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They're was just a link here yesterday about their offer to VT
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They're was just a link here yesterday about their offer to VT
Pitt's of no particular value - Syracuse isn't really, either.
But you kill a rival by taking both.
Why they don't want Rutgers is puzzling.
Agree on Pitt, not on SU. SU was always on ACC's radar, going back to the original raid. Pitt was the puzzling pick for me. UConn and/or RU made much more sense from geography, and market. UConn made more sense from overall athletic performance across the board.I stick by my theory that Swofford didn't trust UConn and Rutgers to just say "yes". where Pitt and Syracuse wouldn't hesitate.
UConn and Rutgers are worth much more than Pitt and Syracuse. Kind of puzzling they went the way they did. I stick by my theory that Swofford didn't trust UConn and Rutgers to just say "yes". where Pitt and Syracuse wouldn't hesitate.
Agree on Pitt, not on SU. SU was always on ACC's radar, going back to the original raid. Pitt was the puzzling pick for me. UConn and/or RU made much more sense from geography, and market. UConn made more sense from overall athletic performance across the board.
In an ideal world the ESPN negotiators would point out that adding SU and Pitt really doesn't significantly expand the ACC's television marketability. Upstate NY and Western PA are hardly demographic dreamworlds for advertisers. My fantasy is that they say "you just added 17% more teams but we only see your league as being worth 10% more royalties." The sad part is that absent other considerations that is precisely how the negotiation should go, but it won't.