FreakTalksAboutSU
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I have no idea if this dude is super credible, but I've heard other chatter like this today.
Where's the FTC when you need them.It is analogous to moves to consolidate made in other areas of business. It always make handful of already very rich even richer and impoverishes not just many individuals but also at times can even harm the 'product's' perception with the public. I think that these moves will kill much of the once nationwide audience for major college sports.
I pretty much feel the same way. Now I don't have the expense of going to the games live like you, but I'm not sure watching on tv will be quite the appointment it is now. I guess I will probably always watch Syracuse in whatever form they are playing, but it could very easily get to the point where missing a game isn't the disappointment it used to be.I agree, I love College Football I have had season tickets for as long as I was old enough to buy them, I plan my falls for trips and seeing new places, its just something I love and planned on taking my kids on trips just as I did with my father, however if it gets to the point where it’s simply two mega conferences and everyone else is playing JV, I’ll find something else to
Do with my time and $$. I have 10 season tickets, for many years, but I will drop them all if Syracuse starts playing mid major football with no path to compete with teams they used to play.
And I'm pretty sure the venue for any legal action challenging the GOR is North Carolina, not Tallahassee.Gives a great insight to what FSU is thinking and to some off the delusion that guy has on where FSU is in the national landscape right now.
If those four PAC school go the B1G not sure they would need a 21. But what do I know.
This is all so extremely stupid.
Death knell of the ACC is what they are after. Each wants to end real competition form any other league. They have to accept the other will survive and they can agree they wanted Big 12, Pac, and ACC all either dead or seriously demoted.
There are reports of one lunatic talking. Who else is talking? Most people associated with the school are not foolish. Even if they were moving on, there would be little to no public discussion until the last minute.There is no way the FSU athletic department would be talking and acting like they are unless they have the support of the people that run the university.
You forgot to deduct the loss it causes to ESPN's other property, you know, the ACCN.It's simple math for ESPN. Would FSU playing an SEC schedule result in significantly higher ratings for ESPN to justify paying them more? FSU playing Tennessee, Georgia, Alabama, Auburn, Texas, Oklahoma, LSU,... vs their current schedule would produce higher ratings. (They already play Florida every year.)
You are being too kind to the feeble minded. The guy has no landing place lined up, no money to act on (see their endowment fund data About the Foundation | FSU Foundation.), recall that he endowment may only be used as funded, meaning, the money they have, which is not sufficient to buy out of the ACC/GOR, isn't even available for the buy out. How did this guy get elected to the BoT?Gives a great insight to what FSU is thinking and to some off the delusion that guy has on where FSU is in the national landscape right now.
It is unlikely that the SEC wants to kill off the ACC. ESPN is vested in the ACC and is also vested in the SECN. Further, ESPN is not likely to cede any territory to the BTN willingly. In most examples, the SEC kills off the ACC by taking 2-4 southern schools, this cedes all of the north and much of the mid-Atlantic to the BTN, who needs filler material on the gridiron, would lock down hoops and solidify lacrosse while beefing up baseball. And the BTN can do this by taking 4-6 teams. Further, the BTN cab reach into the south, just to give the SEC a black eye.The real questions are whether either the B1G or SEC (1) actually consider the ACC (or XII or Pac) competition and (2) whether killing the ACC or any other conference actually benefits them.
As to question number 1, I do not know. I would hazard to guess that the value of the B1G's media contracts have little to do with whether the ACC survives and it may be better off having other "major" conferences to play OOC from the standpoint of Fox/CBS/NBC.
The second question is probably a little more nuanced as there may be a few schools in the ACC that both the B1G and the SEC would bring on board, as opposed to the XII which has no teams either the B1G or SEC wants and the Pac, which the B1G has already passed on (although rumors are again swirling).
We all know the gem on the bunch is ND, but I am not confident it would join the B1G if the ACC imploded. It may just stay independent in football and move its other sports to the Big East. As for UVA, UNC, Miami, FSU, and Clemson, would these schools bring enough value for the another full share from the media partners? I do not know, but I would not assume it would be.
I see conference realignment happening in 4 steps.Like I said earlier, I don't see how USC/UCLA could work without adding at least 2 of those 4, if not all 4. Maybe they'll kick out Rutgers & Maryland, keep a little extra per team.
But only 3 will go to the Big 12.
Oregon State and Washington State will end up in the MWC I assume.
I’m not exactly sure what we are witnessing here, unless they know something we don’t about the grant of rights, this is essentially like watching a four-year-old have a hissy fit because they can’t have an ice cream.
Yeah. FSU wants to leave? You know the cost, pay it.
Want to negotiate a reduced payout? Take a look at OUT and start there.
You want uneven distribution of funds that are up for grabs that you think you’ll get the majority of? Sort of an odd way of going about it.
There is zero chance they could pay the full boat of leaving / willing to give up in media rights.
As HtownOrange also said, and I would agree, they likely can’t pay a negotiated buyout that would be in line with OUT.
I’m not nearly as well-versed on this stuff as a lot of people, but if these GORs were breakable, especially in a circumstance with this many years left, I assume they would be broke.
Well it has been an interesting ride, seems like it may be time to find a lifeboat. That was one hell of a presser. Damn
They must already have had substantive discussions with the SEC and/or the B1G to be taking this stance publicly.I think FSU has a distorted view on who they are and how much they are worth. I think they may find that out in short order if they do try and leave.