Blame FSU and Clemson all you want, but If the ACC wanted to save itself, it should have paid FSU and Clemson what they were worth by adopting an unequal revenue-sharing plan earlier. Instead, they decided to rig the vote by adding three absolute non-factors in CFB to delay the inevitable, which is the ACC’s relegation to G-5 status. Jim Phillips all but codified the ACC’s inferiority by accepting a lower percentage of the CFB playoff payout than the Big10 or SEC.
This will get settled faster than you think, because the ACC and ESPN have made it clear that they can not allow discovery. This would destroy the entire conference since FL requires all information to be made public.
@edl7454 See excerpt below. Google it for full story. The long-awaited ACC Network will launch by August 2019, with the Atlantic Coast Conference and ESPN agreeing to a 20-year deal and rights extension through the 2035-36 academic year in an announcement made Thursday.
Kenton, good stuff but I think your argument for fighting FSU and Clemson to the end is flawed. To make that strategy viable, you would have to believe that ESPN would renew the contract and commit billions of dollars before they have certainty over what teams will actually be in the conference. They won't let that happen. I believe it's possible the ACC is on the clock and needs to offer some level of certainty by February of next year. If the ESPN contract ends, the GOR also reads like it ends.
The end game is bigger than the ACC. The B1G/SEC will break away from the NCAA to form a premier CFB league, creating a deal with the CFP. FSU & Clemson have P2 invites, with UNC & UVA possibly. The rest of the NCAA will become a developmental minor league. Miami has misplayed badly IMO.
All this who files first assumes that both suits are exactly the same thing. They are not and in the end, if the ACC pushes it, the GOR part cannot be held in Florida or South Carolina.
Its about money. ESPN has been getting ACC content at below market rate for years. Thinking ESPN wouldn't renew the ACC's contract at a discount with the raising costs of sports rights doesn't make sense.
They would either have to pay more if FSU and Clemson go to the SEC or lose that content if they go to the Big 10. Notre Dame doesn’t factor in because they have their own TV deal with NBC for Football. With the new schools ESPN would be essential pay for SMU since the PAC-12 deal was $30M/per school.
As BIGXII fan I sympathize with what the TV Networks and the Big two are trying to do to the ACC…who would have thought we’d see the PAC end…. They’re ruining College football …best of luck ACC
Maybe I’m missing something and correct if wrong but isn’t the ACC done regardless of if FSU and Clemson stays? I mean, how can those teams and fans not realize that they won’t be competitive long term if they’re $30M in the hole EVERY year compared to their peers. Won’t be long until all the sports suffer and fall into irrelevance regardless. Blows my mind that all the schools aren’t trying to get out, even if it’s only the B12 that wants you. Better than this dump.
If FSU gets out everyone can get out. Who's staying and what's their value? Some of these teams have no where to go without losing tens of millions per year. Not too mention the self protection of the conference administration..
@@artpowers812 That is allot of faith by both sides, by ACC that ESPN will sign if it turns south and for ESPN to commit billions without any guarantee on what they will get. Companies don't pay billions without knowing what they have.
@@artpowers812 Not likely , why would they do something like tha? Phillips has extended the deadline it since 2021 without knowledge of the members. How is that for being a slime ball.
Kenton’s logic is flawed, considering the ACC’s claim to FSU’s media rights wholly depends on ESPN’s TV agreement with the ACC. If ESPN doesn’t opt in to extend the deal next year then there is no way the ACC can stall this out for an additional 2-3 years.
This is guy says his prediction he’s the guy that was saying FSU wasn’t going anywhere there just sable rattling and saying the GOR was ironclad and as far as who has the deeper pockets I’d say the state of South Carolina and Florida by far
@@earlesteinberg5647 UNC would making the same mistake that Maryland made leaving the ACC to join the big ten if the heels joined the southeastern conference playing at alabama Georgia and LSU in Baton Rouge at night is better
WVU fan here… hope ACC survives the storm… we’d welcome any of those teams including NC State if the unthinkable happens… know the BIGXII feels your pain…the argument that the big two are better than the PAC, ACC or BIGXII is overstated…. It’s all about the money.
Because the GOR is a share and share alike agreement between 14 schools and to let anyone go whose leaving could damage the contract benefits to the Wakes and Cuse type teams. If the ACC does not fight for the teams with no place to go then they are liable to them.
The ACC already ruined this argument by bringing in 3 replacement teams. Just reevaluate for current conference worth and stand on that instead of suckling at the tit of Clemson and FSU
@@edl7454 lol, FSU fan finally being forced to bath & brush teeth. Better spiffy up to crawl and beg to get into the B1G 10 and the ESPN invitational you cry so much about.
63-3. They have to win something. If it was a game they would have quit. After this season of disappointment, FSU won't hold any credibility to be wanted in any division. The possible playoff window has closed.