Conference Realignment? Not Going to Happen This Way

The Wasp

The Wasp

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This guy tried hard to be the biggest dumb ass to get attention, and he succeeded. "The Swaim Show", whatever that is and wherever it is, decided to float the rumor the whole conference is going to blow up. The Swaim is likely a couple of 12 year olds in a basement. Of course, and obviously, he does not address the topic of the grant-of-rights contract which was renewed in 2016 and extends to 2036. A competing conference may very well try to pay the fee for a Florida State and Clemson as the end gets closer, but that is so far off it is not even on the table. To think the whole conference would implode at one time is lunacy.

ACC Teams Expected to Leave Conference (msn.com)
 
The Wasp said:
This guy tried hard to be the biggest dumb ass to get attention, and he succeeded. "The Swaim Show", whatever that is and wherever it is, decided to float the rumor the whole conference is going to blow up. The Swaim is likely a couple of 12 year olds in a basement. Of course, and obviously, he does not address the topic of the grant-of-rights contract which was renewed in 2016 and extends to 2036. A competing conference may very well try to pay the fee for a Florida State and Clemson as the end gets closer, but that is so far off it is not even on the table. To think the whole conference would implode at one time is lunacy.

ACC Teams Expected to Leave Conference (msn.com)
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His scenario would not be the worst thing in the world.
 
This conference needs to end. Leadership has sucked every ounce of marrow out of this thing with their horrible decision making. Now that the ACC has dropped to 2nd tier in hoops, after being the dominant force, it just needs to end so every school can move on. Just throw the towel.
 
TampaBayJacket said:
Now can't the GOR be dissolved if enough ACC schools voted to end it?
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Pretty sure the answer has to be yes. The question is how many votes are required.

I'm not about to piss away 15 minutes to look it up but wasn't the GoR in effect when Maryland left? If not the GoR in its present form, there was a residual obligation from MD to the ACC and I have no idea how that was settled (or if it was ever settled).

Point being, there is a precedent for an early exit.
 
00Burdell said:
Pretty sure the answer has to be yes. The question is how many votes are required.

I'm not about to piss away 15 minutes to look it up but wasn't the GoR in effect when Maryland left? If not the GoR in its present form, there was a residual obligation from MD to the ACC and I have no idea how that was settled (or if it was ever settled).

Point being, there is a precedent for an early exit.
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It looks like UMd left before the current GoR was ratified and only had to deal with a pesky exit fee back then. https://observer-reporter.com/sport...cle_14d9891d-7618-5d62-b858-8399e06bbe53.html
 
ScionOfSouthland said:
FSU will take the GOR to court and leave the conference early. Just a matter of time
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Where the öööö do you think they're going? The only place I think they could possibly go is the SEC, and I can't imagine why SEC schools would want them. Texas and Oklahoma bring a huge fanba$e in a region which currently has only a small SEC presence. FSU brings more competition for croots for Bama, Auburn, UF and LSU.
 
ScionOfSouthland said:
FSU will take the GOR to court and leave the conference early. Just a matter of time
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On what basis? All signers of the GoR agreed on provisions allowing any team to leave the conference at any time. Has the ACC failed to uphold its contractual obligations? I doubt this goes anywhere in court. Besides, the GoR probably has a provisions that the GoR and all signers will use North Carolina law as the jurisdiction of record. So F$U is going to sue the ACC in North Carolina? Scoff.
 
00Burdell said:
On what basis? All signers of the GoR agreed on provisions allowing any team to leave the conference at any time. Has the ACC failed to uphold its contractual obligations? I doubt this goes anywhere in court. Besides, the GoR probably has a provisions that the GoR and all signers will use North Carolina law as the jurisdiction of record. So F$U is going to sue the ACC in North Carolina? Scoff.
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I don’t have any advanced calculus on it. I simply think the GOR isn’t as large a hurdle as it’s claimed to be, and that eventually FSU will make good on their threat to leave.
 
No one is going anywhere...that Swaim and Mhver guy have been wrong for over a decade now. öööö him or both of em or whatever the hell they click hungry asses are.
 
ScionOfSouthland said:
I don’t have any advanced calculus on it. I simply think the GOR isn’t as large a hurdle as it’s claimed to be, and that eventually FSU will make good on their threat to leave.
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If it wasn't, Clemson, Miami, FSU, UNC and likely GT would all be in different conferences next year. The GoR IS the hurdle.
 
GoGATech said:
If it wasn't, Clemson, Miami, FSU, UNC and likely GT would all be in different conferences next year. The GoR IS the hurdle.
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Maybe. Even if it is, the conference is already a zombie and the window is just longer. I personally just don’t think it’s going to take the full length of the GOR before it happens.
 
GoGATech said:
If it wasn't, Clemson, Miami, FSU, UNC and likely GT would all be in different conferences next year. The GoR IS the hurdle.
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As soon as a majority of schools have prearranged landing spots in other conferences, the GOR and ACC are done on a majority vote to dissolve the conference. If there’s no conference, there’s no GOR.

In that scenario, I expect that the leftover schools will sue those leaving and the conferences they land in for tortious interference with contract and a host of other related claims. This is still the path, however, to killing the GOR.
 
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