Realignment Megathread (All The Moves)

Backing up that FSU isn’t really going to attempt leaving the ACC.


Don't disagree that it's going to happen in the near future, but this is just the first step in their several year plan to justify leaving once the current ACC media deal is complete, or close to completion.
 
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Caught a little of the SLC (Monty?) show. They have become unhinged and if that is their normal show, they do very little research and basically just try to do hot feeds. You can tell they are scared right now with that show.
 
Don't disagree that it's going to happen in the near future, but this is just the first step in their several year plan to justify leaving once the current ACC media deal is complete, or close to completion.
They'll make a real push to leave before the GOR is up, but not yet. There's three factors that need to come together to make it happen:
  1. The closer they are to the end of the GOR, the cheaper it's going to be to buy it out. It's not going to be cheap, but buying out 5-6 years seems far more possible than 10+.
  2. They need to line up boosters or some other plan to pay for it. Maybe the B10 or SEC kicks in a loan like the B10 did for Maryland.
  3. The networks will have to be ready to ante up for another member or two in the B10 or SEC. There's some talk that the networks are maxed out at the moment, which may partially explain why the B10 only took USCLA.
They can't control how much they'll have to pay to get out of the ACC with their media rights, that seems pretty set in stone. They can't control when the B10 or SEC want to expand, or when the networks want to pay for another set of schools to join. They can control trying to raise the capital that's going to be needed, and this recent talk seems like it's laying the groundwork to do just that. Raising a couple hundred mil isn't going to be quick, or easy.
 
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Don't disagree that it's going to happen in the near future, but this is just the first step in their several year plan to justify leaving once the current ACC media deal is complete, or close to completion.
Clemson, UNC and FSU all regret signing away the GOR to 2036 and will be looking to the SEC/B1G as soon as it is feasible but that wont be for 10-12 years. Despite the wishes of the left PAC10 schools.

The early comments by FSU got the PAC10 hopes up they may have options other than low market PAC10 deal or moving to the B12/PAC which is their only alternative. Not sure why those schools fans would want a trip from Miami to Washington on their schedule regardless they were advocating for it.

ISU fans all know from the OUT experience breaking the GOR is almost impossible or at least so hard no one wants to try.
 
The Colorado 247 is funny especially. Someone in there was confident they'll dominate the Big 12 and use that to get a Big 10 invite
Some of their fans think having Coach Sanders is their key to a B1G or SEC invite. Totally delusional lol. I kinda doubt that a conference will add a school because of a coach. They'll just steal your coach and tell you to **** off.
 
Some of their fans think having Coach Sanders is their key to a B1G or SEC invite. Totally delusional lol. I kinda doubt that a conference will add a school because of a coach. They'll just steal your coach and tell you to **** off.
Exactly my thoughts. Coach Prime will be in the SEC or Big 10 some day. But not with Colorado
 
Caught a little of the SLC (Monty?) show. They have become unhinged and if that is their normal show, they do very little research and basically just try to do hot feeds. You can tell they are scared right now with that show.

Didn’t catch last night’s show but that sounds about right. They’ll report about one nugget a week and spend a couple hours every day rambling on it. That’s the life of radio though I presume. I’m taking a couple day break as they were on an anti-Big 12 kick earlier this week (probably to strum up engagement). But overall they have been pretty favorable to our cause.
 
Caught a little of the SLC (Monty?) show. They have become unhinged and if that is their normal show, they do very little research and basically just try to do hot feeds. You can tell they are scared right now with that show.
Are they Utah fans? That has to be appointment listening for BYU fans.
 
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Are they Utah fans? That has to be appointment listening for BYU fans.
I think so, I don't listen very often or very long. Only if I hear that they were supposed to have something about B12 or PAC negotiations on.

They were trying to say the big 12 football talent was crap and we should not feel stable because we could still get poached and basically the PAC has bigger teams in their conference. They would talk about our TV rights and say the PAC is basically the same as the Big 12. They would round our 31.7 down to 31 and then use the high side for anyone else. A little thing but then include bigger things like the big ten is getting 100 and we are getting 31 so there is a 70MM difference. Not using their heads that the 100 includes TV, bowls, CCGs, playoff money, BB money and our number was just TV money.
 
Didn’t catch last night’s show but that sounds about right. They’ll report about one nugget a week and spend a couple hours every day rambling on it. That’s the life of radio though I presume. I’m taking a couple day break as they were on an anti-Big 12 kick earlier this week (probably to strum up engagement). But overall they have been pretty favorable to our cause.
Yeah, I have caught a few shows and they appeared to be pro-Big 12. But then 2 days ago, they discussed the Pac issues but took some shots at the Big 12. I am a homer but am fine with criticism if warranted. But seems they unnecessarily brought up issues not related to the topic at hand. They rambled back and forth every couple minutes on things too like they forgot to take their medicine.
 
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Utah fans have a pretty high perception of themselves. Sound familiar?
Must be the jump hump that does it. Maybe I can ask the wife if she has a friend who is willing to jump on our bed next time to see what it's like. Will tell her to ask one of her heavier friends because they will get the bed bouncing more.
 
Must be the jump hump that does it. Maybe I can ask the wife if she has a friend who is willing to jump on our bed next time to see what it's like. Will tell her to ask one of her heavier friends because they will get the bed bouncing more.
Make sure to mount the camcorder somewhere sturdy.
 
Somone posted here or in the other realignment thread (USC, UCLA to the Big 10) that it would be great to take ASU and Arizona but keep Colorado and Utah stewing for a couple years and then issue the invite. With all Utah's bashing of the Big 12, I would rather not take them. But tv talks and the Holy War of Utah-BYU would be high tv ratings so assume we would invite them.
 
Just listened to the Wilner/Canzano podcast. They had a retired Fox Sports tv exec on. It was pretty interesting to hear his way of looking at streaming in regards to the “total cost” vs cable/satellite.

The thing I couldn’t get past is that he was adding up the things like you’ve got $20 for Netflix, you’ve got $10 for espn+ and you’ve got $20 for Hulu. Then he just nonchalantly added on the cost of internet (which I think he put at $70) to say “well when you add it up it’s not that much different.

I have a big problem with the anti-cord cutting people limping in broadband with “cord cutting/streaming” services. That internet cost isn’t just for TV watching. It’s how a lot of people work, bank, use social media etc. so imo it’s pretty disingenuous to use that when comparing the cost of cable/satellite to streaming.
I can kind of see the reasoning for it, you can't stream without internet, but you can watch OTA/Cable without it. In the end though, you are right. Internet service has pretty much become a utility like electric, water and gas. It's just part of most of society. So, in a way, it's like saying, look, you are spending an extra $1/day on electricity to run all of those streaming devices you have around your house.
 
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I’m curious how unequal the ACC could get. Seems like the numbers just aren’t big enough to have a significant gap between top and bottom. Add $5m to the top teams and subtract $5m from the bottom teams? Is that enough to keep them happy? Would they be able to go more than that?

Also, and kinda funny/ironic, if they do something, aren’t they just increasing their future buyout when they inevitably want to leave early?
 

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