Key tweets, and it's all gone to Hell.

[CTFAN4LIFE]

I think if the B1G becomes the 600 lb gorilla financially, then they will be much more inclined to stay put in terms of members or mayyyybe they add just Notre Dame and call it a day. The member institutions/administrators are VERY tradition-based. I think they saw the mediocre athletic additions that Maryland and Rutgers were and the so-so academic/research institutions that those two are and I think they'll be reluctant to do another land grab again outside their legacy territory again.

And, when the B1G gets all those bucks, the SEC is going to have to think about/add Clemson and FSU to keep up with the B1G.

That'll leave the ACC needing to round out their ranks. Ahem. Cough, cough. (As BC and SyraPitt piss their pants).

 

[bingethinker]

I think if the B1G becomes the 600 lb gorilla financially, then they will be much more inclined to stay put in terms of members or mayyyybe they add just Notre Dame and call it a day. The member institutions/administrators are VERY tradition-based. I think they saw the mediocre athletic additions that Maryland and Rutgers were and the so-so academic/research institutions that those two are and I think they'll be reluctant to do another land grab again outside their legacy territory again.

And, when the B1G gets all those bucks, the SEC is going to have to think about/add Clemson and FSU to keep up with the B1G.

That'll leave the ACC needing to round out their ranks. Ahem. Cough, cough. (As BC and SyraPitt piss their pants).

Maryland is 3rd in the Big Ten (behind only Michigan and Wisconsin) in R&D expenditures. Maryland is also 3rd in the Big Ten (behind only Michigan and Ohio State) in B1G championships since joining the league.

 

[bobbyinaz]

I think if the B1G becomes the 600 lb gorilla financially, then they will be much more inclined to stay put in terms of members or mayyyybe they add just Notre Dame and call it a day. The member institutions/administrators are VERY tradition-based. I think they saw the mediocre athletic additions that Maryland and Rutgers were and the so-so academic/research institutions that those two are and I think they'll be reluctant to do another land grab again outside their legacy territory again.

And, when the B1G gets all those bucks, the SEC is going to have to think about/add Clemson and FSU to keep up with the B1G.

That'll leave the ACC needing to round out their ranks. Ahem. Cough, cough. (As BC and SyraPitt piss their pants).

As much as our friend Billy from FSU will protest, adding Clemson and FSU does nothing for the SEC in terms of a revenue bump.

UNC & UVA are the jewels in the ACC when it comes to adding revenues to a conference.

There are only a small handful of schools that can increase revenue for either the SEC or B1G. Notre Dame is the obvious one but as @UConnJim said, if they get a bump from NBC (which is likely, especially if as has been reported, that NBC is looking to create a B1G/ND doubleheader package) they will stay where they are and continue to take advantage of the ACC like they did to the Big East for years.

After Notre Dame, UNC & UVA the pickings get very slim in terms of schools who can increase revenues for a conference. Regardless of what some people think, Kansas is not a bell cow for the B1G and no other B12 schools are either. At that point the only schools left are a couple PAC schools (USC & UCLA) but, that brings a whole bunch of logistics issues to deal with so I'm not sure it makes sense. Maybe an extra $30-40MM may help it work but flying Olympic sports teams all over the country is certainly not ideal for "student-athletes".

 

[Kolumbo]

As much as our friend Billy from FSU will protest, adding Clemson and FSU does nothing for the SEC in terms of a revenue bump.

UNC & UVA are the jewels in the ACC when it comes to adding revenues to a conference.

There are only a small handful of schools that can increase revenue for either the SEC or B1G. Notre Dame is the obvious one but as @UConnJim said, if they get a bump from NBC (which is likely, especially if as has been reported, that NBC is looking to create a B1G/ND doubleheader package) they will stay where they are and continue to take advantage of the ACC like they did to the Big East for years.

After Notre Dame, UNC & UVA the pickings get very slim in terms of schools who can increase revenues for a conference. Regardless of what some people think, Kansas is not a bell cow for the B1G and no other B12 schools are either. At that point the only schools left are a couple PAC schools (USC & UCLA) but, that brings a whole bunch of logistics issues to deal with so I'm not sure it makes sense. Maybe an extra $30-40MM may help it work but flying Olympic sports teams all over the country is certainly not ideal for "student-athletes".

