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    Quote Originally Posted by A-Tex Devil View Post
    That's good news. I guess that was true last year as well. That's the best part of having ESPN do this (depending on how you feel about ESPN 3). No matter what, you can watch Duke football and basketball. Even the SEC can't guarantee that every football game will be televised, and I know the Big XII can't.

    I think they get every conference game on TV, but, for instance, getting to see NCCU at Duke or Richmond at Duke (for examples) broadcasted was probably not possible before the ACC contract that kicked in this past year.
    This correct. Game was on ESPN3 last year, in prior years you had to buy it on GoDuke which still retains rights to WBB games not picked up though the modified contract is supposed to add lots of women's games. The non picked up women's games constitute part of the aforementioned Tier III rights which schools still retain along with radio, multimedia and coaches' shows.

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    Florida AD Randy Spetman:

    We're in the ACC. We're committed to the ACC. That's where our president and the board of trustees has committed to, so we're great partners in the ACC.
    Such carefully chosen words.... (I keed. I keed. . But they aren't too dissimilar to others in the last 24 months)

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    Please go:

    Please go. I will help you pack. As the chair of the BOT, don't you have better things to do? Also, perhaps you should read the TV contract before spouting off, because you clearly don't know how it works:

    http://floridastate.rivals.com/content.asp?CID=1364755

    The last time the chair of the BOT piped up, they ran out Bobby Bowden. Going to law school there, I can tell you most of these people don't care about academics and most of their fans think the ACC unworthy of their use as toilet paper and look down on basketball as a primary sport. Okay, maybe not their 5 basketball fans, who actually want to be in the conference.
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    Quote Originally Posted by msdukie View Post
    Please go. I will help you pack. As the chair of the BOT, don't you have better things to do? Also, perhaps you should read the TV contract before spouting off, because you clearly don't know how it works:

    http://floridastate.rivals.com/content.asp?CID=1364755

    The last time the chair of the BOT piped up, they ran out Bobby Bowden. Going to law school there, I can tell you most of these people don't care about academics and most of their fans think the ACC unworthy of their use as toilet paper and look down on basketball as a primary sport. Okay, maybe not their 5 basketball fans, who actually want to be in the conference.
    Wow. Haggard is really going over the top there. The third tier basketball thing has spread like wildfire across Clemson FSU and Big XII message boards. So even though it's false, it appears to be too late to get that horse back in the barn.

    This is going exactly like 2010 when A&M blocked the move to the PAC 10. Pres and AD have one mission, Trustees and $$ have a completely different view, it appears.

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    ESPN

    Seems to me that ESPN decided it was going to contribute exactly what it had to in order to keep the ACC in the same relative ballpark as the other conferences -- and not a penny more. This left the ACC a distinct runner up to all 4 other big time conferences, which has got to rankle ACC member schools. For a league that went all in with ESPN this thriftiness might end up backfiring big time if FSU (& others?) bolt to the Big12, where ESPN doesn't even have Tier 1 media rights. Keeping the ACC as it is now and strong is in ESPN's interest and $3 million behind all the other big boys seems like they're trying to do it on the cheap. Wonder if Bristol isn't suddenly thinking about being a little more generous, or is this deal done and set in stone? The ACC can kiss the idea of Notre Dame coming goodbye, we're starting to look like we may be the next most unstable league behind the perennially teetering Big East...

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    Quote Originally Posted by senkiri View Post
    Seems to me that ESPN decided it was going to contribute exactly what it had to in order to keep the ACC in the same relative ballpark as the other conferences -- and not a penny more. This left the ACC a distinct runner up to all 4 other big time conferences, which has got to rankle ACC member schools. For a league that went all in with ESPN this thriftiness might end up backfiring big time if FSU (& others?) bolt to the Big12, where ESPN doesn't even have Tier 1 media rights. Keeping the ACC as it is now and strong is in ESPN's interest and $3 million behind all the other big boys seems like they're trying to do it on the cheap. Wonder if Bristol isn't suddenly thinking about being a little more generous, or is this deal done and set in stone? The ACC can kiss the idea of Notre Dame coming goodbye, we're starting to look like we may be the next most unstable league behind the perennially teetering Big East...
    This was only a modification of the last deal before fees went totally crazy. Getting $17.1 M was a great deal. None of these issues with FSU would exist if their bigmouth trustees and football coach knew how to read a contract. Instead they are reading and believing internet message boards (and not those of DBR's quality).
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    Quote Originally Posted by msdukie View Post
    This was only a modification of the last deal before fees went totally crazy. Getting $17.1 M was a great deal. None of these issues with FSU would exist if their bigmouth trustees and football coach knew how to read a contract. Instead they are reading and believing internet message boards (and not those of DBR's quality).
    According to Dan Wetzel, the ACC-ESPN deal is much worse than advertised, with much of the increased money coming years into the deal. And concern about it is not limited to just FSU, but shared across the league.

