slip to the Birmingham Bowl. (And I know, there is still the UK-U of L basketball conflict with this bowl.)
- Birmingham Bowl: Ole Miss. To get here, the Rebels have to beat Tennessee this week, then beat either LSU or Mississippi State.
BYU Confirms WCC Move, Football Independence
Here is the BYU press release on the school departing the Mountain West while taking football independent and moving all other sports to the West Coast Conference:
PROVO, Utah (Aug. 31, 2010) — Brigham Young University today announced it resigned from the Mountain West Conference, effective June 30, 2011.
Additionally, the University announced its football program will compete in the NCAA Football Bowl Subdivision as an independent beginning fall 2011. BYU has accepted an invitation to join the West Coast Conference as a full member for men’s basketball and other sports, beginning the 2011-12 athletic season.
Further information will be provided at a press conference scheduled for Wednesday, Sept. 1 at LaVell Edwards Stadium beginning at noon (MT). The press conference is available only to credentialed members of the media.
The University will have no further comment until the press conference Wednesday.
Jay Drew of the SALT LAKE TRIBUNE and Jon Wilner of the SAN JOSE MERCURY NEWS were the first to break the landmark news for the West Coast Conference.
Wilner also noted in his report today the effect the move by BYU may have on the WAC and the Mountain West conference: (more…)