The 100 million has already been raised
A lot has been going on behind the scenes
Why? They need the B1G, the B1G is just fine without them.
sometimes you have to spend money to make money
Way too many schools. No way it would increase B10 share and it would actually cut everybody B10 share. Maybe one other like NC, just enough to destroy the ACC, and then the networks can spread more of the ACC money to B10 and SEC. Whatever is left over will get less TV money and be even less competitive.
This is not news. The issue is how much will it cost FSU. The GOR buyout and the exit fees are over $500 million. The question is how low can FSU negotiate this. Is paying $400 million worth it for FSU. And if the go Big Ten, the are likely to get an undervalued deal until the new tv contract come up. That’s a lot of bread
it's not a weak hand
as previously stated, it won't be in the 500mm area as the contract for ESPN rights only goes to 2027 per existing contract. Once the suit was filed, that is the marked date, not 2036
I do
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without being condescending, are you re^arded? You do understand there is a baseline of revenues that needs to be met for any additional school(s)?
Those other ACC schools don't add value when it comes to football, either with prestige or added dollars
200 million is their # while FSU's is 60
yes but it's the first backtracking publicly by the ACC. important move but ACC, imho, opened the gates and can say 2 schools already pulled a Missouri
Clemson is definitely happy, while Cuse and Pitt should focus their attention on bball and non-revenue sports moving forward
sarah, pitt, fredo all should be quaking in their boots
gonna be the longest travel for away games of any conference Miami to Oregon almost 1400 miles. Away games are gonna be brutal. umm maybe 1400 is a little shy 🙃
Yep agree, not sure how they'll handle that but I'd imagine if there's enough zero's at the end of their paycheck, they'll figure it out
If the ACC settles for the amount of the exit fee or less ($120 million), they might as well just disband the conference at the same time, because they will be admitting their GOR which was supposed to be in addition to the exit fee isn’t worth the paper it is written on.
Pitt is a no brainer for the B12, likely with Louisville. It sets up a great group of rivalry teams close together in Pitt, Louisville,, Cincinnati, and WVU.
Pitt/Louisville fit in the Big 12 with Cincy/WVU. That's a solid east wing quartet of schools.
Yeah I mean in these type of situations, both parties will be shooting their shot
I agree
