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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]At this time, the Big Ten Conference probably views a healthy SEC, a healthy Big 12, and a healthy ACC as its best friends. Nobody wants to hear the word antitrust and, under the current circumstances, that word will not be uttered.

The only school that the Big Ten Conference truly covets is independent, free agent Notre Dame. And even this fascination may fade over the next few years as the reality of the Big Ten Conference's embarrassment of riches sinks in.[/quote]

The Big Ten needs to play the long game though and that means being opportunistic with big gets like ND and even a few ACC schools if things start to unravel there. [b]With the SEC around no one needs to worry at all about the Big Ten and the word antitrust[/b]. The Big Ten should care less about a healthy ACC or Big 12. It isn't bad to have financially weaker and unstable opponents.[/quote]

Which reveals a total lack of knowledge about antitrust law and antitrust concerns.[/quote]

I'm an attorney and legitimately want to know what the potential antitrust worry could be for the Big Ten. I'm confused by these posts.[/quote]

You are not an antitrust attorney. Try researching "antitrust".[/quote]

What changes with a few higher earning conferences and a large number of existing conferences that have less money?[/quote]

[b]Antitrust cases get complicated real fast.[/b] Concerns arise when there are fewer competitors / when other competitors go out of business.

Antitrust laws do not necessarily outlaw monopolies, but antitrust laws do care how a business became a monopoly.

Broadly speaking, antitrust laws are designed to protect / nurture / ensure a competitive marketplace.

A shift from a group of Power 5 Conferences to a Power 3 might trigger antitrust concerns, for example. The result is that the government (can be state or federal) often steps in to prevent mergers or acquisitions in the interest of facilitating a competitive marketplace. But these broad simplistic statements get complicated real fast in antitrust reviews. Also, a harmed party can initiate legal actions based on allegations of antitrust law violations.

I am not here to educate anyone on the nuances of antitrust laws beyond stating that the Big Ten Conference attorneys certainly review their actions of merging, acquiring, or consolidating schools as well as causing harm to other schools and/or entities before giving clearance to proceed. Essentially, examining antitrust concerns is a part of due diligence in matters such as expanding a conference which results in the collapse of another conferance.

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