    http://sports.yahoo.com/news/ncaaf--...GlvbnM-;_ylv=3

    FSU President Barron released this relatively boilerplate/expected response to tamp down the controversy:

    "Florida State University regrets that misinformation about the provisions of the ACC contract has unnecessarily renewed the controversy and speculation about University's athletic conference alignment. Florida State respects the views of the Chair of its Board of Trustees that, of course, any university would examine options that would impact university academics, athletics or finances. At the same time, Florida State is not seeking an alternative to the ACC nor are we considering alternatives. Our current commitments remain strong."

    The rumblings seem to be getting louder. Swofford and company had better work quickly to repair this or it could completely snowball. I wonder if they can't find some pretext for reopening negotiations with ESPN? I'm no FSU fan, but if the ACC lost them, the football product -- which is clearly the driver behind conference compensation from the media companies -- is clearly diminished.

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    The claim that ACC men's basketball third tier rights are kept by the schools is akin to the claims of Nebraska and A&M that one of the main reasons they left the BIg XII was due to revenue sharing inequalities. It's a way to distract from these schools simply moving to the "better deal" in their mind.

    And while Haggard *seems* to be getting shouted down right now from Tallahassee, I still wouldn't underestimate --- at any school --- the power of the regents, as fans, over the power of the AD and the President when it comes to the school's athletics.

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    blah, blah, blah

    Blah, blah, blah. A bunch of self-important people thinking their school is the coup de grace of everything. A bunch of saber rattling from people who might have power, but no brains hoping to get more to make up for their own financial windfall. People keep saying it, but South Carolina remains the only school dumb enough to leave the ACC. For the Big 12 no less??? Please!!! Freakin conference wasn't even sure it'd be here a few months ago. Best comment I read was the WVU fan claiming how happy they were they ended up in the Big 12 instead of the ACC. It's all a freakin joke with all of them hoping we won't take the clothes pins off our noses and smell the crap coming from over there.

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    Quote Originally Posted by msdukie View Post
    Please go. I will help you pack. As the chair of the BOT, don't you have better things to do? Also, perhaps you should read the TV contract before spouting off, because you clearly don't know how it works:

    http://floridastate.rivals.com/content.asp?CID=1364755

    The last time the chair of the BOT piped up, they ran out Bobby Bowden. Going to law school there, I can tell you most of these people don't care about academics and most of their fans think the ACC unworthy of their use as toilet paper and look down on basketball as a primary sport. Okay, maybe not their 5 basketball fans, who actually want to be in the conference.
    It's amazing to me arrogance that some FSU fans appear to have about their football program. FSU has not been relevant in the BCS NC talk in years; and that's part of the problem of why ACC football is looked upon so lowly nationally. FSU and Miami were supposed to be the "Duke" and "Carolina" of ACC football or the equivalent of Texas and Okla in football, and contend for NCs in football. Instead, they've been more like "FSU" and "Miami" of ACC basketball (ok, I admit this comparison might be an overexaggertion but you get my poiint). Imo, outside of Texas (who hasn't been a NC contender for several years now) and OKla, the Big 12 in footlball is not much different than the ACC in terms of football. That conference has several good teams and several mediocre teams combined with two powerhouse programs. That's what the ACC was supposed to have been but FSU and Miami haven't "held up their end of the bargain". How can FSU compete for championships in the Big 12 if they can't compete for conference championships in the supposedly bad ACC football conference.

