I don't see that with Virginia at all, they aren't even the most popular football school in their own state. UVA probably has a decent fanbase in basketball and some non-revenue sports like lacrosse but they certainly don't move the needle.
I would be shocked if UNC went to the SEC. The Big Ten has wanted them for a while.
The ACC currently blows and they'll be that much worse once their good schools leave...they already brought in Cal, Stanford, and SMU which makes them even more revolting.
The real problem isn’t wins and losses. It is $80 million > $30 million. If a school could get Big 10 or SEC money and you told them they’d never win another game in any sport, almost every one would still make the move. Who thinks Oklahoma is going 11-1 and play for the SEC title more than 1 time per decade? Texas A&M has won exactly how many SEC WEST titles? I’m not even saying league titles.
Yup, SEC is the preferred spot for UNC. Besides the fact they it's a culturally southern state, the financial/reputational difference between the P2 but the travel element is a major plus for the SEC vs. Big 10. No need to fly softball out to the west coast.
It is true about the STATE of North Carolina. Not so sure it is true of the UNIVERSITY of North Carolina. Nor the Triangle. Not sure how it all eventually plays out, but I’d say NCState would be a better cultural fit. I know they are practically across the street, but State is a different culture than UNC.
Obviously not a factor but I'd imagine UNC Soccer would end up in the Sun Belt with Kentucky, South Carolina, WVU. That would be strange.
That should be grounds enough for an annulment. Can't expect to abide by a contract you don't even have.
I'm not a lawyer, but it is bizarre. That said, not having a copy of a contract doesn't invalidate a contract. Still, I would think that large state entities would require a copy of a contract for audits, etc.
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it depends on how much annual tv revenue a conference of 7 to 11 ACC leftovers plus UConn would be worth. the ACC and Big12 are getting around $30 mill per year per school now. Assuming the ACC loses at least FSU, Clemson, Miami, UNC and its Notre Dame alliance, what is that worth? $10 million per year per school at most? if the next BE deal goes up by a million or two per year per school then we CANNOT risk the best bball program in the country for an extra 2-3 million per year.
Have to add in football money. This will probably change but it will be more than $350,000.
I think we stay in the Big East even if it’s for less money bc leadership still has AAC nightmares. I just pray it doesn’t turn into a thing where there’s no real competition, and the conversation in conference becomes UConn doesn’t belong here. There’s going to be complaints about us being a large state school with public money playing all these small private catholic schools.
Replace all the schools?
The only reason VaTech is in the ACC was because of Virginia politics. Why wouldn’t they protect them again?
Big East hoops isn't going away. Just look at what Georgetown, Nova, Marquette, Johnnies spend on hoops.
It’s more about saving our football program. Ultimately we’ll take the ACC over the BE.
I don't know, that whole no classes necessary thing definitely feels very SEC to me.
If the point is to penalize teams trying to exit it wouldn't be enforceable. The ACC will never admit it's a penalty, their defense would go up in flames.
It’s not going away, just going farther away from the real money conferences. It’s not right but it’s the sports cesspool we live in.
In a situation like this the limitations period might not even begin to run until it would be enforced. To your point, that may be another reason why FSU and Clemson didn't wait around to file suit.
Unfortunately the basketball only schools will never see eye to eye with the football and basketball schools. They will always squabble over revenue sharing. Kind of why the league blew up in the first place. Too bad, because the old Big East was on the verge of taking the ACC to the woodshed, just didn't have the right leadership in place.
Haha no. We’re not sacrificing the best bball program in the country to save the worst football program in the country. We already tried taking a couple extra million for the sake of football by joining the aac and it was a failure of epic proportions.