Realignment Megathread (All The Moves)

[FinalFourCy]

No disagreement. Just wanted to point out the the NFL stuff is out there, he was just the most readily available voice on it.

I don’t see the SBA angle working for pooling, but we all have to acknowledge how mercurial DC is now

If Campbell really wants change, he should utilize Wall Street. There are top ACC schools up for grabs and even a BIG President alluding to wanting more.

He doesn’t need Ohio St, USC, Oregon, UW to leave the BIG to start a curated conference with FSU, Miami, Clemson, UNC, Duke, 5 games against ND etc,

Just simply provide the competing bid.

The BIG going to unequal revenue sharing would be a step closer to getting the mass needed to get pooling

 

[FinalFourCy]

Frank was right about the ACC GOR being ironclad. It still is as is the B12's. What changed was the reduction in agreed upon exit fees, not the GOR.

Lol

The “ironclad” remark is satire. He is was one of those fools that thought the ACC position was so strong that a settlement that facilitated such early departures would not occur.

I know you and Sparty were in that camp too, so it’s natural for you to be pedantic.

The ACC was always going to settle. It was never a legal question, but a business one. The risks were too asymmetrical.

 

[StPaulCyclone]

That’s kinda weird because outside of Texas the SEC has much better academics then the big12, especially on the top end.

But you know your conference better then I do so if you say those conversations happen I believe ya

Currently, sure. In the original B12 UT, A&M, ISU, KU, NU, CU and MU were all AAU universities. How much of the SEC’s academic profile was helped by adding B12 schools?

 

[cykadelic2]

Lol

The “ironclad” remark is satire. He is was one of those fools that thought the ACC position was so strong that a settlement that facilitated such early departures would not occur.

I know you and Sparty were in that camp too, so it’s natural for you to be pedantic.

The ACC was always going to settle. It was never a legal question, but a business one. The risks were too asymmetrical.

Typical FFCy backtracking.

And not surprisingly, you fail to mention the previously undisclosed option that ESPN had which was the primary factor that facilitated the settlement.

 

[BigJCy]

 

[SCNCY]

They may just want to buy a second set of gear and a storage unit in the east coast.

 

[cykadelic2]

 

[FinalFourCy]

Virginia Tech proposes adding extra $229M to athletics budget

Virginia Tech has proposed adding an extra $229 million to its athletics budget over the next four years to help position the Hokies to compete with the top programs in the ACC, a crucial moment with the hire of a new football coach looming.

www.espn.com

 

[Clonedogg]

Virginia Tech proposes adding extra $229M to athletics budget

Virginia Tech has proposed adding an extra $229 million to its athletics budget over the next four years to help position the Hokies to compete with the top programs in the ACC, a crucial moment with the hire of a new football coach looming.

www.espn.com

Man I miss Beamer Ball

 

[cykadelic2]

 

[MartyFine]

 

[FinalFourCy]

PE is going to create their superleague one way or another. Wise move by the BIG to offer themselves as that vehicle, rather than fight it and be picked apart. I suspect the SEC will follow

A PE backed BIG is just the start

 

[Al_4_State]

It’ll happen here soon

 

[FriendlySpartan]

PE is going to create their superleague one way or another. Wise move by the BIG to offer themselves as that vehicle, rather than fight it and be picked apart. I suspect the SEC will follow

A PE backed BIG is just the start

Ugh do not want PE involved, not sure how that gets to a super league like you said as the article says this specifically stops that (super league was never happening) but I hate PE being involved in any way even if they have guardrails in place

 

[legi]

Ugh do not want PE involved, not sure how that gets to a super league like you said as the article says this specifically stops that (super league was never happening) but I hate PE being involved in any way even if they have guardrails in place

Maybe I remember wrong but I thought you were saying that the B1G presidents would never ever do something like this.

 

[FriendlySpartan]

Maybe I remember wrong but I thought you were saying that the B1G presidents would never ever do something like this.

I’m extremely anti PE so I could for sure see myself saying something like that.

I don’t care how they dress this up to say that this isn’t really traditional PE and it’s a special set up, it’s still PE and is an awful decision to let the wolves in. From the reporting this seems like a smart move if it goes through but man I hate it and hope it doesn’t

 

[Al_4_State]

Maybe I remember wrong but I thought you were saying that the B1G presidents would never ever do something like this.

Him and Gonzo said unequal revenue would never happen either.

 

[Gonzo]

Him and Gonzo said unequal revenue would never happen either.

I never said that. I said unequal sharing of media revenue wouldn't happen. I've always said I wouldn't be surprised if there were unequal cuts from CFP and Bowl revenues to the programs that earned the bids.

That would be unequal revenue sharing.

 

[FriendlySpartan]

Him and Gonzo said unequal revenue would never happen either.

I said that with media dollars, I have no idea how any of this PE would work also I didn’t see that in the espn report but I did skim

Edit* oh I I see it at the bottom with tiers being discusses based on existing revenue

 

[Gonzo]

I said that with media dollars, I have no idea how any of this PE would work also I didn’t see that in the espn report but I did skim

Edit* oh I I see it at the bottom with tiers being discusses based on existing revenue

So it sounds like the Enterprise would serve as one massive pot of $$$ that all revenue streams dump into, and they'd then divvy it up in some kind of tiered structure. That'd be interesting to see who does and doesn't make the cut for each tier.