Im fortunate enough to have some professional contacts who would have direct knowledge. And, based on what i know, UNC would be the first call not including ND. But neither conference is going to do anything until house and acc settlements are finalized for both legal reasons and cost certainty reasons.
AGREE 100% that nothing will be done ... finalized ... until the house and ACC settlement are signed on the dotted line. But i would not be surprised if quite a few conversations are being held by several schools who don't want to be left behind.
Add a reasonable idea of what the next broadcasting agreements will be as a precondition to expansion. Everyone thinks they are going to keep increasing their deals with Fox, Peacock, CBS, ESPN, and add TNT, Apple TV, Netflix, Prime, etc. But, ESPN has their NBA commitments, the NFL agreements have an opt-out clause in 2029 if I remember correctly, and Fox will have to commit to MLB next year. As good a product as CFB has been for everyone, there are other factors to consider for everyone.
True ... but one of the realignment driving comments has been that due to programming low viewer interest games in the past college football has been a huge under performing "asset" compared to potential when a higher % of games broadcast are of big brand vs big brand. There is a huge upside to potential $$ in college football and that is what the P2 networks will be chasing.
Somewhere in the 3-6 range. From my conversations with some people in the industry, 1 and 2 are pretty much a given and then 3-6 are definitely P2 schools but their order can vary depending on who you ask and for which conference as not everyone weighs all factors the same. I will also say, as i have before, that realignment is much closer to a game of musical chairs than anything else. Timing and who is fluid and any one event could cause the music to stop abruptly. Just dont get caught without a chair...
UNC being above Miami of FSU always makes no sense to me. If I were building a conference from scratch UNC would barely scratched the 40s….
So they would fit in perfectly in this thread?
NYC has tons of college football viewers, but it’s all the people who went to college elsewhere, now live and work in NYC and are watching their college. They aren’t watching NYC-area schools, such as Rutgers. I lived there for the three years I was in law school, so my UM friends and I would meet up at the bar that showed the Miami games. My Gator friends went to the UF bar. There was of course the Penn State bar, the Michigan bar, the Ohio State bar, the Duke bar, and so on and so forth.
I see fsu and Miami to B10 as a package deal like UCLA and USC
The B10, reportedly, values rivalries. The UM / FSU rivalry goes back almost 40 years as a big time rivalry. Add in the historic ND / UM matchups (whether ND is playing as a B10 member or 'scheduling arrangement), Ohio State, Nebraska, Penn State .... Miami brings a lot of MARKETABLE HISTORY to the B10. Makes too much sense not to do it.
Fans here guessing and "insiders" on their 3rd year of predictions and assurances ...