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

DTP said:
I like the idea of giving a bigger slice to the teams with the best ratings but numbers can get skewed. Georgia Tech was one of the top ACC teams in terms of viewership based pretty much solely on the fact that they played against FSU in week zero when there was no other games.
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And the 7 overtime game against Gawja.....those 2 games put them as the most watched team in the ACC. If those games weren't televised on the days and times they were they aren't in the top 5!!
 

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TheOGCane said:
THEN get us on the NIRLSEN rated games

This ain’t that HARD. But we want to be the QUIET PARTNER so no way we ask for more PRIMETIME GAMES. wouldn’t want to OFFEND ANYONE
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We have to win in order to do that.

Maybe ESPN shouldn’t cheap out, and should pay Nielsen to report the numbers, as they do for the SEC Network.
 
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Rickd said:
There are multiple comments regarding the source ... and one guy close to the program insists it is covered by a group of boosters who view remaining for 6 more seasons as too detrimental to program growth and recruiting to delay.
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For their sake, they better be right. Unfortunately, the FSU math and how they think the outside world views them seems really off. So many negatives with their program at the moment. Hard to see how the B1G would throw them a bid now and even if they did, it would pay at or worse than the ACC payout for the next 5-6 years.
 
Hoyacane1620 said:
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Yeah Idc what anyone says this is a good deal for us Specifically for this alone imo. $75-$165M to exit All in? Uh JUST the ACC exit fee alone was supposed to be 2 yrs of payouts which is like $90M lol. We were saying we'd likely have to pay $200-$300M to exit all-in in a most likely/best case scenario.. AND we got all this (basically as much benefit at Clemson and FSU) without paying to sue and taking any reputational damage. Idk to me this is a total win on like 3 fronts.

I actually think it's in our benefit to stay ACC at these increased payouts, and with a low exit fee for as long as Clemson and FSU stay, we have ND scheduling, and ACC gets 2 teams in CFP. If those 3 things stay and this payout puts us within like $10M/yr of the B1G/SEC, I'm pretty happy where things stand tbh...
 
CaneinBroward said:
For their sake, they better be right. Unfortunately, the FSU math and how they think the outside world views them seems really off. So many negatives with their program at the moment. Hard to see how the B1G would throw them a bid now and even if they did, it would pay at or worse than the ACC payout for the next 5-6 years.
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Plus, they’d have a harder road to the playoffs, particularly in the Big 10 with the extra conference game (although you’re right that they aren’t getting a B10 invite anytime soon). Not sure why they wouldn’t see it as a win to stay in the ACC, earn more money, and have the easier schedule. Norvell already took a pay cut, they have the stadium renovation, and they are coming off a 2-10 season. Cook your jets, kids. Take the win and try to get out of the red and maybe work on rebuilding some relationships while you’re at it.
 
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Rickd said:
There is quite a bit of speculation on the Warchant Realignment Thread (the one started by Regal 2+ years ago) that FSU is working behind the scenes to get out well in advance of 2030 ... potentially as soon as the 2026 season ... and views the $200M exit fee as what they were looking for ... and have it covered.
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Sure Jan GIF
 
caneingville said:
Plus, they’d have a harder road to the playoffs, particularly in the Big 10 with the extra conference game (although you’re right that they aren’t getting a B10 invite anytime soon). Not sure why they wouldn’t see it as a win to stay in the ACC, earn more money, and have the easier schedule. Norvell already took a pay cut, they have the stadium renovation, and they are coming off a 2-10 season. Cook your jets, kids. Take the win and try to get out of the red and maybe work on rebuilding some relationships while you’re at it.
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That's not what THEY believe. They believe that FSU will be in the top 2 programs on the field in the B10 or the SEC. Just like the end of the 2023 season ... they ASSUMED that they would go undefeated again ... that a DYNASTY had been created ... low and behold 2-10.
 


$165M to leave before the 2025 football season (logistically impossible)
$147M to leave before the 2026 football season (still a shorter on-boarding than SEC and B1G would like)
$129M to leave before the 2027 football season (definitely workable)
$111M to leave before the 2028 football season
$93M to leave before the 2029 football season
$75M to leave before the 2030 football season

Coin flip between July 1, 2027 and July 1, 2028.

Much of the exit fee can be regrouped via increased ticket sales, donations and auxiliary income from moving up to the big leagues

There's also a steep cost in remaining in a dead-end conference that as of today is unequivocally on life support
 
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Rickd said:
That is what THEY are saying ... big issue however is TIMING of the networks ... not the conferences. Doubt any conference is ready to make a move in the short term.
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Yep, the “Sure Jan” was aimed at the Warchant Boyz who, to be quite honest, have jumped the gun on this topic many times in last months.
 
Rickd said:
There are multiple comments regarding the source ... and one guy close to the program insists it is covered by a group of boosters who view remaining for 6 more seasons as too detrimental to program growth and recruiting to delay.
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No, it’s a fund. They don’t have the booster money to cover a fraction of that.
 
In 2030 there will be no more ACC but also there will be no more SEC, Big Ten and even NCAA (at least as we knew them).

Everybody won today: FSU and Clemson got more money and a date of expiration with a workable buy-out; Miami and UNC got the same without putting their hands in the dirt (BRAVO to those two), the other teams will be playing P4 football for at least 5 more years which was not a given nowadays.

That’s it.
 
dycane said:
No, it’s a fund. They don’t have the booster money to cover a fraction of that.
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Of course they don't. Let's not forget there is a reason they are reducing their stadium capacity and made Norvell take a salary decrease. They will say it's because of the season they had, and stadium improvements now, but even Warchant said prior to last season that isn't the case.
 
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