So here's what I don't understand about these threads...

People will say that the SEC and B1G are going to payout $100M per school and that the ACC has enough school worth that much to disband the conference (75% of 15, rounded up, which is 12 teams).

IF THE ACC HAS 12 TEAMS WORTH $100M EACH, WHY CAN'T IT GET A BETTER TV CONTRACT???????

Even if the other three teams are worth $0 (they aren't), it only brings the average down so much.

More likely, there are only a few ACC teams worth that much. Some of you who want out of the ACC may find that the SEC and B1G would simply pass on your school - and you'd have paid all that exit money for nothing.

(07-05-2022 07:03 AM)Gitanole Wrote:  

(07-04-2022 08:15 AM)Gamenole Wrote:  I really think WVU, Cincinnati and UCF are the only ones who would consider it. Joining the ACC at this point only makes sense IF you would still be happy in the event you wake up in basically the old Big East + Wake Forest when the dust settles down the road.

University of South Florida as well. As a rising research university USF fits the ACC academic profile. The Bulls are also another survivor of the old Big East football project.

When the ACC interviewed Louisville, the other two finalists interviewed were Cincinnati and USF. Expect the Bulls to be on the ACC's speed dial if the conference loses either of its current Florida members.

I agree with you Gitanole, USF would certainly take an ACC invitation in a heartbeat. I think any G5 school will, unless they are already on their way to another P5 league (Houston, BYU). Cincinnati & UCF are in that same group, but I think they would take the ACC invite over the XII since it fits better geographically and like WVU, I see them as not being upset if they find themselves suddenly in the New Old Big East sometime between now and 2036.

(07-05-2022 10:48 AM)Hokie Mark Wrote:  So here's what I don't understand about these threads...

People will say that the SEC and B1G are going to payout $100M per school and that the ACC has enough school worth that much to disband the conference (75% of 15, rounded up, which is 12 teams).

IF THE ACC HAS 12 TEAMS WORTH $100M EACH, WHY CAN'T IT GET A BETTER TV CONTRACT???????

Even if the other three teams are worth $0 (they aren't), it only brings the average down so much.

More likely, there are only a few ACC teams worth that much. Some of you who want out of the ACC may find that the SEC and B1G would simply pass on your school - and you'd have paid all that exit money for nothing.

The money is in the breakaway. It's in the monopoly coverage of the second biggest sport for vast swaths of the country. It's in making Omaha and Oklahoma City and Dayton and March Madness the same spectacle as the CFB Playoff is. Don't think in terms of competing overlapping entities within the rights holder. Think of one unitary entity within the rights holder. This eliminates some rather large inefficiencies within inventory.
Less Missouri-South Carolina. Less Florida State-Boston College. Less Notre Dame-Wake Forest. More Missouri-Kansas. More TX-TAMU. More ND-Michigan State. Those are winners at the gate and on TV even if the teams are bad that year. The ACC schools cannot generate $100m in their present configuration under their present GoR. That's not the same thing as they cannot generate $100m.