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

[Eavesdrop]

The Mouse owns the rights to the SEC and ACC, and they are in the GOR. So if they feel Clemson, Florida St, and Miami are better off in the SEC they will go.

The original ACC grant of rights agreement is linked in a recent Athletic article. Member schools granted their rights to the conference, not ESPN.

https://cdn.theathletic.com/app/uploads/2022/07/01185531/ACC-Grant-of-Rights-1.pdf

 

[CL82]

The original ACC grant of rights agreement is linked in a recent Athletic article. Member schools granted their rights to the conference, not ESPN.

https://cdn.theathletic.com/app/uploads/2022/07/01185531/ACC-Grant-of-Rights-1.pdf

The conference sold those rights to ESPN

 

[ZooCougar]

The conference sold those rights to ESPN

That’s right and how funny will it be when Wake Forest, BC and Syracuse sue ESPN. I mean, they wouldn’t do that but it would be great.

 

[noeynox]

How much does Uconn get for their current TV contract?

UConn gets paid IOUs from ESPN.

 

[Rufus]

Cole Cubelic

@colecubelic

I'm told he #B1G just went from .10 per cable subscriber in the LA market to potentially $1.50 per subscriber in the LA market PER MONTH with the addition of USC & UCLA.


12:36 PM · Jul 1, 2022·Twitter for iPhone

 

[NH Husky]

Again, schools like Wake, Pitt, Cuse, etc will voluntarily assist in dismantling the GOR just to make it easier for Clemson, UNC, etc?

There is no destination that they would leave for that won't be there after GOR payments are agreed upon. There would be far too much financial incentive for the "have nots" to hold tight as long as possible.

They will reach the tipping point where accepting a payout makes more sense than clinging on.
Another post said the ACC making a bold move is the way to go. Gobble up the B12 quality and firmly position yourself in third place. Ball it and become an equal

 

[NH Husky]

I think 60 is the magic number. 20 B1G, 20 SEC, and 20 ACC (if they play there cards right).
And I think UCONN has a good shot at being a part of that 60

 

[Stinger92860]

Is it? I actually thought it was a little over 1 million population, not households.

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It’s the 345K+ plus the 980K+ houeholds. I got those numbers from other sites. What do you think the total is?

The CT population is 3.5M. I’m not looking to argue, I am looking for real data.

 

[CL82]

It’s the 345K+ plus the 980K+. I got those numbers from other sites. What do you think the total is?

Well given that the population of the state of Connecticut is around 3 million, I thought that a third of that was located in Fairfield County and 2/3 and the rest of the state. And less household in Fairfield County only have one person in them it should be lower than 1 million, but, all that is from information I read a while ago and that link I posted.

 

[NH Husky]

We are New England’s team. There are a ton of people in NE that live football.
Hey those hungry VT, NH, and ME “red necks” balling for UCONN. The VT/NH high school game draws a nice crowd.

 

[Stinger92860]

Well given that the population of the state of Connecticut is around 3 million, I thought that a third of that was located in Fairfield County and 2/3 and the rest of the state. And less household in Fairfield County only have one person in them it should be lower than 1 million, but, all that is from information I read a while ago and that link I posted.

Most recent population is 3.5 to 3.6 Million from a quick search, so I trust the households at 1.3 to 1.4 million.

https://www.census.gov/quickfacts/CT

This would put CT at the #21 DMA. Based on this we should be in a P3.

 

[CL82]

Agree! His I'll advised suit against the individuals associated with the ACC, BC and Miami caused tremendous bitterness. It was a dubious claim to begin with and he just added salt to the wounds by making starkly personal.

Dubious? You realized that Connecticut, Pittsburgh and the other plaintiffs won, right?

 

[hoopsfan22]

Connecticut's population as of July 2021 is 3,605,597. Number of housing units is 1,536,344. Source Census Bureau https://www.census.gov/quickfacts/CT

 

[baggerbob]

I agree with this, but ESPN would have to help out.

