The death penalty was 40 years ago, where has all that money been being spent for the last 30+ years? Honest question because TCU built up a powerhouse in the G5, and so did Houston. What has stopped SMU from doing it other than they just might not be capable.
NIL has changed for one. Personally, if we do get SMU, I want another Texas team added too at some point.
That’s certainly fair, but not sure I would bank on that being the savior if it hasn’t already started producing high tier players. The rules are only going to get stricter as we move forward and the big boys see their advantage start to shrink
The SMU play is all about potential and/or immediate cash flow fix. They are on an island which isn’t good overall IMO. If we somehow do add SMU, need to add Texas Tech and/or Houston or even Baylor as well down the road.
Also, SMU is Dallas's team, TCU is Ft Worth's.
Albeit an imperfect method but this 2014 article seems to say they don’t have an area of their own
The Big 12 GOR will expire before the likelihood of teams leaving the ACC happens. That’s the battle. I think the ACC is more attractive to the Big 12 teams it needs to target already having a beachhead established in the Midwest and West than not. It shows a commitment to being a coast to coast conference which is what the ACC will need to become to survive long term.
IF we add SMU, given what you stated, the ACC needs to figure out a way to add Houston as well then down the road. SMU by themselves on a island isn’t good long term IMO.
No SMU?
That's incorrect. The ACC Network carriage fee for every new state added goes up from $.03 per subscriber to $1.01 per. Adding California and Texas is a big deal.
a prior tweet sent last night and copied into this thread said progress was made and discussions are continuing with a vote possible today or Monday
That’s a BIG deal then as I didn’t know that.
I didn't either until one of our board gurus mentioned it. Even if no one outside the Bay Area watches Stanford and Cal on the ACCN, they're still paying for it. Same holds true for SMU and their half of DFW.
Is that increase for the DMA or the entire state? If entire state, holy cow. I assume DMA.
From what I'm seeing on a bunch of message boards, it's the whole state.
This gets back to sutomcats financial speculation then as well as there was some financial hurdle that was being worked out. ESPN has to be happy as they are getting what about half of the increase then too. For the entire state of Texas and California, that is no small change.
NIL is not going to change SMUs fortunes. It's going to take a true investment by the university to get that ship turned around. They've had June Jones and Sonny Dykes. Jones started off well and finished poorly. Dykes looked to be building something and gets poached by the cross town rival likely due to conference affiliation and finances. If SMU has high rollers, they couldn't pony up what Dykes wanted.
This is not a comparison of Syracuse and FSU.
Presumably a bigger cut would be based on performance.
That's how it would be termed. "Everybody" would be eligible to get it, but they're the only ones who qualify right now.
I hope so. That would be fair.
