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  1. Nah. They took the only ones they wanted from the B12 with Tx/Ok.
  2. The SEC taking ACC schools before the contract is up would be a big disservice to ESPN who just put a boatload of cash up front to launch the ACCN. The ESPN programming president said yesterday it’ll take 20 years to see return on that investment. ESPN would lose a ton of money if that happened. The SEC are partners with ESPN. SEC isn’t gonna screw over their only TV partner. ESPN wouldn’t pay more to the SEC for FSU and Clemson or others, while also taking a financial hit. Too add, ESPN still has exclusive rights to FSU/UF, Ga/GT, S car/Clemson, Clemson/FSU, UL/KY and the ACC vs SEC neutral site kickoff games.
  3. Burke Magnus, the ESPN President of Programming and Content, told the Sports Business Journal talked about the ACC deal, yesterday. He said in 2016 they put down a ton of $$ up front to launch the ACCN. The deal is so long because it takes about 20 years to see any return on it. So basically the ACCN has to succeed and needs the conference in tact, as is to do so. So the SEC is a full partner of ESPN, as well. The GoR put in place was for a reason. Without it, they’d have never launched the ACC network. ESPN and the SEC have a great relationship and are extending their deal through 2034. Basically SEC raiding the ACC would be doing ESPN a massive disservice before 2036. They’d lose a lot $$$. This also means ESPN wouldn’t increase the SEC deal with any new ACC teams until their next go around in 2034. It was a great interview. I mean look at the SEC. They don’t need FSU or Clemson to be relevant. He talked a lot about expansion and how it works. He was professional, so he didn’t give any ideas of who goes where or not. He did say he believed the Big12 was very stable and looked to continue that partnership. Said the same about the PAC, but said they’re working on their stability. He also mentioned rivalries being more important than markets. https://twitter.com/andrewmarchand/status/1562394305049903104?s=21&t=w_CplnRAUM4ebwcrOfYTpA
  4. Timmy will redshirt this year, so he won’t be able to play against USF. But one thing is for sure in all of this, unless Jeff Scott rewrites the entire playbook, he’s going to have everything he knows available to UCF in game prep for that game. He’s the best scout team UCF could ask for in this game. He’ll give them everything.
  5. Also, hearing some chatter on the Big 12 TV deal. Apparently it’s looking like Fox and ESPN are going to have a bidding war on Tier 1 rights for the Big 12. Fox still has time slots in the afternoon and night. ESPN has their noon games and other slots too. Fox is also interested due to them currently not having any teams in FL. That’s a big missing piece. Sure right now it might only be UCF in FL, so how much does that move the needle alone? Right? So what brings more value? USF was on the Big 12 radar last go around. It could get real interesting. Just sayin’.
  6. Here’s a good listen. Former Fox Tv exec Bob Thompson explains how the GoR is separate from the TV deal. As I said, the ACC GoR is put together by the conference only. The conference uses that GoR to present to the TV networks when negotiating a new TV deal. It show them solidarity and commitment. Not every conference has a GoR. Big 10 and SEC aren’t in fear of anyone being poached. Bob Thompson on air with Marc Daniels
  7. Right, no matter what, the ACC won’t exist eventually. This is way different that the Big East thing. ESPN invested a lot into the ACC. They don’t run things how fans would prefer, they run things to what makes financial sense. They created an ACC Network and put a lot into that. Why would ESPN want to pay 2-4 more schools they get cheap and pay them another $60 mil a year? ESPN doesn’t care if they’re frantic now, too bad. They signed the deal. Plus ESPN gets FSU vs FL, Ga v Ga Tech, Clemson v South Carolina now, too. What if FSU and Clemson get poached by Fox and the B1G? B1G would love to tap into FL. USF fans should hope the ACC stays together. If it falls apart, the big 10 and SEC will gobble up the teams they want and the rest will join the Big12.
  8. I don’t think anyone is letting anyone leave early. That’ll blow up the conference and leave a lot of schools stranded. ESPN would be pissed to. Nobody in college football has any desire to rescue the likes of Clemson and FSU from the ACC. That includes ESPN, the SEC, Big 10 and especially the other ACC schools.
  9. No. If the SEC wanted to pay FSU $100 mil a year, that entire $100 mil goes to to ACC. Not the $35 mil. It’s not what ESPN is paying them now, it ALL rights. Meaning it’ll never be money minus what the other conference offers. So if the the Big 10 says we’ll pay FSU $100 mil, the ACC gets $35 mil. It’s a ACC gets 100% of that $100 mil.
  10. It does not matter. No ACC team makes any $$ for those way games in a new conference. They’re not gonna make 50% of the $100 mil playing away games. Plus the ESPN $500 mil buyout + $120 mil exit fee. No team will do that. They’ll be negative.
  11. Brett Yormark is intense. He’s also in good standing with the B1G commish, Warren. Things are gonna get interesting imo. I am standing by the fact that when USF’s next step up happens, it’ll be Big12. That TV market is advised by networks. UCF got invited because of future projections of TV value due to large alumni. USF has 50k students. Both are in huge markets and combined are #4 nationally. It’s well known. USF’s future is not the ACC, it’s the Big12. Your AD is waiting on a Big12 deal, before ACC. We’ll see what happens, but it’s not SDSU, it’s eastern, I think.
  12. No school is gonna make any money on away games or take any deal where they hope for away game money. No network will make that happen. It’s senseless. It’s silliness to think so. Again, no P5 school would do that for season ticket sales with a better schedule, either. It’s not even the same ballpark.
  13. It’s a grant of rights, not a TV contract. It grants the media rights for every school thru 2036 to the ACC, no matter where they go. The whole point of it was to make it virtually impossible to get out of. I never say never, but it’s been looked at and nobody is challenging it. It’s this: 1. ACC Grant if Rights - ACC owns TV media rights to all schools thru 2036 2. ESPN TV contract buyout. $35 mil per every year left on the contract thru 2036z 3. Exit fee of $120 million
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