    At this point, I'm with you....I honestly don't want to see any current ACC school leave the conference for another; but at the same time, if a schol doesn't want to be committed member, then they should go and pay their 20M on the way out; and bring in schools that want to be in the ACC and will contribute in a positive way both athletically and academically.
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    Quote Originally Posted by senkiri View Post
    Seems to me that ESPN decided it was going to contribute exactly what it had to in order to keep the ACC in the same relative ballpark as the other conferences -- and not a penny more. This left the ACC a distinct runner up to all 4 other big time conferences, which has got to rankle ACC member schools. For a league that went all in with ESPN this thriftiness might end up backfiring big time if FSU (& others?) bolt to the Big12, where ESPN doesn't even have Tier 1 media rights. Keeping the ACC as it is now and strong is in ESPN's interest and $3 million behind all the other big boys seems like they're trying to do it on the cheap. Wonder if Bristol isn't suddenly thinking about being a little more generous, or is this deal done and set in stone? The ACC can kiss the idea of Notre Dame coming goodbye, we're starting to look like we may be the next most unstable league behind the perennially teetering Big East...
    I disagree....There are still schools like Louisville and others that would come to the ACC if invited. And from all that's been reported, money would not be the reason the Notre Dame would or would not come to the ACC. For ND, it's all about the cultural fit (which the ACC is for them) and not a geograhical one. And most importantly, it's about potentially ending their historic status as a football independence which would be extremely hard for them to do.

    I truly believe the ACC is going to be fine and will not collapse no matter what happens. And while I've wondered if the ACC could've negotiated a better deal, the deal is still an increase in what they were making; and if schools want more, the football programs have to get better; and supposed traditional football powers like FSU, Clemson Miami and VT have to stop falling flat on their backs against top contenders from other schools and actually look like football powerhouses. I'm still amazed at how a year ago the Big 12 was on the verge of collapsing and now they somehow negotitiated a pretty sweet deal; but if they could do it, certainly the ACC can. The ACC has been far more stable as a conference than the Big 8...Big 12...now Big 12 (with only 10 schools b/c 4 left over a period of 1-2yrs and they scrambled to get 2 to meet tv contract obligations). And if the ACC could hold off poaching from the SEC (even if they had help due to unofficial gentlemen's agreements between the SEC and Fla, Georgia and South Carolina to not bring in certain schools from the ACC), I believe the ACC can hold off poaching from the Big 12 (unofficially the new Big 10). That said, Swofford and the ACC are going to have to be proactive and judicious again imo with respect ot expancion; and perceived as better tv-deal negotiators.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Class of '94 View Post
    At this point, I'm with you....I honestly don't want to see any current ACC school leave the conference for another; but at the same time, if a schol doesn't want to be committed member, then they should go and pay their 20M on the way out; and bring in schools that want to be in the ACC and will contribute in a positive way both athletically and academically.
    It seems to me that DBR and some of the posters here are being awfully cavalier about FSU's potential departure. While it very well make not happen - probably not likely - this is a very dangerous situation for Duke. A weakening of ACC could spell disaster for Duke. Should FSU choose to leave, it would undoubtedly set off a domino effect that in the end would very likely severely weaken the ACC. And, as much as we want to believe Duke is special, in an economic world dominated by college football, we aren't an overly attractive get for other conferences. I don't want to be alarmist, but the next few weeks could hold the fate of Duke's position as an elite athletic program.

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    Quote Originally Posted by pamtelp View Post
    It seems to me that DBR and some of the posters here are being awfully cavalier about FSU's potential departure. While it very well make not happen - probably not likely - this is a very dangerous situation for Duke. A weakening of ACC could spell disaster for Duke. Should FSU choose to leave, it would undoubtedly set off a domino effect that in the end would very likely severely weaken the ACC. And, as much as we want to believe Duke is special, in an economic world dominated by college football, we aren't an overly attractive get for other conferences. I don't want to be alarmist, but the next few weeks could hold the fate of Duke's position as an elite athletic program.
    I (nor anyone else) am not being cavalier. If the reality is that Fla St decides to leave for the Big 12 or somewhere else, then the ACC has to be proactive and prepared for that so that what you describe does not happen. Kansas was sweating last year at this time; but I honestly believe Duke and the ACC is in much better and stronger situation than Kansas and the Big 12 was at this point last year. Again, I hope FSU stays and we figure out ways to become a stronger conference with them in tow; but sometimes, it might be in the best interests of everyone involved to look elsewhere and bring schools on board that want to be with you as opposed to having to deal with the same school(s) "every" summer that talk about looking elsewhere for a situation that better (which basically implies we're only looking out for ourselves and our own best interests and we will screw you over if we find something better). At some point, the high maintenance hand-holding approach can get to the point where it is counterproductive and you cross the boundary of diminishing returns (especially when a school(s) is not delivering on the football field as originally thought). That said, the ACC has to be judiciious in who they would add to replace any program (if they had to) so that it still adds value. Again, I'd like to keep FSU; but at the same time you have to have good contigency plans in case that doesn't happen (which appears to be a strong possibility).

