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[QUOTE="HtownOrange, post: 4670607, member: 622"]
Rambling?  Please show your logic with hard numbers. You have ramble but show no data, no official reports, no hard numbers speculation to support your position.

I understand why people think that $10MM, $20MM, $30MM, etc. sounds like a lot of money, but in the scheme of university operations, that amounts to peanuts.  Universities are multi-BILLION dollar entities.  The differences you are making mountains out of are mole hills to university chancellors and presidents.  Read SU’s financial report, maybe a few other universities’ financial reports.  Athletics at SU is less than 10% of the university operations and athletics is not a part of the mission of the university.  Athletics is used for marketing the university, building student an community unity and identity, fun, etc., it enhances the experience but it is not a functional part of the mission.

I don’t believe I said UCLA made a mistake, that is your projection.  Please don’t read anything more than I say into my postings (except with Rutgers, everyone is free to assume the worst about Rutgers).

Regarding your dream scenarios, you argued that the SEC and B1G would all win their respective OOC games.  I granted your argument and plugged in the numbers to prove under your scenario they still don’t work.  And that is a perfect world for the SEC and B1G.

While I agree that universities should and will do what is in their best interest, right now, waiting is in the ACC’s best interest.  More so for SU as athletics teams that make money are on the right trajectory.  You are free to document and support how the GOR can easily and inexpensively be broken.  Right now it is roughly $1Billion to leave the ACC and purchase back the broadcast rights per team, which assumes ESPN approves.
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