Originally Posted by
Class of '94
I would love to get people's thoughts, especially A Tex-Devil and Texhawk's, about a scenario I just heard via online streaming on the Dave Glenn Show. A caller from Tampa Fla called in and mentioned that the beat writers down there were all talking about Missouri, and the high probability that Missouri was going to go the SEC in their opinions (nothing profound about that), He also said that he read from Orangebloods.com that while Texas agreed to share their Tier 1 and Tier 2 equally with conference members, they were not budging on their stance of not equally sharing money from the LHN; and that is still causing a lot of friction with the other schools. If Missouri does leave the Big 12, the caller believes the Big 12 would destabilize (again); and that Texas would look elsewhere.
Then the caller presented a what if scenario of Texas and Notre Dame coming together and presenting a proposition to the ACC in which they would join the ACC in all sports; and equally share their Tier 1 and Tier 2 money with conference members. They would then negotiate a deal individually with the ACC to keep a large percentage of their Tier 3 money for themselves (Texas- money from the LHN; ND -money from NBC). He thought (and I agree) that the financial windfall from renegotiating TV contracts based on adding those two schools would offset Texas and ND keeping a large percentage of their Tier 3 money. Then, the caller went on to propose that the ACC would then add Rutgers and UConn to shore up the NY market; and capture many of the largest TV markets in the country in the process. And the ACC would make a lot of money as a result.
I don't know if the TV deals for an 18 team ACC would be financially more lucrative than the SEC or the Big 10 TV deals; but I would have to think that having ND, Texas, UConn and Rutgers (or possibly PSU now with ND and Texas in the fold), the ACC would be satisfactorily strengthened in football; and become unequivolically the best basketball conference for both men and women in the country. The downside is obvious the size of the conference as well as having to deal with the perceived arrogance and strong-will of Texas; but I would think the ACC would have to seriously consider that ND and Texas scenario; and as much as I believe in holding to your principles, I would take that deal with ND and Texas.
Again, I know this might be far-fetched; but I think if the dominos fell into place, this could be a real possibility.