    Btw, you don't think the Big 10 would take Duke and UNC together as a package deal? I add UNC because I honestly believe Duke and UNC are a packaged deal and I don't think either school would leave and join another conference without the other. I could be naive on this; but that's just what I think.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Class of '94 View Post
    How can FSU compete for championships in the Big 12 if they can't compete for conference championships in the supposedly bad ACC football conference.
    That's the whole cosmic joke of expansion. The idea it's about anything besides money and as if these moves will make it more likely for teams to be more successful. It's not about championships at all. Florida St.'s AD and Pres seemed to be outwardly fairly happy about the ESPN contract. But you get a critical mass of fans with money complaining to the BOR, and you get what we had yesterday with FSU's board.

    I have found recently that the board of regents at a lot of schools don't always have the entire university's best interest in mind, and sometimes are dangerous. Texas has been dealing with this very thing this past week due to our lovely governor trying to flex his muscles, almost causing a very popular university president to get fired. As mentioned before, these boards of regents are fans of the university. Certainly there are some "independent" folks on these boards of regents, but they don't have anywhere near the independence requirements of, say, a public corporation.

    To Class of '94's point, FSU's fans and regents act as if the ACC has been holding it back in football, when it's been FSU's performance that's been holding it back. The ACC hasn't had a dominant team in a dozen years, and frankly MOST of the blame should land on the shoulders of FSU and Miami for that, although the whole conference, even Duke, shares in a lot of it. I'll grant that Va Tech has more or less held up its end of the bargain.

    Anyway, I find the source of Florida St. fan's anger with the ACC as comical as A&M's was with the Big XII, and in many ways, it's worse. As for this discussion generally, I get that annoys and even in angers some. But I, for one, enjoy discussing the game theory and politics of all of this, especially with you guys, which is why I post here (although it's never been as interesting as June 2010). I am not entirely enthused as to WHY expansion is happening and certain of the endgame scenarios, but the speculation and chess games behind the scenes will always be intriguing.

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    Quote Originally Posted by A-Tex Devil View Post
    That's the whole cosmic joke of expansion. The idea it's about anything besides money and as if these moves will make it more likely for teams to be more successful. It's not about championships at all. Florida St.'s AD and Pres seemed to be outwardly fairly happy about the ESPN contract. But you get a critical mass of fans with money complaining to the BOR, and you get what we had yesterday with FSU's board.

    I have found recently that the board of regents at a lot of schools don't always have the entire university's best interest in mind, and sometimes are dangerous. Texas has been dealing with this very thing this past week due to our lovely governor trying to flex his muscles, almost causing a very popular university president to get fired. As mentioned before, these boards of regents are fans of the university. Certainly there are some "independent" folks on these boards of regents, but they don't have anywhere near the independence requirements of, say, a public corporation.

    To Class of '94's point, FSU's fans and regents act as if the ACC has been holding it back in football, when it's been FSU's performance that's been holding it back. The ACC hasn't had a dominant team in a dozen years, and frankly MOST of the blame should land on the shoulders of FSU and Miami for that, although the whole conference, even Duke, shares in a lot of it. I'll grant that Va Tech has more or less held up its end of the bargain.

    Anyway, I find the source of Florida St. fan's anger with the ACC as comical as A&M's was with the Big XII, and in many ways, it's worse. As for this discussion generally, I get that annoys and even in angers some. But I, for one, enjoy discussing the game theory and politics of all of this, especially with you guys, which is why I post here (although it's never been as interesting as June 2010). I am not entirely enthused as to WHY expansion is happening and certain of the endgame scenarios, but the speculation and chess games behind the scenes will always be intriguing.
    Thanks A-Tex Devil for all the insight you've brought to the expansion thread. I've enjoyed reading your thoughts on all of this and especially on the Big 12 collapse/expansion that has occured over the last year or so. What's interesting to me is that not a lot of news is coming out with respect to ND. A link mentioned that ND was exploring the ramifications of the latest round of expansion would have have on the landscape of college athletics; but that's it (and probably the way it should be so that you don't have rogue BOT members spilling the beans). Everyone knows ND is a major piece (perhaps the final piece) that could fall and permanently change the landscape of college football and athletics in general. Alof of people that think that a move to ACC or any conference by ND is unlikely at this point; but with all FSU talk going in, would the ACC membership be willing to be creative with its third tier revenues and football scheduling to intice ND join the ACC. Obviously, the Big 12 has been trying and ND has said no thanks to this point; but I've read in the past that if the ACC was willing to be creative, ND would've jumped to the ACC a longtime ago.

