nelsonmuntz
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I'm pretty sure Nelson is understating the actual ACC deal and I was just throwing out $20M a year.
There's a reason all those schools have been relegated in C-USA, MAC, Mtn. West, etc. all these years.
People just don't care about them.
If we've learned 1 thing about Conference Realignment it goes football History/Tradition, and then recent BCS Bowl wins that matter.
Markets, potential, potential markets don't mean . If you don't register nationally with the casual college football fan it just doesn't matter.
The current ACC deal is for $155MM per year, or $13MM per team per year. Try "the google". ESPN recently announced that the contract was adjusted to $17MM per school per year, but I would be shocked if that deal was signed given the ACC's problems.
I think every one of your conclusions is almost 100% wrong. Texas A&M and Missouri are not in the SEC for football history and tradition. John Calipari will have more Final Fours vacated in the next 3 years than Texas A&M and Missouri have in combined BCS and Final Four appearances in their history.
With the exception of a few years under McPherson and early in Pasqualoni's tenure, Syracuse has been a pillar in mediocrity for 5 decades, occasionally lapsing into bad football during that time. Colorado has sucked since McCartney stopped recruiting gang members from Watts. Utah had a couple of recent BCS appearances and a Final Four, but more importantly, it was located in one of the fastest growing states in the country.