Realignment Megathread (All The Moves)

[qwerty]

They must use the Univ of Iowa financial playbook.

There was a big national article on Rutgers AD financial issues about 5 years ago. They are so far in the hole and continue to spend like a drunken sailor. They were NO WAY close to B1G status when they were plucked into the league and have had to spend to just get to minimum expectations.

 

[NWICY]

How!?! They spent 178 million while only having 108 available? How? Doesn’t the bank start to shut off the credit card? JFC. Fire the AD. Fire the school president. Fire the BOR. Fire everyone.

The next contract will be bigger that'll get them out of this.

 

[NWICY]

For reference

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As long as it was consensual good for them.

 

[NWICY]

Her husband...
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I'm guessing the next D in their relationship will be Divorce.

 

[FerShizzle]

The next contract will be bigger that'll get them out of this.

pay day loans are going bail them out. JFC. maybe they should call jg wentworth.

there are only like 3 or 4 actual rich AF athletic departments in the big 10 and the rest are just pretending and maxing out credit cards to stay in their circle. the same is true for the SEC.

 

[Kinch]

UCLA receives a payday loan

 

[FinalFourCy]

 

[FerShizzle]

UCLA receives a payday loan

First, where the **** is all this money going?

Second, these schools aren’t paying this back. They know they are too big to fail and are using this extra credit line to further their money advantage and make sure there is no help to be had when the smaller schools in the state come with their pockets out. ******* ridiculous. Just watch what happens in Iowa City.

 

[Kinch]

First, where the **** is all this money going?

Second, these schools aren’t paying this back. They know they are too big to fail and are using this extra credit line to further their money advantage and make sure there is no help to be had when the smaller schools in the state come with their pockets out. ******* ridiculous. Just watch what happens in Iowa City.

Wonder what the board of regents’ reaction will be when UI holds its hand out for $20 million to pay players.
Edit: If Iowa had to get a loan from the university because of no fans in the stands during covid, how much will they have to loan the department because no fans in the stands in basketball this year.

 

[FerShizzle]

Wonder what the board of regents’ reaction will be when UI holds its hand out for $20 million to pay players.

And then when ISU asks for theirs

 

[FinalFourCy]

Bad news for the Big 12…at least until UNC figures out how to get out

 

[SolterraCyclone]

Bad news for the Big 12…at least until UNC figures out how to get out

Not so sure it’s bad news. It could be. But a strong ACC also could prevent a breakaway by the B10/SEC and maintain the B12’s access to the playoff.

The risk is ACC poaching the B12, but with this expansion, any addition would be dilutive I imagine.

 

[1UNI2ISU]

This was always the outcome. Carolina and Virginia have obviously been told that the Big Ten isn't interested and moving anywhere else doesn't make any more sense than where they're at.

The only significant realignment story for the next decade is how the west shakes out with the PAC/MWC settlement and what happens when the WAC blows up.

It's going to be about the actual games for a while here.

 

[MountainManHawk]

This is interesting. They don’t share the exact math but they say their new revenue sharing plan would allow the top teams in the conference to almost entirely make up the revenue gap versus the SEC and BigTen, which I think must mean that the teams at the bottom would be agreeing to take very little. My guess is the teams at the bottom figure that it’s either this or end up like WSU and OSU in the Pac12. Here Is the link:


Under the proposed plan, a percentage of the ACC's television revenue would be included in a "brand" fund, and that money would then be distributed to schools that annually generate the most revenue for the conference in football and men's and women's basketball -- with Clemson, Florida State, Miami and North Carolina likely at the top of the pyramid, sources told ESPN.

Should that agreement be finalized -- something sources said is not imminent but was closely tied to the ESPN option -- Clemson and Florida State would be expected to drop their lawsuits.

Between the brand and success initiatives, it is expected that the ACC schools that maximize both revenue streams could close the gap with Big Ten and SEC schools to as little as a few million annually.

ESPN picks up option to televise ACC through '36

ESPN has agreed to pick up its option to broadcast ACC sports through 2036. The decision comes as the ACC works toward settling lawsuits by Clemson and Florida State.

www.espn.com

 

[MugNight]

This was always the outcome. Carolina and Virginia have obviously been told that the Big Ten isn't interested and moving anywhere else doesn't make any more sense than where they're at.

The only significant realignment story for the next decade is how the west shakes out with the PAC/MWC settlement and what happens when the WAC blows up.

It's going to be about the actual games for a while here.

