Key tweets, and it's all gone to Hell.

[CL82]

Agree! His I'll advised suit against the individuals associated with the ACC, BC and Miami caused tremendous bitterness. It was a dubious claim to begin with and he just added salt to the wounds by making starkly personal.

Dubious? You realized that Connecticut, Pittsburgh and the other plaintiffs won, right?

 

[hoopsfan22]

Connecticut's population as of July 2021 is 3,605,597. Number of housing units is 1,536,344. Source Census Bureau https://www.census.gov/quickfacts/CT

 

[baggerbob]

I agree with this, but ESPN would have to help out.

Nelson ESPN already destroyed the Big East, and made the move of Texas and Oklahoma to the SEC. If they wanted the ACC to survive they would have moved them to the ACC.

 

[ZooCougar]

Dubious? You realized that Connecticut, Pittsburgh and the other plaintiffs won, right?

And in the end it closed many doors.

Lawsuits are his schools get left behind.

 

[drayenob]

https://www.census.gov/quickfacts/fact/table/newhavencountyconnecticut,hartfordcountyconnecticut,fairfieldcountyconnecticut,CT/PST045221

 

[bobbyinaz]

Dubious? You realized that Connecticut, Pittsburgh and the other plaintiffs won, right?

The USFL won too

 

[billybud]

For the ACC teams that have options that want to leave, they should focus on breaking up the ACC vs trying to fight the GoR individually.

So the question should be:

1. How many schools have to vote yes in the ACC to break up the ACC?

2. Once the number of schools to break up the ACC is determined, the question is will these schools find landing spots in the B1G and the SEC? If the answer is yes, then it is on.

3. I believe both B1G and the SEC will go to 24 with 4 nationwide pods (6 teams each) or 6 pods (4 teams each). This means both SEC and B1G have room for 8 more teams each. Among those 16 spots, there will be landing spots for the ACC schools that want to leave. Of course, this has to all work out for the final TV contract.

Not sure if this will happen, but I believe administrators at schools like Clemson and FSU are definitely looking at this option right now.

11 have to vote yes...3/4 rounded up to next whole number.

 

[billybud]

...The "withdrawal fee" or exit fee was superceded by the Grant of Rights....

A team can leave the conference...but their media rights stay with the ACC. Does a conference really want a team who has it's rights encumbered for 14 years?

The value of the loss of these rights would either be negotiated or litigated in court.

 

[Chin Diesel]

Dubious? You realized that Connecticut, Pittsburgh and the other plaintiffs won, right?

And in the end it closed many doors.

Lawsuits are his schools get left behind.

The USFL won too

Life imitating art.

Go back in time to the original Top Gun where Charlie had to show the class a clip of Maverick winning a dog fight but using Maverick's manuevers that clearly showed it was a loss.

 

[CAtlantic]

 

[Rufus]

Interesting that adding Oregon and Washington would now result in a pay cut for the other 16 Big Ten teams.

Do the benefits outweigh the costs? Oregon Football seems like it would be worth it. Not sure about Washington.

 

[BigTenFan]

Interesting that adding Oregon and Washington would now result in a pay cut for the other 16 Big Ten teams.

Do the benefits outweigh the costs? Oregon Football seems like it would be worth it. Not sure about Washington.

Current members still get North of 75million a year- not bad

 

[Hondo 77]

If the ACC blows up I’m not going to shed a tear after what they did to the Big East.

 

[Hondo 77]

Dubious? You realized that Connecticut, Pittsburgh and the other plaintiffs won, right?

No. A settlement was reached.

 

[nelsonmuntz]

And in the end it closed many doors.

Lawsuits are his schools get left behind.

Pitt sued, got a settlement that worked to its benefit, eventually joined the conference it sued, and made a ton of money in the process.

Zoo thinks Pitt should have skipped all that and dropped down to the CAA. Don't be like Zoo.

 

[Storrs South]

 

[Banta55]

Eventually the huskies wil be ACC bound.

 

[shizzle787]

Doesn’t make sense unless either the B1G has Oregon/Washington in the bag or those two are two of the four and even then, that’s a downward move prestige-wise.

 

[huskymedic]

Doesn’t make sense unless either the B1G has Oregon/Washington in the bag or those two are two of the four and even then, that’s a downward move prestige-wise.

“Sources indicate to WildcatAuthority.com that there is a meeting between members of the Pac-12 and Big 12 that is scheduled for Tuesday. As of now, the meeting is to discuss Arizona, Arizona State, Utah, and Colorado joining the Big 12. It is not clear how far down the line the conversations currently are and this is not the first discussion, however, it has been stated that Tuesday is by far the biggest meeting of significance that has taken place.”

 

[Chin Diesel]

Doesn’t make sense unless either the B1G has Oregon/Washington in the bag or those two are two of the four and even then, that’s a downward move prestige-wise.

It's a game playing strategy move. Cut your losses while you have some value to move instead of being stuck in a decimated Pac12 that no one cares about.

You take the risk the of losing out on a higher ceiling to make sure you have a higher floor.

 

[CAtlantic]

 

[CAtlantic]

 

[Jimdish255]

Can't read it withoutva sub but whatever is discernible from the headline translates to bye bye PAC12. Seems a shame to be losing a historic conference because college sports has become an arms race. At least I got a chance to see much of it when I was younger.

 

[metsfan2323]

“Sources indicate to WildcatAuthority.com that there is a meeting between members of the Pac-12 and Big 12 that is scheduled for Tuesday. As of now, the meeting is to discuss Arizona, Arizona State, Utah, and Colorado joining the Big 12. It is not clear how far down the line the conversations currently are and this is not the first discussion, however, it has been stated that Tuesday is by far the biggest meeting of significance that has taken place.”

It wouldn't surprise me if the B12 has the upper hand over the PAC 12 at this point. They are the bigger and more stable conference, the reason they are more stable is neither the SEC nor the B1G wants to add any of them whereas at least two more PAC 12 schools will likely join the B1G.

This is the better scenario for UCONN, we want Fox and the B12 to add teams from ESPN and the PAC12 which I think would make it more likely that ESPN decides to add some of Fox's assets into the ACC.

 

[nelsonmuntz]

The Arizona schools may be meeting with lots of people, but that may as well be a message board post.