Expansion Rumors…

BuzzLaw said:
I haven’t read all the contracts so I don’t know, but it’s possible the ACC teams entered the GoR as a condition of its media deal with ESPN. I did read that ESPN could do things that arguably destroy the GoR.

Either way, I think the ACC is on the way out, based simply on the fact we apparently haven’t made moves to get Az, AzSt, WV, Oregon, Utah, Baylor or OkSt.
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Here is the ACC Grant of Rights. Since it is between the member schools and the conference, I assume a majority of the conference members could void the agreement.
 

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AmpuTECHture said:
Why would espn dissolve their amazing deal with the ACC where they are essentially going to pay below market values for ACC TV rights for a decade? And they would dissolve the ACC GOR resulting in several teams going to a competing network of the B1G just to get Clemson or Miami or FSU? It doesn't compute.
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When they discover they can only sell Food Lion ads for ACC games?
 
BrentwoodJacket said:
Here is the ACC Grant of Rights. Since it is between the member schools and the conference, I assume a majority of the conference members could void the agreement.
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Except that the conference owes the collective rights to ESPN (in exchange for a revenue stream). I doubt a consensus of member schools can void the agreement unless ESPN allows the ACC to void the agreement between ESPN and the ACC.

And I can’t make up my mind whether or not ESPN has or will have an incentive to do so in a variety of realignment scenarios.
 
The Jacket said:
Wait, is that true?
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Yes

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AmpuTECHture said:
Why would espn dissolve their amazing deal with the ACC where they are essentially going to pay below market values for ACC TV rights for a decade? And they would dissolve the ACC GOR resulting in several teams going to a competing network of the B1G just to get Clemson or Miami or FSU? It doesn't compute.
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The value to ESPN is deteriorating rapidly. I understand our history of bad AD's but why did the FSU, Clemson and Miami AD's sign off on this.
 
BrentwoodJacket said:
The value to ESPN is deteriorating rapidly. I understand our history of bad AD's but why did the FSU, Clemson and Miami AD's sign off on this.
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FSU did not want to sign the GOR. Their hand was forced. There's some articles from 2014(?) about it but I don't have to look it up.

Apparently, in the ACC bylaws, a majority of schools can end of the GOR, and this also includes Notre Dame, so you would be looking at 7 schools that would want to depart. Do 7 schools fit into the SEC+B1G? Likely not. But if a revamped PAC+B12 emerges with a better tv deal, then there's gonna be 7 full ACC members trying to bounce to one of the 3.
 
JJacket said:
Good lord college football is run by douchebags and is a flaming pile of öööö now.
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Wrong. The guys who run the SEC are the smartest dudes in all of college sports. Every move they make betters their conference which is their only priority. Swofford isn’t in their league of smarts which is why the ACC is where it is.

And college football is doing just fine and will continue to do fine especially when they all agree to expand the playoff. It will be a glorious December and January when we have real games that matter instead of weeks of Ohio St vs. Akron and Bama vs. Samford.
 
OptionJacket said:
Wrong. The guys who run the SEC are the smartest dudes in all of college sports. Every move they make betters their conference which is their only priority. Swofford isn’t in their league of smarts which is why the ACC is where it is.

And college football is doing just fine and will continue to do fine especially when they all agree to expand the playoff. It will be a glorious December and January when we have real games that matter instead of weeks of Ohio St vs. Akron and Bama vs. Samford.
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Two points: 1) Swofford retired a few years ago. 2) Swofford locked up Notre Dame. Give the man his due - he jumped both the B1G and the SEC w/r to ND.
 
OptionJacket said:
Wrong. The guys who run the SEC are the smartest dudes in all of college sports. Every move they make betters their conference which is their only priority. Swofford isn’t in their league of smarts which is why the ACC is where it is.

And college football is doing just fine and will continue to do fine especially when they all agree to expand the playoff. It will be a glorious December and January when we have real games that matter instead of weeks of Ohio St vs. Akron and Bama vs. Samford.
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Swofford did just fine when you realize that his goal was not to better the conference but to sent up family and friends with sweet deals (Raycom) and enrich the Carolina schools, unc to the greatest extent.
 
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