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

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Cane6 said:
A could go for a club sandwich with extra bacon
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Bigdaddycane44 said:
Why are we blasting Rad and 14 other AD’s who signed the ACC/GOR deal several years ago? I don’t think any of them (or anyone else) could foresee what’s happening right now with realignment. Nobody was really talking about it until Texas and Oklahoma announced they were joining the SEC in 2021. While it wasn’t the greatest decision at the time, I’m sure everyone who’s part of it regrets the **** out of it now. The fact they signed or agreed to it years ago has nothing to do with their current feelings.
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Because you never sign that kind of contract for that long ever in this media rights area. They got too focused on the tree of the acc network they forgot the forest.
 
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Ispyin said:
Because you never sign that kind of contract for that long ever in this media rights area. Like got to focused on the tree of the acc network they forgot the forest
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They commingled the tv deal with locking up acc teams from leaving

Why they didn’t bring in expert counsel to negotiate the tv deal is the biggest blunder in sports

This is on par with the bud light fiasco
 
theribdoctor said:
so, are we going to a different conference or not? Which and when?
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I doubt even Dan Radakovich could answer that question today. I do hope that he personally is aligned with FSU / Clemson in wanting to get out of the ACC and that UNC is also quietly behind the scenes aligned with us. At least the "expansion" didn't have enough support to even get to an actual vote so that is one positive sign.
 
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I’m reading a lot of folks saying they don’t get the SMU thing. I don’t believe the “ACC” is the best fit but none of us know what the ACC will be in the years to come. SMU doesn’t just have power 5 money, they have top 10 money. It may be advantageous to any of these conferences to pick up that sleeping giant. Before they received the “death penalty” they were a big boy, and now it’s time for them to capitalize on the current situation to bring them back into the fold.
 
Derrick Griffin said:
I’m reading a lot of folks saying they don’t get the SMU thing. I don’t believe the “ACC” is the best fit but none of us know what the ACC will be in the years to come. SMU doesn’t just have power 5 money, they have top 10 money. It may be advantageous to any of these conferences to pick up that sleeping giant. Before they received the “death penalty” they were a big boy, and now it’s time for them to capitalize on the current situation to bring them back into the fold.
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Not our current "fold". Let's get into the B10 then 5-6 years after we're in see if it makes sense to bring them in there. In the meantime ... let's focus on getting OUT of the **** ACC.
 
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Derrick Griffin said:
I’m reading a lot of folks saying they don’t get the SMU thing. I don’t believe the “ACC” is the best fit but none of us know what the ACC will be in the years to come. SMU doesn’t just have power 5 money, they have top 10 money. It may be advantageous to any of these conferences to pick up that sleeping giant. Before they received the “death penalty” they were a big boy, and now it’s time for them to capitalize on the current situation to bring them back into the fold.
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I think SMU is a great opportunity to get into Texas. Pair them with Houston and that would be a major TV market for the B1G as they expand nationally.
 
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canedotcom said:
Longshot/Hail Mary scenario - ND saves ACC by joining along with Stan-Berkeley?
( I don’t get the SMU thing)

Also, sandwiches don’t kill people
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If you take a "take territory" view...SMU makes good sense with potential for future payoff.

Stanford and Cal? Not so much.
 
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Derrick Griffin said:
SMU doesn’t just have power 5 money, they have top 10 money. It may be advantageous to any of these conferences to pick up that sleeping giant. Before they received the “death penalty” they were a big boy, and now it’s time for them to capitalize on the current situation to bring them back into the fold.
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You're correct DG, but ...

That Top 10 money has SMU seven games under. 500 in a G5 conference with no Top 25 finishes in the last 10 years.

Their meager local fan base makes UM look like the Green Bay Packers.

It's not like they gonna start out-recruiting UT, A&M, OU, LSU, Ark, TCU, Baylor and so on for the top kids in DFW.

Other schools got deep pockets, too
 
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Hold My Beer said:
You're correct DG, but ...

That Top 10 money has SMU seven games under. 500 in a G5 conference with no Top 25 finishes in the last 10 years.

Their meager local fan base makes UM looks like the Green Bay Packers.

It's not like they gonna start out-recruiting UT, A&M, OU, LSU, Ark, TCU, Baylor and so on for the top kids in DFW.

Other schools got deep pockets, too
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You put them into a power conference and they'll start winning some recruiting battles one at a time. Only reason B12 hasn't taken them yet is because they're already saturated in Texas.

Many said the same thing about UCF in a state with Miami, FSU, and UF.

Yet they've had better seasons than all of us in the last 6 years and are now in a power conference and have won several recruiting battles over the Big 3.

It'll take time but SMU has the resources and desire to be a big time program and they've been there before as well.
 
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