Conference realignment "Rumors" "tweets" "etc"

[CF is NFL Jr]

9 hours ago, Gismo said:

There is also a limited number of viewers and TV prime time slots. 
 

Networks can’t keep just paying more money to for the same schools without viewership increasing to justify it. 
 

is FSU in the big10 or SEC really going to increase viewership much above where it already is? 

FSU maybe, Clemson not so much. B10 is missing that traditional southeastern university to bring interest into the market. 

[CF is NFL Jr]

10 hours ago, Bob Loblaw said:

The wheat has separated from the chaff. This is a game of elite two conference separating from the poors like us. It all started with the killing off of the Big East. The ACC will be poached in due time and it will collapse just like the PAC 12. The end goal (driven by the media conglomerates) is one league with the top 40-50 colleges. ESPN and Fox don’t want to give hand outs to the poors anymore. Sankey just doesn’t want to say it out loud. 

Bound to happen when you start treating it like a professional sport rather than the amateur sport it was always meant to be.  When wins and dollars matter more than fun and tradition, when schools will cut each other’s throats and pay ridiculous sums to coaches and players rather than support the idea of a student athlete this is what you get. 

[michibull]

14 hours ago, Jim Johnson said:

 

I thought the black and white was if they dropped below 15 teams, hence them adding Calford and SMU…..

[Cat941]

National analyst hints at big conference realignment moves underway

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Last weekend, rumors abounded across the college sports world...

These B12 guys.

 

[Rocky Style]

58 minutes ago, Cat941 said:

These B12 guys.

So National Analyst = B12 homer?

[Bull Matrix]

1 hour ago, Rocky Style said:

So National Analyst = B12 homer?

The Swaimy 

[Jim Johnson]

7 hours ago, The Great 8 said:

As companies still want to add sports programming to their services, particularly the big tech firms, there’s a non-zero chance that simply due to inflation that someone pays _more_ than the current deal. Right?

Other than inflation why else did the B12 get its landmark deal? It’s not really comparable to the current roster of ACC.

They didn't get a new deal... it was an extension of their current deal, with an inflation-related bump.

[USFBULL_08]

11 hours ago, aroth said:

I think so, but I don’t know where that line is. Personally, I’d watch FSU play some of the conference matchups in the SEC or B1G. I rarely watch their ACC games besides Clemson recently. I’d imagine lots of others feel the same.

I think so too and it is also why I don't get the reasoning behind only having one team in FL in CFB. NFL has 3 teams NHL\MLB\NBA have 2 teams.

I'd rather have two teams in FL vs NC or Virginia.

[Jim Johnson]

Before anything else can happen, FSU and Clemson have to resolve their lawsuits with the ACC. That could take years, if they go to trial, or months, if the sides reach a settlement.

Meanwhile, an important date is looming for the entire ACC: February 2025. That’s when ESPN has a “look-in” to decide whether it wants to continue with its ACC contract for another 10 years (2027-2036). Were things completely stable, it would be a no-brainer for the network to keep things as is, given the locked-in price, especially with the revenue it makes from the ACC Network. But if the network opts out … chaos in the streets.

 

Until Saturday: Latest on FSU and Clemson vs. ACC and Texas' Quinn Ewers

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Welcome to Until Saturday, the five-star college football newsletter: More on the ACC's legal drama and Ewers.

 

[BDYZR]

15 hours ago, Cat941 said:

Guess that would void the GOR and ease the exit fees that the ACC is fighting to uphold.  Wouldn't any of the schools be able to leave then?    

 

Which comes first? Would a court have to void the GoR to allow those schools to leave? because right now FSU and Clemson are fighting to get out. So without a final court ruling nobody's going anywhere. IMO