Maybe FSU helmets will say JPM now or some shit
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Sounds like Oregon and Washington used the media and reports of saving the Pac12 to get a sweeter offer from the Big Ten
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This is sort of a genuinely compelling story, and Iâd be enjoying it more if the outcome werenât to make college sports more annoying.
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Natural extension of college sports people selling NFTs, I think. The most hilarious version of that was Mel Tucker selling them.
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Oregon has tons of Nike money they can funnel into NIL and is positioned to dominate whatever is left of the Pac12 if they reached a deal. I feel like they should just keep it together and have an easy path to the new playoff format every year.
Whatâs next, ACC Football, brought to you by the sovereign wealth fund of Saudi Arabia?
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You joke, but, uh, the ACC would take that in a heartbeat.
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NEWS: The Big Ten is going to invite Oregon and Washington to join the league, source tells @TheAthletic.
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The Big Ten is in the final stages of adding Oregon and Washington as it expands to 18 teams, industry sources tell
and me. Ducks and Huskies have informed other Pac 12 schools they intend to leave.
Thats it for the PAC-12. No reason for Arizona State to hold up things anymore, the PAC-12 conference is not what it was anymore, with this expect Arizona/ASU/Utah to go to B12 .
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Who gets Walton?
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The problem for us is if Oregon and Washington are in the BIG⊠how big are they willing to go? The number of spaces on that life raft is shrinking. ACC members are watching them get filled up but none of us can do anything about it (although I guess FSU is seeing if non-stop bitching and literally selling themselves could get them out).
Of course, there is a possibility this GOR results in us riding out the next few years and then coming out on the other side in a totally different landscape where maybe we do have a good move to make. Or maybe weâll be so behind monetarily weâre doomed. Who knows?
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I personally think room will be made for some of the ACC schools. UVA, UNC, FSU, Clemson. Beyond that though, you have to worry.
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Interesting tidbit and McMurphys latest
The Big Ten will grow to 18 members, the largest in college football history, and must decide whether to expand even further. The Big Ten is contemplating whether to stand at 18 or consider adding Stanford and Cal, or possibly any ACC schools that may leave, sources said.https://www.actionnetwork.com/ncaaf/oregon-washington-join-big-ten-leave-pac-12?utm_source=Twitter&utm_medium=Social&utm_campaign=BrettMcMurphy
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Certainly should be a concern for us and many others in the ACC. The Oregon and Washington additions make sense for theBig 10 for brand and scheduling with USC and UCLA. Two less East Coast trips for the soCal schools. But I think you are right seats at the table are getting sparse.
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Unless they just decide to go much bigger and basically create regional sub-conferences within the conference. That almost feels inevitable as the sizes of these conferences and the travel required is just becoming untenable.
The BIG could go to 24 or something and have 4 regional pods of 6 or some other division system. Could have UCLA, USC, Oregon, Washington, Cal, and Stanford in the western pod, then create three with the current BIG teams and some ACC teams.
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So for those of you who actually understand the situationâŠdo we expect FSU to leave the ACC right now?
Given the way that things are changing rapidly, if I were were FSU, I would be very reluctant to shell out huge amounts of money to escape the GOR with the expectation that the losses would be recouped with long-term payouts from joining another conference. In other words, I wouldnât bet on any conference affiliation being lucrative for longer than its current media rights contract, and maybe not even that.
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I donât actually understand it, but will weigh in nevertheless.
If FSU had actually figured out a way out, it seems likely theyâd be executing it right now, not complaining loudly in the media. At least thatâs what every other team thatâs executed one of these moves has done. And that report about them looking at trying to raise outside money makes me think even more strongly that they have not figured a way out of the GOR and are grasping at straws. Itâs hard to imagine how thatâd even work, and even if it could, would the university really let themselves be put in that situation because of the athletic department? (I donât have much faith in FSUâs university leadership but that would seem insane).
Maybe they do find a way out, but their current posturing doesnât make be think they have yet. And theyâve been digging into this for like two years at this point.
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