Last rumors have Florida State wanting to leave the ACC for either the Big 10 or SEC, I would imagine of they go, Clemson is right behind them. And the musical chairs in who is what conference continues. As for Colorado heading to the Big 12, Wilner had an interesting article on this. Many felt they were going to leave and that whatever TV contract was coming up was and either or with Colorado. Their rival has always been Nebraska, the pac 12 was never a good fit, due to their lack of success lately, they aren't a big draw on the TV market, however many expect Prime to change that.
FSU on the move?
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My understanding is that the ACC schools haven't figured out a way to escape their current contract and grant of rights. They could leave, but the exit fee is significant, and their media rights would stay with the ACC contract anyway. There's reportedly been a consortium of the ACC schools who have their lawyers looking for a way out, but it's been months and they haven't found one. I imagine that eventually, the way they'll get out is with ESPN as a willing conspirator.
I don't think any network or conference is banking on Deion. He'll give CU a short-term bump in interest, but he's not reliable long-term. He'll leave one way or another - either he'll be a spectacular failure and will get canned, or he'll succeed and move to the first Big 10/SEC/ACC school that offers him.
And maybe the two things will be connected. FSU finds a way out of the ACC, hires Deion, and moves to the SEC all at once. The prodigal son returns and takes credit for getting them to a better conference...and then probably gets crushed by better teams.
I don't think any network or conference is banking on Deion. He'll give CU a short-term bump in interest, but he's not reliable long-term. He'll leave one way or another - either he'll be a spectacular failure and will get canned, or he'll succeed and move to the first Big 10/SEC/ACC school that offers him.
And maybe the two things will be connected. FSU finds a way out of the ACC, hires Deion, and moves to the SEC all at once. The prodigal son returns and takes credit for getting them to a better conference...and then probably gets crushed by better teams.
Florida State is an interesting case. I don't think they're a great fit for the Big Ten for numerous reasons, and I also don't see them leaving for $30m a year in the Big 12 when they could probably pull a SEC invite if that ACC grant of rights situation was dealt with.
FSU and Clemson could leverage their way into the SEC.
SEC doesn't want the Big-10 in the southeast. Clemson and FSU make the SEC conference significantly stronger overnight.
Does it though? The SEC is already adding Texas and Oklahoma. I think that there are in trouble of having too much of a good thing.
The math suggests that half of the teams in the league will have a losing league record. There are only so many Vanderbilts. Would they go from 4 non-league patsies to 5? Even if they did that, the number of losses would push many of their schools out of the top 25. This sounds more and more like a case of their eyes being bigger than their stomach.
Keeping up with the Jones plus the added revenues matters a lot more to these administrations than win loss records.
Agree 100%. But will their fans, from which revenue flows, agree? My guess is it will be a longer term drag.
They are betting they will be living it up in retirement when it all collapses.
They don't have to bet. Higher Ed institutions will look after their administrators no matter what. As I've stated many times, I worked in Higher Ed for 28 years (17 at WSU). What an inbred society it was, and I'm sure still is. I was such a fish out of water in that environment, longed for the private sector but stayed on the safe path to take care of my family.
WIth the amount they're paying them now, they don't really need to take care of them after retirement. They make enough while working to take care of themselves.