I’m hopeful. That said, this tells me that the B1G and SEC are content with their consolidation of power at this point. This past CFP had a combined 3 teams from ACC/XII. B1G got the lions share of $, and there was plenty of SEC sabre rattling about Ole Miss and Bama.

They don’t want more mouths to feed, especially football deadweights like UVA and UNC. ND pocketing all $20M is also a glitch that will be interesting to follow if they continue to qualify and win games in the CFP. How long will the B1G and SEC tolerate that?

 

[Clonehomer]

Bad news for the Big 12…at least until UNC figures out how to get out

I don’t think this is bad at all. The Big12 needs time to develop brands over the next several years before the next round of craziness. Getting brands like BYU and ASU (maybe even ISU) into the national conversation while brands like OU fall will only help in future negotiations. But that doesn’t happen overnight. Going to take years of success to make it happen.

Delaying the next round is in the best interest of the Big12.

 

[Die4Cy]

ESPN finds a way to accomplish brand funding at the expense of conference mates without moving teams this time.

 

[cykadelic2]

Bad news for the Big 12…at least until UNC figures out how to get out

Bad news? Not sure how you came to that conclusion.

If all existing ACC schools are tethered to the conference through 2036, that opens the door for the B12 to bid their inventory on the open market in 2031-32 with no competition from the ACC. The prevailing thought was that ACC/FSU/Clemson would settle on a GOR/contract expiration shift from 2036 to 2031-32.

From the B12's perspective, one would hope that CBS/Paramount (with new ownership), WBD and Amazon would actively bid on the B12 in 2031-32 especially if they had partial CFP rights as well.

That said, there was this blurb from the Yahoo story: "The schools are proposing changes to the conference’s grant-of-rights agreement — at the center of both lawsuits — such as possibly reducing the penalty fees tethered to the contract or an amendment in its length." So there remains a possibility that ACC schools could bail out prior to 2036 with reduced GOR penalties and/or exit fees.

Also, I find it difficult to believe that the current ACC geographic clustereff will continue as-is through 2036. For example, Syracuse playing at Cal last night in a MBB game at 10:30 ET is truly ridiculous.

 

[Clonehomer]

Bad news? Not sure how you came to that conclusion.

If all existing ACC schools are tethered to the conference through 2036, that opens the door for the B12 to bid their inventory on the open market in 2031-32 with no competition from the ACC. The prevailing thought was that ACC/FSU/Clemson would settle on a GOR/contract expiration shift from 2036 to 2031-32.

From the B12's perspective, one would hope that CBS/Paramount (with new ownership), WBD and Amazon would actively bid on the B12 in 2031-32 especially if they had partial CFP rights as well.

That said, there was this blurb from the Yahoo story: "The schools are proposing changes to the conference’s grant-of-rights agreement — at the center of both lawsuits — such as possibly reducing the penalty fees tethered to the contract or an amendment in its length." So there remains a possibility that ACC schools could bail out prior to 2036 with reduced GOR penalties and/or exit fees.

Also, I find it difficult to believe that the current ACC geographic clustereff will continue as-is through 2036. For example, Syracuse playing at Cal last night in a MBB game at 10:30 ET is truly ridiculous.

I can’t imagine a scenario that ESPN would extend TV rights longer than a GOR. If Clemson were to leave, they wouldn’t want to be left paying full price for an inferior product.

 

[FriendlySpartan]

Bad news? Not sure how you came to that conclusion.

If all existing ACC schools are tethered to the conference through 2036, that opens the door for the B12 to bid their inventory on the open market in 2031-32 with no competition from the ACC. The prevailing thought was that ACC/FSU/Clemson would settle on a GOR/contract expiration shift from 2036 to 2031-32.

From the B12's perspective, one would hope that CBS/Paramount (with new ownership), WBD and Amazon would actively bid on the B12 in 2031-32 especially if they had partial CFP rights as well.

That said, there was this blurb from the Yahoo story: "The schools are proposing changes to the conference’s grant-of-rights agreement — at the center of both lawsuits — such as possibly reducing the penalty fees tethered to the contract or an amendment in its length." So there remains a possibility that ACC schools could bail out prior to 2036 with reduced GOR penalties and/or exit fees.

Also, I find it difficult to believe that the current ACC geographic clustereff will continue as-is through 2036. For example, Syracuse playing at Cal last night in a MBB game at 10:30 ET is truly ridiculous.

Weren’t you adamant that this wasn’t going to happen due to the whole puppet thing and espn trying to kill college sports?

It was pretty obvious espn was always going to renew as they are getting a bargain. Plus FSU is doing itself no favors with their behavior and death spiral. This is great for college sports