    What do you think?

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    Quote Originally Posted by pamtelp View Post
    It seems to me that DBR and some of the posters here are being awfully cavalier about FSU's potential departure. While it very well make not happen - probably not likely - this is a very dangerous situation for Duke. A weakening of ACC could spell disaster for Duke. Should FSU choose to leave, it would undoubtedly set off a domino effect that in the end would very likely severely weaken the ACC. And, as much as we want to believe Duke is special, in an economic world dominated by college football, we aren't an overly attractive get for other conferences. I don't want to be alarmist, but the next few weeks could hold the fate of Duke's position as an elite athletic program.
    I actually think Duke's weakness in Football IS attractive to other conferences. Besides Football, we are competitive in all other men's and women's sports, and the Basketball program is the PREMIER National Brand (apologies to UNC/UK). We would provide elite academic credibility, an affluent, national alumni base, and most importantly, would'nt provide additional obstacles for existing conference teams to reach BCS games in football(i.e. Duke would be the 1-aa program on the football schedule).

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    Not Time for Panic?

    Quote Originally Posted by pamtelp View Post
    It seems to me that DBR and some of the posters here are being awfully cavalier about FSU's potential departure. While it very well make not happen - probably not likely - this is a very dangerous situation for Duke. A weakening of ACC could spell disaster for Duke. Should FSU choose to leave, it would undoubtedly set off a domino effect that in the end would very likely severely weaken the ACC. And, as much as we want to believe Duke is special, in an economic world dominated by college football, we aren't an overly attractive get for other conferences. I don't want to be alarmist, but the next few weeks could hold the fate of Duke's position as an elite athletic program.
    Do you really think it is time to panic? The premise is that FSU would leave the ACC for the beleaguered Big 12, which has lost four of its strongest programs in the past two years. By adding TCU and West Virginia, it has ended up with ten teams, so I suppose one can conclude there is room for two more schools in the Fly-Over Conference. How can the Big 12 economic model be superior to the ACC's when the continued existence of the conference was in doubt very recently?

    In truth, there are two Big Dog conferences, the Big Ten and the SEC. The PAC-12 is important but geographically so distant that it will not play in future moves. (I say this confidently in that it discouraged God-squadders OU and Texas from applying). The ACC and Big-12 are next, and it is hard for me to understand how a traditional, stable, academically strong conference in one's own reason is superior to a newly hatched collection of schools mostly int he Great Plains. But, hey, if FSU wants to do something dumb, they don't need my permission to proceed.

    And, FSU, if you don't like an ACC where the North Carolina schools have influence, I am sure you will absolutely lo-o-o-ve the Big 12, where Texas and OU, or their Boards, or the wealthy oilmen in those states call the shots.

    And if Duke and Wake and BC seem unattractive as football rivals, how do you think the fans will take to Iowa, Kansas State, TCU and Baylor?

    Maybe there is more to this story than my utter skepticism suggests. But I don't see any reason to panic or be alarmed -- or, if there was a reason, I am not sure what Duke could do about it. Apply to the Big Ten?

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    **WARNING: SPECULATIVE, HYPOTHETICAL POST** Add large grain of salt.

    Quote Originally Posted by pamtelp View Post
    It seems to me that DBR and some of the posters here are being awfully cavalier about FSU's potential departure. While it very well make not happen - probably not likely - this is a very dangerous situation for Duke. A weakening of ACC could spell disaster for Duke. Should FSU choose to leave, it would undoubtedly set off a domino effect that in the end would very likely severely weaken the ACC. And, as much as we want to believe Duke is special, in an economic world dominated by college football, we aren't an overly attractive get for other conferences. I don't want to be alarmist, but the next few weeks could hold the fate of Duke's position as an elite athletic program.
    Next sentence aimed generally at the board, and not at pamtelp: If speculative hypotheticals on expansion angers or even annoys you, first, why are you reading this thread, and second, please stop now or your head will explode.

