Conference realignment "Rumors" "tweets" "etc"

[Bulls1181]

Brett McMurphy â€@McMurphyESPN

ACC presidents issue statement that any reports of schools considering leaving ACC are "totally false"

Joe Schad â€@schadjoe

Every ACC President and Notre Dame attaches name to statement promising committment to league

Andy Staples â€@Andy_Staples

14 ACC presidents release statement affirming commitment to the ACC. Six of those schools have hopped leagues in the past 10 years.

IF this was the case why do they not sign a GORs?

Shut it jvwvu..... You make too much sense.

[Economics_Nerd82]

Brett McMurphy â€@McMurphyESPN

ACC presidents issue statement that any reports of schools considering leaving ACC are "totally false"

Joe Schad â€@schadjoe

Every ACC President and Notre Dame attaches name to statement promising committment to league

Andy Staples â€@Andy_Staples

14 ACC presidents release statement affirming commitment to the ACC. Six of those schools have hopped leagues in the past 10 years.

So, that means we should expect a defection any minute now...

[Ghost]

lmfao @ 4-5 million. What a change of pace. ESPN and the ACC have succeeded in dismantling this conference. job well done.

[2000bull]

what are we making now?

[cmhatter]

what a disgrace

[slbpsi63]

Ok, so we go to the Big 12 and say we will take $10M for the first year we are in the conference and increase it by $1-2m per year until we reach the maximum allowed per the tv contract.

[cmhatter]

Ok, so we go to the Big 12 and say we will take $10M for the first year we are in the conference and increase it by $1-2m per year until we reach the maximum allowed per the tv contract.

and they will say you can take a dollar the first year but we still do not want you

[Economics_Nerd82]

Would things have progressed any differently if we originally signed the first offer ESPN gave us? Probably not.

So, what happens if the TV deal falls through and Boise, et al back out? Let's say if the BE disbands and the ACC and Big 12 don't expand. Could a new conference form or would USF be sucked into an old conference?

[Florida Bull]

4-5 mil isn't enough to establish us as the middle tier...

big 5

big east

little 4

now its little 5 if we dont get more money

This is why USF needs ACC to blow up.

Perhaps your dream scenario requires the ACC to collapse, but I am not blindly wishing for that. If anything, the death of the ACC could just lead to further consolidation of money, exposure, and access.

I am unhappy about the ACC taking about 3.5 members from us. But, I want what is necessarily best for USF, not what is bad for the ACC.

[inTransit]

what are we making now?

From the article.

Under its current deal, Big East schools are earning $4 million per year in primary rights fees. In comparison, the Pac-12 is splitting approximately $250 million per year among its 12 institutions.

Everyone else's TV deals signed recently have skyrocketed. We are status quo. No new TV money will hinder the development of USF athletic programs.