‘People are saying’ = somebody wants to speak this into existence.
Realignment Megathread (All The Moves)
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Seems like reason for ESPN to not want to do that. OuuT was shared by ESPN and Fox. They also tried paying the rest of the Big12 less by putting them in the AAC. ESPN already controls the ACC at a discount. So if they move ACC schools to the SEC, they pay more. If ACC schools go to the Big12, ESPN is paying more total.
I don’t think ESPN wants to move schools to the Big12/SEC/lose schools to the B1G unless they are forced to do so by the lawsuits.
This would only be a move to make and turn around to BYU and say FU.
Their travel costs would likely quadruple.
Yormark after Utah pays the exit fee
He's just really old and has gotten to the point where he believes everything he hears.
Used to be a fantastic college basketball writer 20 years ago.
I like it. Take their money and in a few years when the ACC is failing, tell them the AAC would only require them to change one letter on their field.
Game is being played in the Pacific time zone at 8pm. Saying it is one hour from being played on a Saturday is factually false. If you use that argument, a person watching in London could already state that it is being played on Saturday. Just because Rutgers is in it doesn’t change the fact that the game is being played at 8pm local time.
Weiss likely got his "info" from this Georgia Tech guy who doesn't realize UU has significant exit fees and a GOR buyout unlike the other 3 schools mentioned:
Stanford and Cal aren’t taking full ACC TV shares for 9 years and are only getting 30% for the first 7 years. SMU isn’t taking a TV distribution for like 10 years.
Why would Utah join the ACC when a.) FSU, Clemson, and North Carolina at a minimum won’t be there AND/OR b.) the terms would presumably similar to Stanford and Cal’s at best and SMU at worst. And that’s not even taking into account the massive cost increases with travel and buyout of Big 12 contract
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Why would Utah join the ACC when a.) FSU, Clemson, and North Carolina at a minimum won’t be there AND/OR b.) the terms would presumably similar to Stanford and Cal’s at best and SMU at worst. And that’s not even taking into account the massive cost increases with travel and buyout of Big 12 contract
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Outside Administrations see the big 12 as the special needs group of academics (I don’t believe it but it is what the anal academics think) so they believe the ACC has taken the place of the PAC as the coastal snobs. Utah is the man/woman who is a 6.5-7.0 who believes they are a 9.5.
This guy is talking about market sizes like it's 2005.
