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

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Tad Footeball said:
Is it really thattttt false if you die of obesity induced fatty myocardial degeneration at age 32? At least the joke brings some laughter into the world as opposed to saying she died from "a TON of ham sandwiches".

But as always......I digress.

RIP.
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Add in a little LSD and some heroin over the previous decade along with several weight loss attempts.

Bingo! Ham strikes again!
 
Rellyrell said:
No tf I won’t. Lol. Just dealt w/ Taylor Swift being in town & wow! Lol The Stadium could use a break. Lmao
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Those shows are going to be interesting down here. Tay Tay has become more and more inclined to wade into politics and those shows are like 2 weeks before the election and probably around when early voting starts. I don't believe she has yet started injecting politics into her shows but it wouldn't surprise me if she did next year. There certainly will be plentyyyy of MAGA-type voters there either as fans themselves (that aren't observing the imminent boycott) or acting as chaperones for their kids (after ignoring the warnings about grooming).

But as always.....I digress.

You never had to worry about this with Mama Cass. The only thing she'd wade into down here was a big Cuban sammich.
 
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Macca said:
If only she gave it to Karen Carpenter.
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Episode 5 Burn In Hell GIF by The Simpsons
 
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AuoraCane said:
Dude. It's Fox calling the shots. It's about money!
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You do realize that the B1G new tv contracts are with 3 networks for football not just Fox.

Secondly, you also need to understand that the University presidents make the decision on which schools get added to the B1G.

Third, 4 B1G school presidents from the AAU board voted Miami into the AAU.

Lastly, it is about the money!!!! AAU research brings in more money each year than the entire revenue of ALL D-1 football and basketball combined!!! There's no way the B1G would let Miami slide to another conference with it's medical research. AAU B1G schools also share research. So, then entire library of research knowledge of all B1G schools is available to each B1G school. The video may be long and somewhat boring, but it shows how important Miami is to the B1G. ND, and UNC as well.

Let that marinade in your brain for a while. Miami will be headed to the B1G. You're welcome!!!
 
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TheOriginalCane said:
Actually, it's an interesting Catch-22 for ESPN.

First, if ESPN were to actually and effectively argue for the "we own your rights until 2036" position, that would mean that...they actually plan on honoring every word, every punctuation mark, and every space in the original contract.

On the other hand...I highly doubt that ESPN would honor a contract with the ACC after the 8 best teams leave.

Second, here's a very interesting thought experiment...if the BASIS for the monetary "damages" in a GOR case is "well, you forfeit the payments", then what would it mean if...ESPN wants to pay the ACC a lot less money. Bear with me for a moment. If only TWO teams left the ACC, and two replacements were found, then it is POSSIBLE that ESPN could give us the Pac 12 treatment ("we will honor the contract even though you just lost two teams"). But what happens if ESPN decides to pay the ACC less money than before. Now, any additional teams that leave...would be walking away from LESS money, so the argument can be made that this is no longer "35 million times number of years remaining".

This stuff is crazy.

Bottom line, I'm completely in favor of 8 teams giving notice, but I'm not yet QUITE convinced that the Power 2 plus the Big 12 are ready to absorb everyone. People underguesstimate how much alums of the Big 10 (and SEC) schools are already agitating towards their Presidents and ADs about expansion, and how it is "destroying" college sports, even though we all know the real reason is that a lot of people want to maintain the "exclusivity" appearance of their particular conference.
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Your post is missing the most important part of of the "ownership of rights." The rights extend to any tv revenue earned outside if the ACC for it's home games for the entirety of the contract.

Effectively, a school is giving away all of it's future revenue in order to leave.

The only feasible way out is for 8 schools voting to disband the ACC.
 
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Number1CanesFan said:
Your post is missing the most important part of of the "ownership of rights." The rights extend to any tv revenue earned outside if the ACC for it's home games for the entirety of the contract.

Effectively, a school is giving away all of it's future revenue in order to leave.

The only feasible way out is for 8 schools voting to disband the ACC.
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You’re about to get dragged

You don’t know how contract law works

Good luck to you
 
Cane6 said:
You’re about to get dragged

You don’t know how contract law works

Good luck to you
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Nah, he just didn't comprehend what I was saying.

It's no big deal. I understand how this thing works, and why it needs to be challenged and beaten in court.
 
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Number1CanesFan said:
Your post is missing the most important part of of the "ownership of rights." The rights extend to any tv revenue earned outside if the ACC for it's home games for the entirety of the contract.

Effectively, a school is giving away all of it's future revenue in order to leave.

The only feasible way out is for 8 schools voting to disband the ACC.
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That is ONE WAY out. Another is via a negotiation process in which neither party (ACC Conference, ESPN, or Miami) suffer dire economic consequences.

-Miami goes to the Big 10 and pays the $120M exit fee ... it exists ... the conference will still exist.
-ESPN then reaches an agreement with the B10 regarding broadcasting UM B10 home games as part of the B10 media group.
-Miami gets the full share call it $70M early on, then Miami pays the ACC Conference $30M for the GOR, and next $40M in the B10.

The net figure increases each year ... in 5 years it will increase to $50M ($100M -$30M). This is a worst case scenario ... target would be to negotiate a lower cost buyout of the GOR.
 
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