Nelson ESPN already destroyed the Big East, and made the move of Texas and Oklahoma to the SEC. If they wanted the ACC to survive they would have moved them to the ACC.

 

[ZooCougar]

Dubious? You realized that Connecticut, Pittsburgh and the other plaintiffs won, right?

And in the end it closed many doors.

Lawsuits are his schools get left behind.

 

[drayenob]

https://www.census.gov/quickfacts/fact/table/newhavencountyconnecticut,hartfordcountyconnecticut,fairfieldcountyconnecticut,CT/PST045221

 

[bobbyinaz]

Dubious? You realized that Connecticut, Pittsburgh and the other plaintiffs won, right?

The USFL won too

 

[billybud]

For the ACC teams that have options that want to leave, they should focus on breaking up the ACC vs trying to fight the GoR individually.

So the question should be:

1. How many schools have to vote yes in the ACC to break up the ACC?

2. Once the number of schools to break up the ACC is determined, the question is will these schools find landing spots in the B1G and the SEC? If the answer is yes, then it is on.

3. I believe both B1G and the SEC will go to 24 with 4 nationwide pods (6 teams each) or 6 pods (4 teams each). This means both SEC and B1G have room for 8 more teams each. Among those 16 spots, there will be landing spots for the ACC schools that want to leave. Of course, this has to all work out for the final TV contract.

Not sure if this will happen, but I believe administrators at schools like Clemson and FSU are definitely looking at this option right now.

11 have to vote yes...3/4 rounded up to next whole number.

 

[billybud]

...The "withdrawal fee" or exit fee was superceded by the Grant of Rights....

A team can leave the conference...but their media rights stay with the ACC. Does a conference really want a team who has it's rights encumbered for 14 years?

The value of the loss of these rights would either be negotiated or litigated in court.

 

[Chin Diesel]

Dubious? You realized that Connecticut, Pittsburgh and the other plaintiffs won, right?

And in the end it closed many doors.

Lawsuits are his schools get left behind.

The USFL won too

Life imitating art.

Go back in time to the original Top Gun where Charlie had to show the class a clip of Maverick winning a dog fight but using Maverick's manuevers that clearly showed it was a loss.

 

[CAtlantic]

 

[Rufus]

Interesting that adding Oregon and Washington would now result in a pay cut for the other 16 Big Ten teams.

Do the benefits outweigh the costs? Oregon Football seems like it would be worth it. Not sure about Washington.

 

[BigTenFan]

Interesting that adding Oregon and Washington would now result in a pay cut for the other 16 Big Ten teams.

Do the benefits outweigh the costs? Oregon Football seems like it would be worth it. Not sure about Washington.

Current members still get North of 75million a year- not bad

 

[Hondo 77]

If the ACC blows up I’m not going to shed a tear after what they did to the Big East.

 

[Hondo 77]

Dubious? You realized that Connecticut, Pittsburgh and the other plaintiffs won, right?

No. A settlement was reached.

 

[nelsonmuntz]

And in the end it closed many doors.

Lawsuits are his schools get left behind.

Pitt sued, got a settlement that worked to its benefit, eventually joined the conference it sued, and made a ton of money in the process.

Zoo thinks Pitt should have skipped all that and dropped down to the CAA. Don't be like Zoo.

 

[Storrs South]

 

[Banta55]

Eventually the huskies wil be ACC bound.

 

[shizzle787]

Doesn’t make sense unless either the B1G has Oregon/Washington in the bag or those two are two of the four and even then, that’s a downward move prestige-wise.

 

[huskymedic]

Doesn’t make sense unless either the B1G has Oregon/Washington in the bag or those two are two of the four and even then, that’s a downward move prestige-wise.

“Sources indicate to WildcatAuthority.com that there is a meeting between members of the Pac-12 and Big 12 that is scheduled for Tuesday. As of now, the meeting is to discuss Arizona, Arizona State, Utah, and Colorado joining the Big 12. It is not clear how far down the line the conversations currently are and this is not the first discussion, however, it has been stated that Tuesday is by far the biggest meeting of significance that has taken place.”