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BuzzLaw said:
I guess we’re sitting around thinking everyone wanted a seat on the Titanic too.
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I agree with this. The ultimate mover of conf realignment is TV money but is the TV money even there any more? ESPN is cutting like crazy. Traditional cable packages that fund channels like the B1G network are hemorrhaging subscribers. I just don't see the influx of cash that took place a decade or so ago during the realignment craziness. It seems like everyone expects a similar round of that to happen but there is nothing to drive it.

What I could see a future for is a small (maybe 15 teams) league of factories that hire the best players becoming a mini NFL. I think that could draw viewers by having the best pre NFL talent. Maybe then all of the other schools could end the war of spending attrition for players/coaches/staff/facilities and get back to a product closer to what made ncaa football one of the most exciting sports to watch.
 
This whole thing kind of reminds me of Atlanta hockey back in the 90s. I actually had way more fun going to Knights games than Thrashers games, and it was way cheaper so I went to more games. Even saw a championship - and as many events as I've been to in Atlanta, sports, concerts, riots, whatever, that night when they won the championship, the Omni was full to the last row and was the loudest most energetic crowd I've ever witnessed. It was glorious. And my ticket was less than $20.
 
ScionOfSouthland said:
This guarantees it’s over
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swampsting said:
SEC won't take us.
I have no interest in the Big 14. November trips to Iowa? Wisconsin? Northwestern? The whore that is Ann Arbor? NFT.
I'd almost rather be GDI.
Hell, why not see if the PAC-Integer has any interest in coming this far east.
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You go north in September not in November.
The PAC schools are even further away with significant time zone differentials. The West Coast is a crime disaster, much worse than the Midwest.
Being an independent was a disaster before. It would be worse now with no TV revenue and less prestige than we had in the 60's. Revenue is much more important than great road trip locations.
 
QuadF said:
Independent is most likely a fools errand imho. Unless we can keep a solid slate of south-eastern schools to fill our docket, i don't think we land on top with that approach. Maybe the AD can swing it, but that's a really tough road to success and bowls. It's also a very tough route for TV deals.
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Understated. Independent in this era would be suicide
 
Tampa Jacket said:
Georgia Tech does not have the budget at all to compete for athletes in NIL.
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I see comments like this often enough that it makes me wonder if people don’t understand that the school itself isn’t paying NIL.

The end result is the same, because our fanbase is too small, frugal, and disinterested to really compete in NIL, but it’s got nothing to do with the GTAA’s budget (other than NIL donations presumably cannibalizing what used to be A-T donations).

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To me by far the most worrisome aspect of the news is that we weren't one of the 8. Starting to believe our best case scenario is the dang BigXII and at worse in an eastern conference with Memphis, USF, ECU, Coastal Carolina, etc. kind of like the old Metro conference. Truly hope our AD is reaching out and selling the importance of Atl and Georgia recruiting so that we aren't left behind. You really will see an empty Bobby Dodd if we drop out of a relevant conference.
 
TampaBayJacket said:
I mean seriously, what plan can the seven of them possibly come up with other than "looks like we're f***ed?"
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Just takes one more....find Pitt a good home or Louisville and poof...no more ACC. The ACC is on a razors edge from dissolving if they already have one shy of the magic number.
 
We don’t want to be in the SEC anyway. Clemson and FSU will never win a NC ever again in anyone’s lifetime on this board if they go to the SEC. And the idea that UNsuCk will win in the SEC is laughable.
 
Tampa Jacket said:
We don’t want to be in the SEC anyway. Clemson and FSU will never win a NC ever again in anyone’s lifetime on this board if they go to the SEC. And the idea that UNsuCk will win in the SEC is laughable.
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Since they haven't won the ACC since 1982?
 
Tampa Jacket said:
We don’t want to be in the SEC anyway. Clemson and FSU will never win a NC ever again in anyone’s lifetime on this board if they go to the SEC. And the idea that UNsuCk will win in the SEC is laughable.
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I actually believe the opposite. Give those programs SEC $ in their fertile recruiting grounds coupled with a 14 team playoff…and that really is their only chance to win titles. They sure aren’t making headway in the ACC
 
boozinbuzz said:
I agree with this. The ultimate mover of conf realignment is TV money but is the TV money even there any more? ESPN is cutting like crazy. Traditional cable packages that fund channels like the B1G network are hemorrhaging subscribers. I just don't see the influx of cash that took place a decade or so ago during the realignment craziness. It seems like everyone expects a similar round of that to happen but there is nothing to drive it.

What I could see a future for is a small (maybe 15 teams) league of factories that hire the best players becoming a mini NFL. I think that could draw viewers by having the best pre NFL talent. Maybe then all of the other schools could end the war of spending attrition for players/coaches/staff/facilities and get back to a product closer to what made ncaa football one of the most exciting sports to watch.
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This is the reason I'm rather surprised by the conference realignment. The money is drying up, so I expect that the next contracts will have a lower dollar / school agreement. Why would the SEC or B10 expand if the share of the money goes down? ESPN's cuts seem like a clear indication that the end of the crazy money is already here.
 
Crazy to think the thing that everyone says is keeping this conference together for another decade will be the reason it dissolves within the next year
 
QuadF said:
This is the reason I'm rather surprised by the conference realignment. The money is drying up, so I expect that the next contracts will have a lower dollar / school agreement. Why would the SEC or B10 expand if the share of the money goes down? ESPN's cuts seem like a clear indication that the end of the crazy money is already here.
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Maybe they think the only way to keep the money stable is to take a big chunk of the ACC money by dissolving that conference? If the SEC and B1G each split the top half of the ACC teams and also each take roughly half the total ACC payout in the deal, that would have to more than even out for those conference members, wouldn't it? The only losers would be the bottom half ACC teams that basically don't take any ACC revenue with them to whichever lower tier conference they end up with.
 
Supersize that order mutt said:
I agree about UNCheat, but not Clemson or FSU.
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What until Dabo Swinney’s recruiting classes are put under scrutiny by Nick Saban, Kirby Smart, and some bigwig SEC coaches. They will sick the NCAA on him and he will be put in his place. You have to remember, Georgia Tech had an overall winning record against Clemson until about 10 years ago. Clemson is no powerhouse. And Florida State is a very little school that with a rare exception died with Bobby Bowden. I still remember Oregon destroying them. They will never be great again.
 
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