Movement is now MORE likely than it was - not less. It just isn't likely this year or next.
What happened with the FSU - Clemson - ACC thing yesterday?
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Yeah, so the question in my mind is, is losing a home game every other year really worth losing the rivalry game?
I remember when Texas A&M left the B12, and they "had" to stop playing Texas. My thought was, we have a rival outside the conference, why can't they?
But I get that a 9 game conference schedule adds another level of complications.
Well FSU and CU tucking their tales between their legs when they realized the SEC and the B1G want neither pretty much sums it up.
lol, some of y’all really are blinded. The only one who tucked tail is the ACC. They gave up the most powerful weapon they thought they had. Clemson never said they wanted to leave. They said they wanted clarification on the bylaws and they got it. Pay the money and leave. A week ago that option wasn’t on the table because the value was even unknown. Now there is a set value. I don’t see how anyone can see this as Clemson and FSU tucking their tail. Both have a way out immediately and are not constrained to 2036 at all. If the ACC didn’t think they would lose the schools that said no to revenue sharing just a year ago, they wouldn’t have caved their vote.
One other thing 18istheman, you are sorely mistaken on how much capital not only Clemson is sitting on but all of these other schools. Look no further than buyouts for the coaches.
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I said this along, if any team wanted out of the ACC they would have already been gone. The fact of the matter is the GOR is unbreakable.lol...so much blustering on here by our resident legal experts on how Clemson and FSU leaving the ACC was imminent and unavoidable.
I said it all along. That GOR is ironclad.
This article sums it up beautifully. It was pure fantasy for FSU or anyone else to think they could leave the ACC. So many lectures on here from our great legal minds, talking down to folks about how the GOR really wasn't that solid and condescendingly explaining why our feeble minds couldn't understand how FSU and Clemson leaving was really a likely reality.
From burn the ships to bend the knee: Florida State, Clemson stuck with ACC - like it or not
From burn the ships to bend the knee, the ugly divorce that wasn't between Florida State, Clemson and the ACC is close to resolution.www.usatoday.com
You do realize that ACC just surrendered the gor, right? That's what a large portion of this thread was about. The settlement not only reduced the buyouts for teams, but allowed them to keep their media rights when they leave.
The "grant of rights" literally doesn't grant any rights anymore.
It’s baffling people don’t understand this.
Not to mention the increase in funds alone paid for this lawsuit for both Clemson and Florida state. Also accomplished what could not be done behind closed doors only months before the lawsuits were filed. (Revenue sharing structure)
It's also baffling how some are wondering why the ACC decided to come to this agreement. I provided the answer on post # 14.
With buyout numbers that large to leave the conference, I propose that we use an easy to remember unit of cost:
Right now, the buyout to leave the conference is 2.5 “Jimbo Fishers”. The cost to leave decreases until 2030, when the cost is 1.0 Jimbo Fishers.
I suspect if A&M spent 1.0 Jimbo Fishers on…Jimbo Fisher, then one of these schools will decide that maybe 1.5 Jimbo Fishers is worth it to leave the conference in two years or so.
Right now, the buyout to leave the conference is 2.5 “Jimbo Fishers”. The cost to leave decreases until 2030, when the cost is 1.0 Jimbo Fishers.
I suspect if A&M spent 1.0 Jimbo Fishers on…Jimbo Fisher, then one of these schools will decide that maybe 1.5 Jimbo Fishers is worth it to leave the conference in two years or so.
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It drops 18 mil a year. Not trying to correct you but that’s pretty significant.