I thought if the Big 12 held tight than Arizona, AZ State, UCLA and USC would have been prime targets. Arizona is AAU but geographically maybe not too big a stretch for the SEC. It's not much worse than traveling to Washington and Oregon. Forget time zones. It's going to be the northern strip - B1G and southern strip - SEC.

 

[CTFAN4LIFE]

As much as our friend Billy from FSU will protest, adding Clemson and FSU does nothing for the SEC in terms of a revenue bump.

UNC & UVA are the jewels in the ACC when it comes to adding revenues to a conference.

There are only a small handful of schools that can increase revenue for either the SEC or B1G. Notre Dame is the obvious one but as @UConnJim said, if they get a bump from NBC (which is likely, especially if as has been reported, that NBC is looking to create a B1G/ND doubleheader package) they will stay where they are and continue to take advantage of the ACC like they did to the Big East for years.

After Notre Dame, UNC & UVA the pickings get very slim in terms of schools who can increase revenues for a conference. Regardless of what some people think, Kansas is not a bell cow for the B1G and no other B12 schools are either. At that point the only schools left are a couple PAC schools (USC & UCLA) but, that brings a whole bunch of logistics issues to deal with so I'm not sure it makes sense. Maybe an extra $30-40MM may help it work but flying Olympic sports teams all over the country is certainly not ideal for "student-athletes".

Like I said, for B1G it's ND or nothing.

In terms of the SEC, they care about money but they really care about being the best on the field so that's why I think they take Clemson. I think they'll take FSU because they'll want to create a hyper-interested state of FL and sort of recreate the dominant Florida/FSU rivalry of the 80's and 90's.

 

[billybud]

Something nobody is talking about: Notre Dame's football media deal with NBC expires in 2025. Right now, Notre Dame gets ~$15 million per year and if the Big 10 is going to get $50 million+ per team for football, what will ND get? If ND gets a big bump, there is no way they will join the ACC at a substantial discount.

NBC will reup Notre Dame for a significant raise...and bid on Big Ten.

Notre Dame is still stuck with the contract with the ACC for another decade and some. They will remain independent and ride it out.

 

[Kolumbo]

Like I said, for B1G it's ND or nothing.

In terms of the SEC, they care about money but they really care about being the best on the field so that's why I think they take Clemson. I think they'll take FSU because they'll want to create a hyper-interested state of FL and sort of recreate the dominant Florida/FSU rivalry of the 80's and 90's.

I have to disagree with the arguments against FSU and Clemson. The SEC has two programs in Mississippi, Alabama, and Tennessee, and is adding a second in Texas. It should absolutely add a second school from Florida, because it's Florida, big picture, long term, etc. And between Georgia and South Carolina, Clemson is a no brainer.

UNC, NC State, UVA, Va Tech. That would pretty much destroy everyone else.

 

[CTFAN4LIFE]

I have to disagree with the arguments against FSU and Clemson. The SEC has two programs in Mississippi, Alabama, and Tennessee, and is adding a second in Texas. It should absolutely add a second school from Florida, because it's Florida, big picture, long term, etc. And between Georgia and South Carolina, Clemson is a no brainer.

UNC, NC State, UVA, Va Tech. That would pretty much destroy everyone else.

Agreed. It is getting to be like the 2 larges (SEC and B1G), the 3 mediums (PAC, Big12, and ACC), and everyone else. If SEC goes on an offensive again and grabs 2-4 ACC schools then it'll create a bunch of chaos for sure.

 

[Ha Who]

The P2 reminds me of the youth baseball league in our town. They would scout the little kids and put them all on the same team. It made for a dominant team but did not help the kids. I have never seen one kid from my town even play D3 baseball

 

[CAtlantic]

 

[billybud]

The ACC has not gone out of their way to play friendly with Sankey or Swarbrick of late...Both of whom were on the four man committee to recommend a new playoff process. Freedom is just another word for nothing left to lose.

When Phillips started a year ago as ACC Commissioner, he discussed ways of getting ND to be a football member of the ACC. Apparently he and Jack Swarbrick (ND AD) met and talks went nowhere. I am guessing that Jack did not tell him that he (Jack) and the SEC and B12 commissioners had been working for 18 months on a new playoff system that would expand it from 4 to 12 members.

After the details of the proposal were understood, it became clear that the playoff expansion was necessary for the move of OU and Texas to go to the SEC in a 16 team conference to be sensible...the current 4 team playoff system makes that move silly. Then it was obvious that ND has cemented its independence in a playoff system with 6 open bids. Everyone seemed to be happy!. Not so fast.

