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[QUOTE="JeffCuse, post: 4724916, member: 1151"]
Am I understanding correctly that the ESPN media deal has baked in that the network will pay the same amount per team to new teams up to a fixed amount?

Is that is the case...IF IF IF...what about something like this

1. Add 6 west coast teams. One should be Gonzaga for all sports except football.
2. Create west division where they play most games among themselves. For football, most seasons one to two long trips a year for an interdivisional game. For non revenue sports, a similarly low number.
3. Give them 70% shares to start (~25 mill based on the current 36 number) which will escalate in accordance to the current deal. 
4. That leaves $66 million or so. Take 10 million and immediately give each school half a million or so for travel.
4. Take the remaining $56 mill or so and create a football-based performance pot allowing up to the top 8 ACC finishers an additional $15 mill (15, 12, 10, 6, 5, 4, 3, 1)

This would enable teams like Clemson and FSU to get an immediate bump if they have the season they claim they are worth.

Does this solve for a long term problem? probably not. But could buy us some stability for at least a few seasons.

OK, pick it apart.
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