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Message: [QUOTE="ScottVib, post: 4635517, member: 694"] I don't doubt this. What I doubt is the willingness of those schools to pay the settlement it would take to get out of the GOR. A lot of the Clemson/FSU fan hopes/theories/wishful thinking stem from the thought that although the GOR is to the ACC... it's a GOR for the purpose of fulfilling TV obligations and that ESPN would be willing to waive those obligations if those schools were to go to a different tv partner league. Except what they fail to answer beyond a "well there would be more games with value in the SEC deal" what value it has for ESPN to do that. The first issue, is why ESPN at a time where Disney is cutting budgets would willingly pay nearly double for television rights they already own? The second issue, is without two highly valued teams worth of content how is the ACC able to meet their TV obligations to ESPN? That set of obligations is a two-way street, ESPN agrees to pay a certain amount for a certain amount of content of a certain quality. If there isn't a revenue reason for ESPN to support moving FSU or Clemson to the SEC they certainly aren't going to consider the ACC meeting their obligations without FSU or Clemson. For this argument to work, ESPN has to be willing to "overpay" (or at least pay more) for Clemson/FSU; while significantly overpaying for the remaining ACC content... it's just not going to happen. Clemson & FSU fans have been working to twist themselves in knots trying to find ways to escape with their local press catering to what they want to read, but for there to be a way to make it work, it would have to work for Clemson/FSU; the SEC & ACC; and in particular, ESPN/Disney. The arguments read much the same way you'd hear the "trade ideas" that would come through on the FAN... "Hey Mike, what do you think about the Yankees getting Ohtani & Trout from the Angels for Frankie Montas & Franchy Cordero." Escaping that GOR is going to have to be a scenario that works for ALL sides. [/QUOTE]

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