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

[L A M P]

I'm a shortstop.

Ok I was going for the Weinstein reference but it missed. We can stop now.

Your handle just hurts a Rays fan heart.. Still bitter.

 

[cway313]

Quite the dilemma you Mustang fans are facing now. Do you still cheer for Rhett next year or does he become an outcast?

 

[Canedude08]

Face value this is a horrendous move. Curious why we would be voting yes if the other schools who want out are voting no. If there was an angle you would think at minimum rad would have talked to the Clemson AD about it

Miami voted yes, because we have a belief that we won't be there 5 years from now anyway. The ACC backfilling spots that will be open once FSU and Clemson bail(and likely us and UNC as well), is a rational move. Barring them taking a bunch of AAC schools, this was as good as it was going to get. Frankly, the ACC should have picked off some of the Big XII schools like WVU, TCU and others years ago and combined that with SMU to form a strong Texas corridor.

 

[KANE]

This is a head scratcher for sure.

I’ve got serious concerns about our future and it has to do with alignment. And, I’m not talking about conference realignment but rather alignment within the University and with other ACC member institutions seeking to leave the conference.

This decision casts doubt over whether Rad, Rudy and other administrators are aligned with Coolio Frenk. Many might shrug that off but it’s a MASSIVE problem for Miami. If member institutions within the ACC or within the B1G perceive us as an institution that doesn’t have their ch^tt together, well that does not bode well for us.

We are rumored to be attached at the hip with f$u, Clempson, and others in an orchestrated and collective effort to depart the ACC for greener pastures and with minimal exit costs. Coolio’s decision undermines Rad and Rudy’s authority and possibly makes us untrustworthy with those looking to leave. Why would we allow f$u, Clempson, and UNC to vote “no” and do the opposite if we are truly working hand-in-hand to leave the conference?

Supporting ACC expansion might also cause the B1G to doubt the commitments made by Rad and Rudy since our President is now prone to make rash decisions. Do they truly speak on behalf of the University? Are we no longer aligned with f$u, Clempson and UNC?

Trying not to read too much into this development but, other than the hypothetical theory that we traded a lower exit fee for a “yes” vote, it’s hard to see how this advances our exit from the ACC to the B1G.

There's gotta be an angle here that we're missing. Something that we're not seeing. We're playing too nice. When people in the business world act too nice, don't trust it.

 

[Ispyin]

He’s not wrong but he’s not right either.

 

[KANE]

I normally try and stay out of this thread, but feels wierd just taking two west coast team if we wanted to go that route. If we took 80% of the Pac, I understand, but just Stanford and Cal feels odd.

This in my opinion was for survival for the ACC in the short term, and for those schools in the long term.

 

[WeBallinBoyz]

Nothing can dim my excitement for today, but I do question what the actual f^ck is going on here.

 

[QuattroCane]

The fact that our fanbase still thinks Miami is just sitting by and doing nothing is hilarious. Rad isn't Blake James, he just isn't flapping his gums like a desperate idiot. Move in silence, let Clemson and FSU take the brunt of the abuse for trying to break up the conference. Miami is in a tough spot, we can't force the B1G to take us(The SEC isn't taking us under any circumstances), so we have to sit by and play the waiting game. Whatever happens will happen, whining accomplishes nothing.

Com'on it's so "on brand" for our fanbase, suddenly one of the most highly respected AD's in the country has suddenly forgotten how to AD.

 

[TriStarCane]

I hope you are right....It just doesnt seem like Miami is actively trying to leave.

This was heavy sarcasm, friend. There is no master plan to leave. We don’t have a back door deal. We are what we are

 

[Baba Yaga]

The fact that our fanbase still thinks Miami is just sitting by and doing nothing is hilarious. Rad isn't Blake James, he just isn't flapping his gums like a desperate idiot. Move in silence, let Clemson and FSU take the brunt of the abuse for trying to break up the conference. Miami is in a tough spot, we can't force the B1G to take us(The SEC isn't taking us under any circumstances), so we have to sit by and play the waiting game. Whatever happens will happen, whining accomplishes nothing.

