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If you think about things logically, losing 30M each year to every B1G and SEC team for over a decade is crippling. IF (that is a big IF) an ACC team could join the SEC or the B1G it’s made up revenue could repay exit fees in less than half that time. So, for a school like FSU or Clemson the decision is not to pay $120M. It is to make $150M MORE over the next 10 years.
 
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Now this is actually a really important issue that I have been bringing up for years but whatever.
All they wanna know is what’s in Mike’s backpack.
 
USAFCane88 said:
How is UHealth doing these days? Is the school still pulling $400MM a year from the hospital system? If that’s the case then it would make sense financially for us to pay the exit fee and recoup the $ in one of those conferences.
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TpaBayFlyFisher said:
If you think about things logically, losing 30M each year to every B1G and SEC team for over a decade is crippling. IF (that is a big IF) an ACC team could join the SEC or the B1G it’s made up revenue could repay exit fees in less than half that time. So, for a school like FSU or Clemson the decision is not to pay $120M. It is to make $150M MORE over the next 10 years.
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As discussed in the Conference realignment thread the problem is not the exit fee but the GOR with the ACC that runs through 2036.

Basically, the ACC owns the TV rights of every school until 2036.

120 million it’s not even close to the real amount of money that you need in order to leave the conference.
 
Alex Del Piero said:
As discussed in the Conference realignment thread the problem is not the exit fee but the GOR with the ACC that runs through 2036.

Basically, the ACC owns the TV rights of every school until 2036.

120 million it’s not even close to the real amount of money that you need in order to leave the conference.
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I understand. But, think about that “deal”. The league gets 48 per year and only pays the schools 30 per year.
 
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Alex Del Piero said:
As discussed in the Conference realignment thread the problem is not the exit fee but the GOR with the ACC that runs through 2036.

Basically, the ACC owns the TV rights of every school until 2036.

120 million it’s not even close to the real amount of money that you need in order to leave the conference.
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And on top of that who’s to say the SEC would invite them if they do break the GOR? because espn won’t allow it cause espn owns the ACC tv contract and SEC. FSU probably doesn’t fit in BIG10 plans. FSU has no leverage
 
It’s been a while since I’ve looked at the agreement. Is there a clause that if one team breaks the agreement then it’s re-opened including being able to drop without penalty? If so, Desantis and the legislature should do the right thing and pay for FSU to leave.
 
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Alex Del Piero said:
As discussed in the Conference realignment thread the problem is not the exit fee but the GOR with the ACC that runs through 2036.

Basically, the ACC owns the TV rights of every school until 2036.

120 million it’s not even close to the real amount of money that you need in order to leave the conference.
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Even though the ACC owns the TV rights what happens if the ACC dissolves? Is that a possibility?
 
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Cribby said:
To be fair it’s not just Miami that’ll wait. There’s more than just a few teams in this conference and unhappy.
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Agreed. There is also likely to be some uncertainty on what the ultimate landscape should/will look like: 2/3/4 large conferences, etc etc etc.
 
The ACC is likely cooked but I really would have liked to have seen an attempt by the conference to salvage itself by cutting dead weight and adding pieces that would provide attractive matchups and hence larger tv deals. In my mind it should have dropped BC, Duke, Syracuse, and WF and added at least Washington and Oregon.

You'd think a package of Clemson-Miami-FSU-Oregon-Washington-ND (as a partial member but ideally full) games along with the rest of the ACC pieces left would command a decent deal. Likely not as strong as the BIG or SEC deal but enough to keep it from dissolving.
 
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