So, stay in the AAC with a lower operating budget and stay irrelevant or play meaningful games and have your donors figure out the rest. The latter is a the better option. No brainer.
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I still think ultimately Big XII will skim off what they want to get to 20. That said SMU can now be in a driving seat in which AAC schools get rescued and which donât. Had they waited to join when the other AAC ones merged with Wake and BC they would not be able to dictate who comes along, now they can have a say.
I predict the ACC will go the way of the PAC. Florida St. and North Carolina were strongly opposed to expansion and let their displeasure known. They will be the first to leave the ACC when the dominoes start to fall. At least SMU can say they are in, they really donât need the money, being in P5 is what they wanted, and now Cal and Stanford, who despise SMU have to share a conference, it will not last.
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Like I said all the power to them if they can afford it.
The GOR makes it onerous. Lot of lawyers going to be needed to get out of it.
SMU has enough wealthy alumni who are willing to pay whatever freight the ponies need. I think their total revenue package from being in the ACC will be larger than the ACC and playing ACC opponents will bring more interest. Smarter people than me, in their financial group, have looked at this from all angles and have decided it is viable.
When they actually enter the ACC is yet undetermined according to an article I read, so the buyout from the AAC is also yet to be determined. We are only speculating that the ACC will implode like the Pac12, but many thought the same about the B12. Who knows, this could be the lynchpin that holds the ACC together even if Clemson and FSU leave.
Do people STILL think the ACC is just gonna collapse tomorrow with FSU just paying 180M dollars with Goldman Sachs money and the rest of the conference just releasing them from the GoR after bashing them constantly and calling them worthless?
Though it is pretty insane that SMU is gonna end up dropping half a bill on this.
If Pez is correct, SMU will need to come up with $110 million/year to stay competitive in the ACC. How long can the deep pockets hold out?
SMU wonât lose money, it will still get more than if they stayed in the AAC. Itâs a net plus, just not as big a plus as it would be if they got the TV shares.
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Actually I was wrong, the cost to SMU is gonna be a bill plus over the next ten years if this 9 years of no TV revenue AND constructing conference facilities in Dallas are correct.
That question kind of reminds me of when the Dallas Texans (now moved to KC as the Chiefs) lost a million bucks their first year in the fledgling AFL and a reporter asked Lamar Hunt in a alarmed voice how long could he withstand such losses. His reply was, âAbout a thousand years I guess.â
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I think if we live in a world where a university can scoff at TV revenue, these universities have way more money then originally concieved. I imagine after today, FSU will have no problem writing that check.
I will celebrate the day SMU decided to turn down revenue to join a conference that will dissolve.
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I never understood why NCState was against it in the first place. They wonât be poached by BIG or SEC. Now with a bigger ACC they will be able to stay there or come to the Big 12 possibly if the ACC gets raided.
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They can pay the exit fee tomorrow but they still wont get out of that grant of rights. They need 12 now to get out if they have any hope.
12 schools they have done their best to irritate for the better part of 2 years now.
Is it just two years? Thatâs not too bad, I thought you meant until 2036 or whatever their date is
Sounds like the original Big 12, version 2.0.
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No theyâve been saying that all the other schools in the conference are worthless and they are the only school that matters since the BIG 12 TV deal was announced nearly 2 years ago. Yes that GoR extends until 2036. And yes, John OâQuinnâs ghost could emerge from the birch tree that killed him and probably couldnât get any of those schools out of it.
They can always add UCONN, Memphis & USF and stay together.
Some would only look to the Big 12 if the $$ gap is large enough to make the move.
The Big 12 has to handle its OOC games vs the P2.
Utahâs domination over SEC Florida was a good start!
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When it is just AAC money, it is not that big of a deal. SEC TV money would be another story. Media is not usually the largest source of money anyway for most schools, just a percentage of the whole.
Then compared to the overall university bucket, it is well a drop in the bucket.
They get nothing for 9 years, tho! That effects a program. Plus⊠Clemson, Florida St etc⊠Are leaving down the lineâŠ