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Conference Expansion: Stanford, California and SMU Join the ACC

Not sure what they could do, but FSU just called an emergency board meeting for tomorrow.
 
Pittsburgh sports radio is saying FSU will leave the ACC. Leaving them out of the playoffs was the straw that broke the back and asking what influence the networks exerted to exclude them creates legal risks for the networks.
 
This could really turn into an interesting shit show. ACC AD Corrigan being the head of the playoff selection committee ( who was originally against west coast expansion and felt as if they are tied to UNC) leads the charge to vote FSU out of the playoff. Which speeds up the F$U train to leave the ACC, which speeds up multiple other ACC trains, which leads to derailment of the GOR and the ACC well prior to the GOR expiring. Brace yourselves gentlemen, it's about to get ugly.
 
The ironic part of all of this is the ACC is in the jam it's in primarily because F$U was putting out a dogshit product for the past decade...and Miami and VPI to lesser degree. They made our product less valuable.

Seeing them go 7-5 in the SEC will be great. Or even better, watching them play a bunch of teams in the Midwest that no one gives two shits about. F$U vs. Purdue, Northwestern, Rutgers, Iowa, Minnesota, Michigan State, Indiana, Maryland....now that's excitement.
 
SCDeac said:
The ironic part of all of this is the ACC is in the jam it's in primarily because F$U was putting out a dogshit product for the past decade...and Miami and VPI to lesser degree. They made our product less valuable.

Seeing them go 7-5 in the SEC will be great. Or even better, watching them play a bunch of teams in the Midwest that no one gives two shits about. F$U vs. Purdue, Northwestern, Rutgers, Iowa, Minnesota, Michigan State, Indiana, Maryland....now that's excitement.
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yeah the ACC fucking bent over backwards for FSU in the expansion era:
  • putting FSU and Miami in separate divisions
  • putting their game on Labor Day so the loser could recover in time to potentially be in line for a ACCCG and maybe BCS berth
  • putting the ACCCG in Jacksonville
and none of that ever panned out
 
morrison2951 said:
This is one guy's take on how this goes down led by f$u:

Each team wanting out will likely settle the exit fee at 60% ($72 mil) per precedent set by other teams that have left their conference such as Texas GOR is about $30 mil/yr x 10 years = $300 mil. They can then litigate to trigger the Competitive Revenue Clause that was added to the GOR in 2016.

If at that time the ACC sues f$u, the state of Florida enacts sovereign immunity and caps any award against f$u at $250k. That is how this goes down. Certainly not cheap, but cheaper than you think. Could be as low as $72 mil but will probably be settled for a much larger number to avoid the drawn out battle.
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The GOR has to have something to get around sovereign immunity. That wasn't an unforeseeable avenue to get out of GOR at time.
 
FSU got fleeced on the recruiting trail the past couple of months. Lost 4 and 5 stars left and right.
 
morrison2951 said:
This is one guy's take on how this goes down led by f$u:

Each team wanting out will likely settle the exit fee at 60% ($72 mil) per precedent set by other teams that have left their conference such as Texas GOR is about $30 mil/yr x 10 years = $300 mil. They can then litigate to trigger the Competitive Revenue Clause that was added to the GOR in 2016.

If at that time the ACC sues f$u, the state of Florida enacts sovereign immunity and caps any award against f$u at $250k. That is how this goes down. Certainly not cheap, but cheaper than you think. Could be as low as $72 mil but will probably be settled for a much larger number to avoid the drawn out battle.
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Perhaps, but I don't see why the ACC would accept only 60% of the exit fee.
 
I can only see FSU going to the Big 10 since their TV partner is Fox. Why would ESPN pay more for the same rights they already own?
 
Sco Deac said:
Pittsburgh sports radio is saying FSU will leave the ACC. Leaving them out of the playoffs was the straw that broke the back and asking what influence the networks exerted to exclude them creates legal risks for the networks.
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If anyone has their finger on the pulse of what's happening in Tallahassee, FL... It's Pittsburgh sports radio
 
DeacKillsaDevil said:
I can only see FSU going to the Big 10 since their TV partner is Fox. Why would ESPN pay more for the same rights they already own?
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To keep the Big 10 from encroaching on their territory. I don't see any way that FSU would get a full media payout from any league. More like what Washington and Oregon had to settle for, at best.
 
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