OT: New ACC Deal To Reward Clemson and FSU?
- By mosito
- Rutgers Football
- 281 Replies
FSU and Clemson wasn't sure if they'd win and despit the money they shelled out trying to leave might wind up losing their case and have to stay until the GOR ran out.
The ACC felt it could win but it was costing them more then they found acceptable, though necessary to survive, and knew they would might wind up having other programs thinking about jumping ship when the GOR expires just to make sure they don't wind up holding the bag like some of the PAC programs did when that conference lost it's top programs to the B1G and others went B-12 .
So a compromise was reached to satisfy Clemson and FSU's desire to receive more money and the other conference members desire for stability by giving Clemson and FSU what they wanted in exchange for staying .
My concern now is after seeing how the ACC compromised with it's better football programs, will the top ACC basketball programs start wanting the same treatment
With only 2 teams in the top 25 and getting destroyed by the SEC in the head to head, the B-Balls teams might not say much. Plus Bball has a lower revenue percentage.
Ironically, the teams sacrificing money will be their Northern teams.. Pitt, Syracuse, Boston College, Virginia... Less competition for northeast kids possibly.