Latest click bait has North Carolina, Duke, Miami, and Ga. Tech to BIG; N. C. State, Louisville, Pittsburg, and Va. Tech to BIG 12; and Clemson and Fla. State to SEC.
And nobody wants Virginia? Riiiight.Latest click bait has North Carolina, Duke, Miami, and Ga. Tech to BIG; N. C. State, Louisville, Pittsburg, and Va. Tech to BIG 12; and Clemson and Fla. State to SEC.
And nobody wants Virginia? Riiiight.
I've honestly quit even trying to keep track. Where would that put the B1G including USC and UCLA? 20? 24? Let's just let the NBA/NFL fund it and get it over with.Latest click bait has North Carolina, Duke, Miami, and Ga. Tech to BIG; N. C. State, Louisville, Pittsburg, and Va. Tech to BIG 12; and Clemson and Fla. State to SEC.
Pretty good? EliteI think they go Big10. They’re pretty good academically.
Louisville is super valuable though…And nobody wants Virginia? Riiiight.
Not sure what you mean by this? Once the ACC firesale starts, it's not like the SEC can start poaching but everyone else has to wait.SEC will get more than two teams, ESPN can break up the acc whenever they'd like, they just have to find homes for 8 of them so the league can dissolve. Since they own both the SEC end acc, the SEC will get first dibs on any acc teams.
ESPN doesn't benefit from anyone going to big ten so their best bet is to get 4 teams into the SEC and 4 to the big 12. That gives them the 8 they need.
ESPN has too good a deal right now to want any of this but they hold all the cards. Big ten will get teams they prefer but they'll have to watch it all unfold first.
Its Swaim tweeting it. It's garbage. He's made stuff up for a decade. The ACC might break up some day but he's not going to know when its happening.
**** Duke, Pittsburgh would be great for the conference with WVa and Cincinnati.i personally would like to see NC, NC State, Duke, VT Tech to Big 12.
They need 8 schools that don’t have a landing spot lined up to vote to dissolve. Schools most likely lose their vote if they have a vested interest in the conference dissolving. This wouldn’t be unique, in fact, it would be weird if this wasn’t a ACC bylaw.SEC will get more than two teams, ESPN can break up the acc whenever they'd like, they just have to find homes for 8 of them so the league can dissolve. Since they own both the SEC end acc, the SEC will get first dibs on any acc teams.
ESPN doesn't benefit from anyone going to big ten so their best bet is to get 4 teams into the SEC and 4 to the big 12. That gives them the 8 they need.
ESPN has too good a deal right now to want any of this but they hold all the cards. Big ten will get teams they prefer but they'll have to watch it all unfold first.
They need 8 schools that don’t have a landing spot lined up to vote to dissolve. Schools most likely lose their vote if they have a vested interest in the conference dissolving. This wouldn’t be unique, in fact, it would be weird if this wasn’t a ACC bylaw.
I don’t thing this gets done unless all 14 + ND have a nice landing spot and a sweetener, but I don’t think everyone has enough value (looking at you, WF, BC, Syracuse). All it would take would be 1 school to make it a protracted legal battle.
Additionally, ND’s independence is partially reliant on having the ACC for 5 FB games and all the rest of their sports. I don’t expect them to go quietly, particularly if they get a new NBC deal that puts them in B10 territory money-wise. Losing the ACC creates a lot of headaches for them.
The big problem is, the GOR is specifically designed to not be broken. That’s the whole point. Everyone who could conceivably have the money to break the GOR (SEC, B10, ESPN, Fox) is making money hand over fist with the status quo. The only ones missing out are the schools who the B10 or SEC would pick up if they were available, and I don’t think there’s nearly enough ROI to put up the money it would take at this point.
If we get under 5 years out from the GOR expiration we can start to talk. Until then, FSU et al’s best bet is finding a legal workaround to invalidate it. Best of luck with that!