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

Couple of points.

1. I expect courts to decide how the school money is split up. Long way to go there and the dept of ed is largely irrelevant. The reversal looks correct to me though.

2. I believe the deal with Notre Dame, UM, FSU and Clemson is additional money provided by ESPN and split among the four. Conference of 4 in some ways. Not clear how much it is, but those are big games if the teams are good.
 
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jed2410 said:
There actually was a good point made by them.

If a Collegiate Tennis player is good enough to play in the US Open and win some prize money, the NCAA shouldn't be able to stop them from cashing out on the grounds of maintaining amateurism. They should see it as a gift that the kid wants to play in college at all to be quite frank.

This is the outdated **** that is killing the NCAA.
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Agree, but that's only part of what the Intercollegiate Tennis Association is pushing for in this matter.

The ITA is also campaigning for athletes in non-revenue sports to receive their "fair share" of the schools' revenue distributions — both from days gone by and those in the future — which would come at the expense of football and men's basketball players.

But are those payouts deserved when sports like tennis, golf, swimming, rowing, cross country, etc, etc generate little to no revenue and are primarily funded through funds from TV and ticket sales for football and men's basketball?
 
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Hold My Beer said:
Agree, but that's only part of what the Intercollegiate Tennis Association is pushing for in this matter.

The ITA is also campaigning for athletes in non-revenue sports to receive their "fair share" of the schools' revenue distributions — both from days gone by and those in the future — which would come at the expense of football and men's basketball players.

But are those payouts deserved when sports like tennis, golf, swimming, rowing, cross country, etc, etc generate little to no revenue and are primarily funded through funds from TV and ticket sales for football and men's basketball?
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Honestly NCAA should get out of all revenue generating sports... they are nothing but hustlers grabbing their cut..
 
3FW said:
Couple of points.

1. I expect courts to decide how the school money is split up. Long way to go there and the dept of ed is largely irrelevant. The reversal looks correct to me though.

2. I believe the deal with Notre Dame, UM, FSU and Clemson is additional money provided by ESPN and split among the four. Conference of 4 in some ways. Not clear how much it is, but those are big games if the teams are good.
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ESPN simply OPTED IN to the EXISTING ACC MEDIA AGREEMENT .... the agreement to play more high profile games with the "big brands" ( FSU, Miami, Clemson) and ND is AN ACC AGREEMENT that will then benefit those teams in MORE EXPOSURE ... and the ACC is simply re-destributing the ESPN payout, making some adjustments to reward brands that bring more eyeballs to the conference. Any modification of the amount being paid by ESPN would in fact make it a "new media agreement" and require a new GOR approved by the members. We haven't had any notification of that having transpired.
 
USNAVYCANE said:
www.nytimes.com

Documents reveal UNC’s conference realignment approach: A code name, ACC ‘in financial decline’

UNC’s behind-closed-doors exploration of conference realignment and its future in the ACC was known by only a code name.
www.nytimes.com www.nytimes.com
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Only 600k? So basically they just doing some basic reviewing of the landscape and taking some notes.
They aren’t actively plotting if that’s all they have spent.

Though the ND deal might push them further down the payout rungs even though they are the home team when it comes to the ACC.

Now if UNC gets serious about leaving, that would be THE domino that would trigger the eventual death of the ACC.
 
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Yoyo423 said:
It makes sense when you're paying these kids so much money and the portal is the wild west.

Every spring game puts your high paid players at risk of getting hurt or getting poached.
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Yup. I think the Nebraska coach said they lost six guys to the portal right after their spring game.
 
The belt tightening continues in Bristol. They're not going to have much going on between the CWS and college football if they do breakup with MLB.

awfulannouncing.com

What happens if ESPN exits MLB contract?

With ESPN likely to exit its contract with MLB after this season, what options does the league have for a new media partner?
awfulannouncing.com awfulannouncing.com
www.sportsmediawatch.com

ESPN reportedly dropping F1

ESPN is reportedly parting ways with Formula 1 after next season, paving the way for Netflix, NBC, or other contenders to acquire the rights.
www.sportsmediawatch.com www.sportsmediawatch.com
 
TheOGCane said:
Because they SUED. No one would’ve thought to FEED FSU if they didn’t make their case in the public court. Now the ACC and FSU both have to save face with their BASE to settle this case. This was the closest COMPROMISE. FSU lost $3 million to just o gain MILLIONS more

If Miami had sued, the compromise would’ve been on OUR TERMS. It’s so friggin OBVIOUS I’m amazed how some of you just don’t get it. Some of you let your FSU HATE cloud your opinion. Our fanbase looks like BOOTLICKERS just to own the NOLES
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TheOGCane said:
sports.yahoo.com

Sources: SEC, Big Ten building momentum to further expand College Football Playoff to 14 or 16 teams

The conferences are pushing to assign multiple automatic qualifiers per league, with as many as four each for themselves. In short, a plethora of changes are on the table.
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Staying in the ACC was a GOOD thing
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Did you actually read the article? "The Big 10 and SEC hold total discretion regarding the future format of the CFP from 2026 on". Those are the same two conferences that are slowly but surely locking up the majority of prime time broadcast slots, leaving the "other" conferences to rely on streaming apps. "Staying in the ACC" is a short term measure. Major brands will be out at the next opportunity.
 
Rickd said:
Did you actually read the article? "The Big 10 and SEC hold total discretion regarding the future format of the CFP from 2026 on". Those are the same two conferences that are slowly but surely locking up the majority of prime time broadcast slots, leaving the "other" conferences to rely on streaming apps. "Staying in the ACC" is a short term measure. Major brands will be out at the next opportunity.
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It was SARCASM Rick

Were ****ED. Staying in the ACC was a TERRIBLE move
 
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