Too much smoke to deny that there are not ongoing contacts. Pretty confident that GTech and Miami are committed to the ACC...their denials have been stronger. It sounds like we have some turbulent days ahead.
http://clemson.247sports.com/Board/22/Sundays-Clemson-Big-12-Update-GT-Miami-and-ND-included-9811761[/quote]
-------------------------------
Will the real insider please stand up:
One of the posters from Texas replies:
"I post on the Texas board, let me give you a
different scenario. I am not doing this to be difficult, just to let you know what other schools are thinking. There is no guarantee that expanding the Big 12 will lead to a bigger pie. The thinking from Texas POV is that the only school that does that is ND. While Clemson and FSU are great regional schools, no one is sure that it will lead to more money.
Brian Ethridge has rightly pointed out that adding them would create a two division league and a league championship game. That game could earn 20+ million so some additional money via football. The problem is that Mack Brown, Bob Stoops and others don't like or want the game. It is just one more game that you have to win to get to the MNC. Lots of risk, little upside. The other problem is that it adds travel cost that will likely eat up and additional revenue made by the game.
Add to that there is no guarantee that Fox gives a step up in money for the TV contracts and you could be looking at a situation where the Revenue pie doesn't change but there are now 12 slices instead of 10.
If the deal isn't better then a couple of million more for football, then I don't think that Texas will go for it.
To explain some local politics. Texas could have left the Big 12 twice in the last three years. On both occasions Texas insisted that any move would include Texas Tech, Oklahoma State, OU and aTm. While aTm was a butt hurt baby and went to the SEC after 100 years of getting their ass kicked. The other schools appreciated Texas standing by them. The point is they will vote with Texas.
While some of the schools in the Big 12 are all for expansion (a little more money maybe and bigger issue security) it is far from a done deal that Texas, OU and others will support it unless it makes the pie a lot bigger.
Sorry for the edit but one more really important point. For the deal to get nixed, you would need two Big 12 teams to vote against it. Texas couldn't block it alone but as I pointed out OSU, OU and Tech would all probably vote with them."
Then
another poster says:
"ut755, you are either obtuse or naive. The tier 1 contract expires in 2016 and talks are currently underway with ESPN to extend that contract. That is where the substantial increase in revenue is likely to occur. This is a completely different situation than the SEC or the ACC faced when they added teams. They had to reprice and existing long-term contact (expiring in 2024 in the SEC's case). The tier 2 contract with Fox will most certainly be repriced to avoid dilution. There will likely be an increase in the per team payout from that contract as well because adding two teams increases the tier 2 inventory. Whether adding FSU/Clemson will increase the per team payout from the rumored $20 million to the rumored $25 million remains to be seen, but it will not be dilutive. Saying that the increased travel costs from a championship game will eat up any additional revenue from that game is just silly talk."