    Now for the ESPN "Petyr "Littlefinger" Baelish" scenario where Notre Dame is the Iron Throne.

    ESPN signs the ACC up to an improved, but still below market, contract for *ALL* football and basketball rights, but doesn't make things quite that clear initially, and let a wrongheaded rumor about basketball third tier rights perpetuate itself among the conference's football schools.

    FSU and Miami (or Clemson), led by rich fans and unqualified board of regents members, initiate a move to the Big XII. The Big XII, knowing it now has an eponymous number of teams again, obviously and gladly accepts. ESPN gets additional first tier games in its Big XII contract and lock up Florida St.'s third tier rights for $8MM to $10MM per year, possibly through an LHN style network.

    Whither the ACC? With the addition of Pitt and Cuse, the basketball is finally in 1982-2005 form. The conference is deep and strong and overtakes the Big East as the best basketball conference, going so far as to play the ACC tourney at MSG on occasion while the Big East tourney is relegated to Brooklyn. ESPN markets the hell out of the ACC to the point where it makes sense to have an ACC network, bringing more money to the conference.

    Behind the scenes, and with the help of ESPN (natch) the conference commissioners have finally figured out the 4 team football playoff, and due to pressure from the PAC 12, the tournament only allows conference champions and Notre Dame *IF* Notre Dame is in the top 6. This scares the pants off Notre Dame considering how the past two dozen years have gone, and they are finally pushed to a conference. Big 10? Nope. To much bad history and animosity there. The Big XII? Please. The Domer fans don't want to have to go to Ames and Manhattan every year.

    ESPN swoops in and offers Notre Dame a godfather deal to join the ACC, a "weak" football conference that they (in ND's opinion) can win most years, giving them at least an opportunity at the plus one playoff. This also pays huge dividends for the other ACC schools who in turn are willing to give ND a few extra rights around football to get the deal done. It also offers ND entrance into the best basketball and non-revenue sports league in the country. The ACC also picks up one of Louisiville or UCONN (I know, I know, but getting ND is worth it) to even it back out to 14 and further strengthen basketball.

    ESPN gets -- full coverage of the best basketball conference, full rights to ND sports, FSU's third tier rights to further their efforts to market single school networks and programming. And they probably get the plus one playoffs and the NCAA tourney too because that's what Petyr Bae--- er... Dan Skipper has been planning the whole time!

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    Back on topic -- ACC contract backloaded?

    Wetzel Article here.

    Key paragraphs:

    The reality was bad, however. The initial bump in television revenue is actually just over $1 million a year, sources said, and a total in the $12 million range next season. The deal is back loaded so the bigger money comes in escalator provisions that, considering how broadcast rights keep growing, probably will be below market by the time any sizeable gains are realized.

    That additional $4 million per school, per year? That won't come until 2021, nine years in, sources said.
    Wow. Time value of money and all, if true, the ACC and ESPN's spin ends up sounding a little disingenuous. It doesn't excuse Haggard's behavior, but there is blood in the water (as I've seen mentioned elsewhere on the intertubes) now. If these potential moves are serious, this backloading piece will now be the bait that the boosters, and eventually the trustees, will use to get the support they need to move.

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    Quote Originally Posted by A-Tex Devil View Post
    Wetzel Article here.

    Key paragraphs:



    Wow. Time value of money and all, if true, the ACC and ESPN's spin ends up sounding a little disingenuous. It doesn't excuse Haggard's behavior, but there is blood in the water (as I've seen mentioned elsewhere on the intertubes) now. If these potential moves are serious, this backloading piece will now be the bait that the boosters, and eventually the trustees, will use to get the support they need to move.
    But again, the move would kill their non-revenue, olympic sports. Can you imagine their track and field or baseball teams traveling to Iowa for competitions; or even the states of Texas and Okla. That money received would from the move would have to be really good to compensate for travel expenses for those teams. And even if initially it was feasible, travel expenses would still continue to go up from year to year imo; and eventually FSU would still end up in similar financial crunch in the future like they are now. And in terms of filling FSU's stadium, similar to ACC baskeball now, I don't see fans packing the stadium out except for teams like Texas and Okla. So for two games, you get sellouts...I just don't see fans all that excited to see Kansas, KSU, Baylor, Iowa St, etc. That would be a "great" improvement on current conditions [I say this sarcastically].

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