If FSU and Clemson can get out of the ACC, ESPN has to decide if it's better to pay them SEC money or let them slip to the BIG 10/Fox.
Realignment Megathread (All The Moves)
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Maybe i'm misinterpreting what you're saying but I think UNC, UVA, Miami, and FSU would all be schools the big ten wants. They're all good schools academically and athletically and in states the Big Ten isn't already in. The rest of the schools probably wouldn't get an invite. But that's probably the case with most conferences aside from a small handful.
Fox ready to pay up? If so, does that mean they are out on Wash and Oregon?
Seems taking those teams from the ACC would be a heavy cost to Fox as ESPN would be damaged too
That is why the school would buy out the GOR contract. They need to get their rights back. Home team covers the GOR.
I don’t think this is information that couldn’t be obtained through legal means. The ACC can’t just be like “we’ll never telllllll”.
I agree on unc, uva but I don't think Miami and fsu are as diserable as they believe. Same for Clemson.
May not work at first, but if you hold onto those things, eventually you'll be sitting on a gold mine.
Yes, but what are the media rights worth? The GOR doesn't spell that out. Are they worth the $17M the ACC pays out, or the whatever their new conference pays out? Since it's not stipulated, the price could be whatever they would have made in the ACC between now and the 2035 football season or whatever they'd make in their new conference between now and 2035 football season.
Sure, it could be negotiated, but the ACC has the right to just say "no" and the contract remains valid. FSU, or whomever else could jump up and down, scream, or hold their breath until they pass out, but the contract is still valid. The ACC (or ESPN) doesn't have to let them out. Most likely, the school is gone after it's up either way, so if the relationship is damaged, who gives a ****?
What is this magical aug deadline to make a move from and where did that idea come from? I’ve never heard of this and am quite confident that doesn’t exist…
Every realignment content creator is probably praying that an ACC school challenges the GOR. It would provide them with YEARS of content.
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They would literally fit the Big 12 perfectly considering each of those points.
Because they haven't been good for a while, and their alumni base is small. Think TCU before their run last year, but with the history of Nebraska.
They're the definition of a high ceiling low floor program.
Yeah, I’m convinced most of these realignment “sources” are motivated leaks from someone with an agenda either trying to destabilize a conference or keep it together. Which means these recent FSU leaks are probably from someone at FSU that wants to light a fire under ESPN to pay them more now for fear that they could lose them to Fox and the BigTen.
At the heart of a lot of these realignment moves is Fox and ESPN jockeying to control access to the most profitable properties in CFB. ESPN right now has the high profile ACC teams and I’m sure Fox would like to pry them away.
IMO Washington and Oregon are moving. No doubt. Question is if they go to B1G for half share. Or Big 12 for full. Arizona to Big 12. Utah and ASU probably go to Big 12 unless their arrogance prohibits them. Big 12 will take as it solidifies themselves as the #3 P5. Eliminate the PAC 12 as competition while you can.
Wait......did Altimore make a pro-Big 12 post?
Yep. The almighty dollar has crumbled so much. I wish we could just have 8 conferences of 10 teams each or something....all regionally based. However, the haves would never agree to being on the same playing field as the have nots.
These are the things the folks making the big bucks at ESPN and Fox are looking at.