The ACC said "let's fix some other things in football and then talk playoff expansion"....Going it alone and taking the brunt of anger from AAC Commissioner Aresco and SEC's Sankey. However, the commissioners will meet again in March to vote and a super majority could pass the 12 team playoff.

Of course Sankey is PO'd....adding a warning shot - “Whatever happens, the Southeastern Conference is going to be at the top of the college football pyramid,” stated Sankey. “So, I look forward to whatever formats others might want to adapt to try to compete at that level.”

 

[billybud]

It appears that the chance is good that there will be increased "qualifications" for certain levels of NCAA football...maybe attendance, maybe other...

 

[billybud]

A clear warning that there will be no "grandfathering"..

 

[billybud]

And maybe...this is not just football, but all sports...requiring more schollies for non revenue sports, AD spending levels etc.

The details will be very interesting.

The proposal could be 180 degrees different than what some pundits would say might happen....i.e., there will be a top level Div 1 for football, but it wouldn't include other sports. In other words, you can be in the top tier Div 1 for football, but another division, or conference, for other sports.

That might not be the strategy here. A "All Sports" strategy would be a very Big Ten - SEC oriented policy. Neither conference ever wanted to stray from the "all sports" conference structure.

 

[shizzle787]

And maybe...this is not just football, but all sports...requiring more schollies for non revenue sports, AD spending levels etc.

The details will be very interesting.

The proposal could be 180 degrees different than what some pundits would say might happen....i.e., there will be a top level Div 1 for football, but it wouldn't include other sports. In other words, you can be in the top tier Div 1 for football, but another division, or conference, for other sports.

That might not be the strategy here. A "All Sports" strategy would be a very Big Ten - SEC oriented policy. Neither conference ever wanted to stray from the "all sports" conference structure.

We could see a split on the basketball side that could lead to 1-A and 1-AA just like football.
The leagues that might make the cut:
ACC
Big East
B1G
Big 12
Pac-12
SEC
A-10
AAC
MVC
MW (Hawaii joins in all sports)
WCC
Ivy
CAA
Southern
C-USA
Sun Belt
MAC
WAC
MEAC
SWAC
Patriot

And then certain programs who may make the cut (mainly flagships):
Vermont
UNH
Maine
SDSU
NDSU
Montana
Montana State
Idaho
Iona

 

[upstater]

Here's what I'm hearing: The new D1 rules for basketball will institute attendance requirements for the conference tournaments. And the most shocking thing about this inside scoop is that the ACC is dangerously close to falling out of D1 because of the new requirements. But there's a plan now among ACC ADs to buy as many of those $3 tickets as possible in order to give them to school children to fill those seats.

 

[prankster]

Here's what I'm hearing: The new D1 rules for basketball will institute attendance requirements for the conference tournaments. And the most shocking thing about this inside scoop is that the ACC is dangerously close to falling out of D1 because of the new requirements. But there's a plan now among ACC ADs to buy as many of those $3 tickets as possible in order to give them to school children to fill those seats.

Who wouldn't do that?

I'd be tempted, as an AD, to use that approach to build a student group of crazy enthusiastic fans and subsidize their tickets to games. Including regular season away games. Any empty seats on the charter flights to away games? Wanna bring the pep band? A boisterous group of 20 students?
Opportunities abound.

Not too unlike NFL teams generating a "sellout" to ensure the games did not suffer a regional TV blackout, back in the day.

 

[billybud]

The 2019 average basketball attendance...national ranking

Syracuse... #1

UNC...#3

Louisville...#6

Virginia...#16

NC State...#20

Duke and FSU in top 50...another six teams ranked in the 60's and 70's.

 

[baggerbob]

Here's what I'm hearing: The new D1 rules for basketball will institute attendance requirements for the conference tournaments. And the most shocking thing about this inside scoop is that the ACC is dangerously close to falling out of D1 because of the new requirements. But there's a plan now among ACC ADs to buy as many of those $3 tickets as possible in order to give them to school children to fill those seats.

It's because the tournament most of the time is in North Carolina. The tournament needs to be moved to NY City or Atlanta, need to take it out of North Carolina.
It's time to make it a real league, and not just North Carolina.

