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MEGA Conference Realignment and lawsuits Megathread: Stories, Tales, Lies, and Exaggerations

Tony4Canes said:
Dang, have to check when OU/Texas gave notice again
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Don’t worry I got u:

1. SEC media rights expired July 2024, while the Big XII media rights expired July 2025

2. SEC & ESPN executed its new media rights deal on Dec. 2020 to become effective July 2024

3. UT & OU sent notice on July 2021 to the Big XII that they will be joining the SEC conference July 2024, exactly one year before the Big XII media rights renewed.

UT gave a 4 yr notice to exit 1 yr prior to their renewal so they wouldn’t be apart of a renewed media rights. This allowed the Big XII to negotiate in good faith on their new TV rights. The one year prior to the conference’s media rights renewing also allowed for renegotiations to buy down their exit fee (the original buy out was $85m/per, & dropped to $50m/per).

This is y many, logical fans have said if our destination is the B1G the earliest we’ll leave this conference is 2030, & we have to have an invite.

Teams like Oregon, & UW were allowed to join the B1G b/c
1. The PAC-12 couldn’t secure a media rights deal
2. The conference members voted them in w the condition both teams took a considerable discount until the next media deal.

It’s no different than SMU, Cal, & Stanford joining the ACC. They received approval after agreeing to receiving no or a considerable reduced cost, respectively.
 
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Angry Ibis said:
This thread is CIS greatness. Posters being indignant about us leaving in 2027 or 2028 after having been indignant about us leaving in 2024, 2025 and 2026...

"Things change"
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I know you’re thing is to be a troll but yea things do ******* change
 
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1. ACC departure announcements by June 1, 2026 in time for Fall 2027 exit to new conference homes

2. Canes, ND, Stanford and Cal to the B1G

3. UNC, UVA, FSU, Clemson, NC State, VA Tech, Duke and GA Tech to the SEC

4. Louisville, Pitt, Syracuse and BC to the Big XII. SMU to the Big XII or American. Wake to the American

5. SEC gets every school Sankey wants. B1G lands Miami, which most Canes fans want
 
Hold My Beer said:
1. ACC departure announcements by June 1, 2026 in time for Fall 2027 exit to new conference homes

2. Canes, ND, Stanford and Cal to the B1G

3. UNC, UVA, FSU, Clemson, NC State, VA Tech, Duke and GA Tech to the SEC

4. Louisville, Pitt, Syracuse and BC to the Big XII. SMU to the Big XII or American. Wake to the American

5. SEC gets every school Sankey wants. B1G lands Miami, which most Canes fans want
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Seems about right. Hopefully this wouldn’t kill the Miami-FSU rivalry
 
canesbaby said:
Seems about right. Hopefully this wouldn’t kill the Miami-FSU rivalry
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If the "SEC-B1G Made for TV Challenge" falls into place (on top of 9-game conference schedules), it seems most likely Miami-FSU and Miami-UF would end up being only occasional matchups.

Neither of those schools — nor the SEC itself — will be interested in doing UM any scheduling favors.

If 10 of 12 games are spoken for, we might see the other two dates filled with non-power conference/FCS schools at JRS and perhaps home-and-home agreements with the likes of UCF and USF.

UM's travel in the B1G will be enough of an challenge on its own. No reason to exacerbate matters by leaving Florida for non-conference games
 
Hold My Beer said:
If the "SEC-B1G Made for TV Challenge" falls into place (on top of 9-game conference schedules), it seems most likely Miami-FSU and Miami-UF would end up being only occasional matchups.

Neither of those schools — nor the SEC itself — will be interested in doing UM any scheduling favors.

If 10 of 12 games are spoken for, we might see the other two dates filled with non-power conference/FCS schools at JRS and perhaps home-and-home agreements with the likes of UCF and USF.

UM's travel in the B1G will be enough of an challenge on its own. No reason to exacerbate matters by leaving Florida for non-conference games
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That would suck, but it is definitely realistic.
 
Empirical Cane said:
www.si.com

College football realignment news: North Carolina has handshake agreement with SEC, per report

North Carolina could have a way out of the ACC and into the SEC already in place if the situation arose where the school could make a move, as college football
www.si.com www.si.com
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“North Carolina could have a way out of the ACC and into the SEC already in place if the situation arose where the school could make a move, as college football conference realignment rumors start to build again leading into the 2025 season.”

Gotta love sports “journalism” in 2025.
 
UNC in the SEC is pretty funny. There is zero fan interest from the SEC fans I know in UNC. Miami, on the other hand, while they despise us...shocking, I know, they would love to play us. My daughter attends an SEC school, and I attend a few games a year there. To a person, every time the topic comes up, it's Miami, FSU, and Clemson...that's it.
 
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QuattroCane said:
UNC in the SEC is pretty funny. There is zero fan interest from the SEC fans I know in UNC. Miami, on the other hand, while they despise us...shocking, I know, they would love to play us. My daughter attends an SEC school, and I attend a few games a year there. To a person, every time the topic comes up, it's Miami, FSU, and Clemson...that's it.
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SEC fans consider themselves to be the dominant basketball conference now, because of ~two years of “history.”

For the conference and network, they want all those new households an additional southern state brings them.

Football-wise, UNC is probably just mediocre enough to for them to claim SEC-quality losses to help ESPN pump them up in the polls without a real challenge.

Solid non-revenue sports.

And academically, they help raise the SEC’s profile quite a bit.

What’s not for the SEC to love?
 
caneingville said:
SEC fans consider themselves to be the dominant basketball conference now, because of ~two years of “history.”

For the conference and network, they want all those new households an additional southern state brings them.

Football-wise, UNC is probably just mediocre enough to for them to claim SEC-quality losses to help ESPN pump them up in the polls without a real challenge.

Solid non-revenue sports.

And academically, they help raise the SEC’s profile quite a bit.

What’s not for the SEC to love?
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Fans at games are thinking football, not the full picture.
 
caneingville said:
SEC fans consider themselves to be the dominant basketball conference now, because of ~two years of “history.”

For the conference and network, they want all those new households an additional southern state brings them.

Football-wise, UNC is probably just mediocre enough to for them to claim SEC-quality losses to help ESPN pump them up in the polls without a real challenge.

Solid non-revenue sports.

And academically, they help raise the SEC’s profile quite a bit.

What’s not for the SEC to love?
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All valid point's I was merely sharing my experience. One of the things I haven't seen discussed is non-revenue sports. IMO this will be a deterrent to Miami going anywhere. I expect us to stay in the ACC or maybe, just maybe go to the Big 12.
I think you'd be hard-pressed to find a school with Miami's profile with as few sports as we have.
No men's golf(stupid is the nicest thing I can say), softball, men's soccer, women's beach volleyball...
 
caneingville said:
“North Carolina could have a way out of the ACC and into the SEC already in place if the situation arose where the school could make a move, as college football conference realignment rumors start to build again leading into the 2025 season.”

Gotta love sports “journalism” in 2025.
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Clearly this writer studies this thread with all the word wizardry to ensure they are not wrong, even when being wrong...

Baby Hat GIF
 
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