I don't think we're doing nothing. It's game day and I'm ****-posting early. But after 20+ years of largely failed leadership can you really blame anyone who has a pessimistic outlook given the circumstances?

I'm sure Rad and others are doing everything they can to get us out of this God forsaken ****hole conference, but I can't fault anyone who doesn't have blind faith in this University.

 

[Atom Atlas]

The ACC knows that eventually, they will have to let FSU and Clemson walk, they are just backfilling those spots early. Makes sense when you think about it. Odds are Miami will be in that exodus, because if the SEC adds FSU and Clemson, the B1G will want to add us and UNC.

Why would they have to let them walk??? I haven't seen or heard anything as to why they would have their hand forced in that manner... from things I've read and stuff others have posted the contracts are pretty air tight.... I don't see where any teams have any leverage unless they dis-solve and that doesn't appear likely...

 

[Mr. Dynasty1]

Whew!!!!! Went from talks of goin to the SEC, to then B1G, to now adding SMU in the ACC where you remain. Wild times

 

[Mikeiavelli]

Are any of those three teams near the Atlantic Coast? I did win the geography bee in 5th grade, but that was 30 years ago.

 

[DamnLiesAndStatistics]

Frenk voting to expand removes the option to dissolve from UM's paths out of the ACC. If you're giving up that value, you better have an alternative method ready to execute for us to make up the $30M+ per year revenue gap to the SEC and B1G. From where I sit, Iooks like a poor decision

 

[ssvir]

This is a head scratcher for sure.

I’ve got serious concerns about our future and it has to do with alignment. And, I’m not talking about conference realignment but rather alignment within the University and with other ACC member institutions seeking to leave the conference.

This decision casts doubt over whether Rad, Rudy and other administrators are aligned with Coolio Frenk. Many might shrug that off but it’s a MASSIVE problem for Miami. If member institutions within the ACC or within the B1G perceive us as an institution that doesn’t have their ch^tt together, well that does not bode well for us.

We are rumored to be attached at the hip with f$u, Clempson, and others in an orchestrated and collective effort to depart the ACC for greener pastures and with minimal exit costs. Coolio’s decision undermines Rad and Rudy’s authority and possibly makes us untrustworthy with those looking to leave. Why would we allow f$u, Clempson, and UNC to vote “no” and do the opposite if we are truly working hand-in-hand to leave the conference?

Supporting ACC expansion might also cause the B1G to doubt the commitments made by Rad and Rudy since our President is now prone to make rash decisions. Do they truly speak on behalf of the University? Are we no longer aligned with f$u, Clempson and UNC?

Trying not to read too much into this development but, other than the hypothetical theory that we traded a lower exit fee for a “yes” vote, it’s hard to see how this advances our exit from the ACC to the B1G.

 

[manu64788]

Besides a few posters on here who claim that we are "moving in silence" and "will be in the Big 10 by 2026", does anyone think this is actually true. Seems that we are blindly following these posters because all of Miami's public moves tell the contrary. If Miami stays in the ACC the program is dead. It is a sad fact but it is true.

 

[cway313]

There's gotta be an angle here that we're missing. Something that we're not seeing. We're playing too nice. When people in the business world act too nice, don't trust it.

Or we have no other cards to play. Depends how much you believe "Miami has a plan". I don’t know how much faith you have stored away in the administration but my breath isn't being held.

 

[Ispyin]

You don’t break ground on a $100m football facility designed to be able to help you compete with and be one of the few big boys if you know you’re also going to be at $50m or so annual gap to the other big boys If you remain where you are.


we shall see. i am on board with the you don’t have to be loud to make moves but I still think this is ridiculous vote on the surface

 

[klineski96]

Just seems like Cal, Stanford and SMU needed the ACC waaaaaaay more than the ACC needed them.

Conference realignment is weird.

 

[JayCane20]

Used to love Vish’s articles during the golden years..

But that’s not true at all. FSU, Clemson, and UNC are wanted by Fox and they’re going to get private equity funding to buy out of it.

Miami is at best 5th but likely 6-7th on the pecking order to get out. We’re here for a while unless there are votes to dissolve. And without FSU/Clemson.. there won’t be.