Conference realignment "Rumors" "tweets" "etc"

[Sellular1]

The B10 would love to take the Gators today, but they wouldn't take any other team in Florida until they achieve AAU status

 

So why wouldn't they take Miami? They have the resources to get AAU status very quickly if required and their academics are much better than Florida's.

ACC teams are locked in with that agreement they all signed. It's not worth the money to get them out of the conference, it's a ridiculously high amount. And they're thugs.

Maryland?

 

Maryland voted against it, and left before it became official. They've got a pretty good case for keeping their TV money. We'll see, as it plays through the courts, FSU also had a good case, but stayed around, and is now stuck in the ACC.

??? It already played out. Maryland paid the ACC $31.4 million, got to leave for the B1G and keep their TV rights.

 

Wow, that was quiet. Never heard a final resolution. You sure bout that?

From Disney:

ACC, Maryland settle dispute

Updated: August 8, 2014, 3:34 PM ET

Associated Press

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Heather Dinich and Maryland head coach Randy Edsall preview the first season in the Big Ten for the Terrapins.

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GREENSBORO, N.C. -- The Atlantic Coast Conference and the University of Maryland have settled their legal dispute over the Terrapins' exit from the league.

Under terms announced Friday, the ACC will keep the roughly $31.4 million it had previously withheld from Maryland and the school will not owe the conference any more money.

In addition, lawsuits filed by both sides will be dismissed.

"This agreement allows everyone to fully focus their energy and efforts on prioritizing the student-athletes, especially in this significant time of change within the NCAA restructuring," ACC Commissioner John Swofford said in a statement. "We wish the University of Maryland well and appreciate their past contributions as we collectively look toward the future."

Maryland announced in late 2012 that it would leave the ACC -- the conference it helped create in 1953 -- for the Big Ten. That came roughly two months after the league raised its exit fee for schools to leave to three times the league's annual operational budget, which amounted to nearly $52.3 million at the time of Maryland's announcement.

The ACC then sued the school seeking full payment of the fee -- which was increased twice in the span of 12 months, first to $20 million when Pittsburgh and Syracuse were announced additions in 2011 and then to the current level in 2012 when Notre Dame said it would join in all league sports except football.

After the ACC withheld Maryland's television and bowl revenue, the school followed by suing the ACC in January 2013, calling the fee an illegal penalty.

Earlier this year, the school filed a $157 million counterclaim against the conference, saying the ACC tried to recruit two Big Ten schools after the Terrapins announced their exit from the league.

While the exit fee was once the primary deterrent for a school to leave, the ACC took another step to protect itself five months after Maryland's announced move when it reached a deal to keep control of the member schools' media rights.

That grant-of-rights deal meant the ACC would control the TV rights -- and more importantly, the money that comes along with it -- for any school that chose to leave the league before 2027.

That agreement essentially locked schools into the league through the length of the current television deal and helped pump the brakes on years of realignment around college athletics.

Maryland officially joined the Big Ten, along with Rutgers, on July 1, and the Terrapins begin play in their new league this season. The ACC added Louisville to replace the Terps.

"The University of Maryland is proud of our long and storied 61-year association with the Atlantic Coast Conference," Maryland President Wallace D. Loh said in a statement. "Today's agreement helps usher in exciting new eras for both the university and the ACC."

[Who'sYourData?]

FSU is in the ABSOLUTE best possible spot they could ever dream of being in.

 

A powerhouse school in a P5 conference that is much weaker than any other P5 conference.  And an academically prestigious one at that.

 

They would be fools to leave. 

 

Except that they are still making a lot less money than the worst team in the B10.  But who said this was about money?

[GaUSFBull]

FSU is in the ABSOLUTE best possible spot they could ever dream of being in.

 

A powerhouse school in a P5 conference that is much weaker than any other P5 conference.  And an academically prestigious one at that.

 

They would be fools to leave.

 

Except that they are still making a lot less money than the worst team in the B10.  But who said this was about money?

See above. Nat. championship windfalls can possibly make up some of that difference.

[GaUSFBull]

And as Trip stated, better b-ball conference as well.

[Who'sYourData?]

 

 

FSU is in the ABSOLUTE best possible spot they could ever dream of being in.

 

A powerhouse school in a P5 conference that is much weaker than any other P5 conference.  And an academically prestigious one at that.

 

They would be fools to leave.

 

Except that they are still making a lot less money than the worst team in the B10.  But who said this was about money?

See above. Nat. championship windfalls can possibly make up some of that difference.

 

 

And I doubt FSU will be winning a national championship every year for the next twenty.

Edited August 23, 2014 by ShadowBull

[GaUSFBull]

I doubt it too, but they could win a few. They certainly have arguably the easiest road to travel.

[Sellular1]

I doubt it too, but they could win a few. They certainly have arguably the easiest road to travel.

Not if the rest of the ACC stinks. SOS is a big factor now.

[MaltLiquorBull]

Lets win a conference championship in the AAC. Maybe then the pee 5's will take us seriously.

[Who'sYourData?]

If getting into a P5 school was all about football or basketball success then Cincinnati and UConn would have already been invited. Louisville is the blueprint to follow:

 

1. Increased athletic budget

2. State of the art athletic facilties

3. Consistent on field football success

4. Consistent on court basketball success

5. On campus football stadium

 

We have 1 out of 5 - we are a loooooooooooooooong way away. The goal should be relevance first then we can argue our P5 worthiness.

 

I disagree with your Top 5.  

 

1.  TV eyeballs

2.  Potential TV eyeballs

3.  TV markets

4.  TV markets not already covered by the conference

5.  TV eyeballs.

[Bear]

It's about the money

 

 

USF can't raise money if we can't win consistently