WVU Finally Out of Big (L)East?

I would think this should pave the way for Pitt and Cuse to join early as well....
 
I don't expect Pitt and Syracuse to leave for the 2012 season, but they could leave and be competing in the ACC in 2013. If they leave this year, the Big East would be so screwed. They should lose AQ status immediately as is.
 
I think they would save millions by waiting an extra year.

My opionion. If you do not want to be in a conference the conference should get them out as soon as possible. Who would want a lame duck representing your conference in any shape, form, or fashion?
 
If Pitt and Cuse play in the ACC in 2013, will the TV contract be renegotiated for that season?
 
olgoldandwhite said:
My opionion. If you do not want to be in a conference the conference should get them out as soon as possible. Who would want a lame duck representing your conference in any shape, form, or fashion?
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It's makes your conference teams less attractive to other conferences if you enforce such a long waiting period to leave. It also gives you time to find a replacement team and/or to renegotiate the TV contract.

Although I agree with you. If you're trying to make a barrier to exit, just do it monetarily with a large buyout.
 
ScionOfSouthland said:
They will be here in 2013 thanks to this new precedent
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Barnhart and Durham disagree - they're not going to pony up to get out. They also speculated that the Big 12 is assisting WVU with the buyout - would the ACC teams be willing to share the $40M price tag to get Pitt and Syracuse early? Probably not.
 
ContactBuzz said:
Barnhart and Durham disagree - they're not going to pony up to get out. They also speculated that the Big 12 is assisting WVU with the buyout - would the ACC teams be willing to share the $40M price tag to get Pitt and Syracuse early? Probably not.
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They raise a good point, I'm not sure I see the acc making that kind of investment either.
 
ContactBuzz said:
Barnhart and Durham disagree - they're not going to pony up to get out. They also speculated that the Big 12 is assisting WVU with the buyout - would the ACC teams be willing to share the $40M price tag to get Pitt and Syracuse early? Probably not.
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I mean it's probably a simple equation. How much profit would you make from having the renegotiated TV deal 1 year earlier? And is that more or less than what you would be contributing to the two buyouts?
 
gtrower said:
I mean it's probably a simple equation. How much profit would you make from having the renegotiated TV deal 1 year earlier? And is that more or less than what you would be contributing to the two buyouts?
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Each ACC team would expect $1-2 mil more with the 14 team conference and ESPN renegotiations.
 
ContactBuzz said:
Barnhart and Durham disagree - they're not going to pony up to get out. They also speculated that the Big 12 is assisting WVU with the buyout - would the ACC teams be willing to share the $40M price tag to get Pitt and Syracuse early? Probably not.
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The article says that WVU is paying $11 million and B12 is paying $9 million.

If the ACC contract will be renegotiated for 2013 and would lead to a significant increase per school at that time, I can see the ACC helping to buy out the teams (which would be something like $10-$15 million per team since the ACC would buy out 1 year and not 2 years like the B12).
 
Pitt and cuse are not such an immediate need of the ACC that we need to buy them out for anything. WfV is way bigger to the big texas than pitt/cuse are to us.
 
I guess this clears the way for Louisville, UCONN, and Rutgers to leave by 2014.
 
Why doesn't the ACC help facilitate things and get games available for the big east to play in the short term.

And why doesn't rutgers play fsu?
 
ContactBuzz said:
Barnhart and Durham disagree - they're not going to pony up to get out. They also speculated that the Big 12 is assisting WVU with the buyout - would the ACC teams be willing to share the $40M price tag to get Pitt and Syracuse early? Probably not.
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June 2011, + 27 months = September 2013. Please explain why Syracuse and Pitt would be required to pay a large exit fee to play an ACC schedule in 2013 if they so desire.
 
Big East football tradition: RUTGERS

Big East (2003)
VPI (ACC)
Miami (ACC)
BC (ACC)
Pitt (ACC)
Cuse (ACC)
WVU (Big 12)
Temple (kicked out)
Rutgers

CONF USA (2003)
Cincinnati (Big East)
Louisville (Big East)
South Florida (Big East)
Memphis (Big East)
Houston (Big East)
TCU (Big 12)
Army (Independent)
Southern Miss
East Carolina
Tulane
UAB
 
augustabuzz said:
June 2011, + 27 months = September 2013. Please explain why Syracuse and Pitt would be required to pay a large exit fee to play an ACC schedule in 2013 if they so desire.
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Fair point but if it were that easy wouldn't the smarter people in charge, like Swafford, have already figured it out?
 
I didn't realize that WVU had that sort of cash laying about. I didn't think any school other than maybe Texas did. No way that Pitt or Syracuse do the same thing.
 
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