FSU and Clemson can whine and scream all they want, but the truth is that beyond the hundreds of millions of $$$ theyâd have to pay to get out, they just donât have a landing spot right now. It looks like both of the Power 2 are content to sit where they are for a while. If Iâm not mistaken, both the Big Ten and SEC TV contracts will come BACK up for renegotiation well before the ACC deal ends in 2036. That may be the tipping point for some kind of football breakaway - who knows what the conference landscape will look like then? Who knows what the streaming and linear TV landscape will look like then? Itâs possible the money wonât be there to pay these exorbitant rights fees.
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Well, Clemneck and FSU benefitted in the post season positioning by being in a weak football conference for many years. Looks like it is biting them in the ass now.
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The logic of adding those schools seems something like weâre gonna save the ACC by killing it haha In my opinion, itâs a surrender flag long term all for the sake of benefiting financially near term. Of course thatâs easy for me to say, it wouldnât be me turning down millions extra.
I just donât see how it strengthens the conference on the field or media wise big picture. It waters down the product, both in competition and tradition. I also suspect in 10 years the landscape will be totally different and it would be an enormous regret.
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When it opened, Camden Yards was revolutionary and wildly popular because it evoked nostalgia. It started a trend.
Nostalgia will eventually have an important place at the conference realignment table. Thatâs my prediction.
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My own opinion is hold tight with what you got and hope you can have 3 or 4 teams start to have consistently good to elite seasons that ups your value as a league. Maybe the landscape changes, maybe your product is worth more. The problem is just having to wait 13 more years to do it.
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Expecting ACC higher ups to have any semblance of foresight has been proven over the past decade or so to be major waste of time.
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The conference is kind of a dead man walking. This expansion is a Hail Mary hoping two things will happen in the short term and one in the long. I think the short term hope is that Stanford pulls together some of the football and basketball magic they have had in the past. Itâs not like the glory days are that far in the past for them. The other short term hope is that playing in a big time conference energizes the SMU money supporters and we get the second coming of the pony express. (Cal coming aboard is just a nice rivalry bonus for Stanford who is the crown jewel in the transaction). The long term goal I think is just a hope and prayer that if you stave off defections the landscape is more favorable to keep some of the schools we hear might leave (or that the SEC and Big 10 arenât that interested in expanding). I think this is the only play for success right now. In my opinion (which is not worth much) Standing pat is waiving the white flag.
Yâall are overlooking the fact that the ACC will dominate water polo with these additions.
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Wake Forest?
I think what the ACC is really hoping for is that P5 football separates and does its own thing, and then the rest of conferences/sports go back to a more regional setup. By adding these three they are just trying to bide some time until that happens so they donât have to fight FSU and Clemson. They know if they get close to the grant of rights date as things currently are, they are done.
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Common joke shared by many over the last few weeks but still hilarious
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We could have the Biggie & Tupac divisions.
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Except UVA is in the Pusha T/Pharrell division
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Although our football team will probably be more than a Misdemeanor to watch. (And donât forgot Trey Songz â everyone else has.)
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Which coast is SMU on? I guess we let Louisville in, so whatever.
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good.
Flies really shouldnât come as a shock
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Iâm not sure. Assuming this is all for short term benefits until the buyout for an exit is more manageable, the additional revenue that is being reported from adding those schools is really undeniable (since they are coming in at part share, or free). If all that goes into performance bonuses so be it. The expansion would make the next five to seven years more palatable. I have really come to accept that no one is going anywhere for a while. Might as well make it a more comfortable half decade.
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