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.
It's about MONEY, and UVA and UNC add value.