 

[upstater]

The 2019 average basketball attendance...national ranking

Syracuse... #1

UNC...#3

Louisville...#6

Virginia...#16

NC State...#20

Duke and FSU in top 50...another six teams ranked in the 60's and 70's.

The ACC is excellent at filling seats. It doesn't even cost them a lot to buy them all up and give them away. Gotta hand it to them.

 

[Kolumbo]

It's because the tournament most of the time is in North Carolina. The tournament needs to be moved to NY City or Atlanta, need to take it out of North Carolina.
It's time to make it a real league, and not just North Carolina.

I was thinking the opposite. The southern conference needs to keep the tournament in its home state where its best programs are. NYC isn't a short drive for any of those schools, never mind Duke and UNC. NYC makes no sense. Maybe the ACC will shoot for Philly, Houston and LA next.

 

[shizzle787]

I was thinking the opposite. The southern conference needs to keep the tournament in its home state where its best programs are. NYC isn't a short drive for any of those schools, never mind Duke and UNC. NYC makes no sense. Maybe the ACC will shoot for Philly, Houston and LA next.

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If I were them I would hold the tournament in DC. Other good choices would be Miami, Charlotte, and maybe Boston one year.

 

[Exit 4]

If I were them I would hold the tournament in DC. Other good choices would be Miami, Charlotte, and maybe Boston one year.

Seems to me the ACC tourny should be in NC permanently. Its a tobacco conf.....thats a fish out of water in places like Brooklyn, Philly and some respects DC too.

 

[billybud]

Tradition still counts some...

But...the ACC is playing in Barclay's in New York this year...in the New York Life ACC Tournament.

They will play in Washington DC in 2024.

 

[Fairfield_1st]

I was thinking the opposite. The southern conference needs to keep the tournament in its home state where its best programs are. NYC isn't a short drive for any of those schools, never mind Duke and UNC. NYC makes no sense. Maybe the ACC will shoot for Philly, Houston and LA next.

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Always interesting to see on a map what outliers BCU, University of Canada, The Pitts, ND & LCC really are. Maryland, Rutgirls & UConn would make for a much better looking alignment, Just drop Pitt, ND & LCC. I realize it won't happen, just talking map hypotheticals. Location wise, Nova would be good too. Maybe it one of those alternate universes it's happening.

 

[CTBballfan243]

If I were them I would hold the tournament in DC. Other good choices would be Miami, Charlotte, and maybe Boston one year.

Nobody in Boston cares about college sports. Most people in Boston couldn't name a school that plays in the ACC.

 

[uconndogs]

I think the NCAA is trying to maintain relevance with the top echelon programs that may very well be contemplating leaving the NCAA. At that level of college competition we are now entering full fledge professional athletics. NIL all but assures that competition for talent will be heavily geared towards compensation. That's a ground altering shift and most college athletic departments (including many currently in the P5) are not going to be competitive in that environment. The NCAA is a bureaucracy, and like all bureaucracies it will try to maintain its relevance.

With Texas and Oklahoma heading to the SEC the BiG probably has to do something and I think they go poach the enormous markets addressed by the PAC12. This goes to ~40 programs divided north and south with a huge media deal. Top athletes will make millions. Not sure what role the NCAA plays in that world.

 

[Kolumbo]

Always interesting to see on a map what outliers BCU, University of Canada, The Pitts, ND & LCC really are. Maryland, Rutgirls & UConn would make for a much better looking alignment, Just drop Pitt, ND & LCC. I realize it won't happen, just talking map hypotheticals. Location wise, Nova would be good too. Maybe it one of those alternate universes it's happening.

UCONN, Rutgers, Temple, Maryland would make for a nice regional pairing in any conference. still can't believe Maryland and Rutgers are in the B1G.

 

[CL82]

Nobody in Boston cares about college sports. Most people in Boston couldn't name a school that plays in the ACC.

If you ask them that question the answer would probably be Duke.

 

[billybud]

I never liked the move of the ACC into the northeast.

Made no geographic sense to have a geographic spread from Little Havana to near Canada.

Regionalism still works...The SEC owns a swath from Texas and oklahoma through Arkansas, Louisianna, Mississippi, and on across the southeast to the coast.

The Big East has a commonality that goes beyond geography...basketball...no matter where it is played...Gonzaga could feel at home in the BE with kindred spirits. The SEC has a commonality as well (football).

The ACC has a lack of commanaility...basketball? football? south? north?