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Joe Schad reporting that FSU President comes out w/ memo on pro's/con's:
http://espn.go.com/college-sports/s...-eric-barron-outlines-pros-cons-acc-alignment
Florida State president Dr. Eric Barron has written a memo that includes four key points that would support a move from the ACC to the Big 12 and seven longer key points that argue against it.
The memo seems to be an argument by Barron, who has stated the school is "committed" to the ACC, to stay.
In the memo, Barron includes reasons for moving that include "The ACC is too North Carolina centric" and "The Big 12 contract (which actually isn't signed yet) is rumored to be 2.9 M more per year than the ACC contract."
In the memo, Baron includes more reasons for not moving that include "The ACC is an equal share conference."So when fans realize that Texas would get more dollars than FSU, always having a competitive advantage, it would be interesting to see the fan reaction" and "We would lose the rivalry with University of Miami that does fill our stadium."
And "It will cost between $20M and $25M to leave the ACC and we have no idea where that money would come from." And "The faculty are adamantly opposed to joining a league that is academically weaker."
Barron writes, "We can't afford to have conference affiliation governed by emotion."
http://espn.go.com/college-sports/s...-eric-barron-outlines-pros-cons-acc-alignment
Florida State president Dr. Eric Barron has written a memo that includes four key points that would support a move from the ACC to the Big 12 and seven longer key points that argue against it.
The memo seems to be an argument by Barron, who has stated the school is "committed" to the ACC, to stay.
In the memo, Barron includes reasons for moving that include "The ACC is too North Carolina centric" and "The Big 12 contract (which actually isn't signed yet) is rumored to be 2.9 M more per year than the ACC contract."
In the memo, Baron includes more reasons for not moving that include "The ACC is an equal share conference."So when fans realize that Texas would get more dollars than FSU, always having a competitive advantage, it would be interesting to see the fan reaction" and "We would lose the rivalry with University of Miami that does fill our stadium."
And "It will cost between $20M and $25M to leave the ACC and we have no idea where that money would come from." And "The faculty are adamantly opposed to joining a league that is academically weaker."
Barron writes, "We can't afford to have conference affiliation governed by emotion."