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How hilarious would it be if SMU's pending entry into PAC12 led to its collapse and then immediately after its pending entry into the ACC led to its collapse? Wonder which conference would be willing to take the hit next.
 
Calford,SMU came in on a confluence of events....the ACC needing to immediately have teams on board to avoid ESPN calling in the Composition Clause if two teams left the conference before 2025.
billybud, thank you for posting that video. I've watched it twice to try to understand what is going on. He does make some statements or assumptions which may or may not be true...specifically, that ESPN does not intend to renew the media deal in 2027.

The above statement doesn't appear correct. Cal, Stanford and SMU were not added to avoid triggering the Composition Clause if FSU and Clemson leave. The Composition Clause will still be triggered if two teams leave.

The ACC triggered it by adding Cal, Stanford, and SMU.

Cal, Stanford and SMU were added as a money grab to try to appease ACC members.

Per this article:

"...the ACC did not expand because Stanford, Cal and SMU offer competitive upgrades in the sports that matter (they don’t) or because they add equal revenue value to the existing television contract (they don’t) or because they make geographical and logistical sense for a conference that exists exclusively in the Eastern time zone (they don’t).

The ACC expanded because there was a pool of television money ESPN was contractually required to give it because of conference expansion, and most of that money will be hoarded by the existing members while the newbies subsidize their athletic departments in other ways. In SMU’s case, the desperation to get into a power conference was so strong, it reportedly agreed to forego a media-rights distribution for its first nine years as a member of the ACC.

In other words, SMU is going to literally pay to play in its new league despite being competitively irrelevant in its old one.


Explanation of the Composition Clause:

The ACC’s contract with ESPN, which is valued at $155 million a year, contains a standard line called a “composition clause” that allows either the conference or ESPN to reopen the deal if membership increases or decreases by at least two schools. The conference or the network can act on that clause any time the conference’s membership changes by at least two schools.

 
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C.W. Lambert@InsideTheBig12
Serious post... been saving this one... don't want the blowback. As of today, ESPN plans to pick up the option on the ACC's contract. Why? ESPN will pick up the option, unless Clemson and FSU buy their way out of the ACC, to prevent Clemson and FSU from leaving for the B1G.
2:53 PM · Apr 16, 2024

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C.W. Lambert@InsideTheBig12
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3h
Sources share information for a reason. They have an agenda. The reason, in this case, is clear. It's a message to Clemson and FSU. You can negotiate your way out of the ACC and into SEC profitability but forget about the B1G unless you have $512M.


C.W. Lambert@InsideTheBig12
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3h
Let me add to the message. Hey Clemson/FSU... you are more valuable to ESPN than everyone else in the ACC. ESPN prefers you stay in the ACC, but if you have to leave, then ESPN will work with you and the ACC to transition ya'll to the SEC.

C.W. Lambert@InsideTheBig12
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But, ESPN has invested too much money in the ACC to let Clemson and FSU jump to the B1G.



C.W. Lambert@InsideTheBig12
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I keep trying to think of ways that Clemson and FSU end up in the Big 12... but I can't identify any plausible scenario where it could happen. The Big 12 can't anger ESPN or Fox.
 

100% nonsense.

The move to drop Nebraska from the AAU was made in committee one year prior Nebraska being booted from the AAU.

The heads of that committee were the Michigan President, with one other B1G President as the 2nd.

They knew they were tossing Nebraska from the AAU BEFORE Nebraska joined the B1G.
 

The bigger question: with the A&M campus roiled by 3 incredible scandals in the last 12 months, will A&M be able to continue recruiting players from all backgrounds? Even while a chunk of its students and alums are telling some kids to reconsider enrolling there?

I suppose these things get forgotten rather easily, but that place is amazingly messed up.
 
Swaim puts too much nonsense out there. I need credible sources to report on either of these "developments". Until then, Nebraska is firmly safe in the B1G and Texas A&M is firmly in the SEC.
 
Texas A&M to the Big 10? It would be a death sentence for their football program.
I don't know why TAMU would consider leaving the SEC for the B1G, but they haven't won a conference championship since 1998, and have only 3 NY6 bowl appearances in the past 25 years, so it's not like they're thriving.
 
I don't know why TAMU would consider leaving the SEC for the B1G, but they haven't won a conference championship since 1998, and have only 3 NY6 bowl appearances in the past 25 years, so it's not like they're thriving.
I imagine they are running away from Texas. It's what they do.
 
Throwing stuff at walls and hoping it sticks
This strikes me as a lot of nonsense. Nebraska isn’t reorganizing it’s higher education system for the Big 10 not is the Big going to ask them to do it. And Texas A&M to the Big seems a non-starter for both sides. Texas maybe. It’s a death sentence for A&M and the Big gets what? Another Purdue without the basketball?
 

At first blush, San Diego State's numbers look a bit scary. Their ratio of athletic to non-athletic debt looks way too skewed towards athletic. Maybe it was a "if you build it, they will come" strategy to get into the Pac 12. Colorado State is the only other non-P4 (I'm giving Wash St a pass) in the top 30 of athletic debt.
 
At first blush, San Diego State's numbers look a bit scary. Their ratio of athletic to non-athletic debt looks way too skewed towards athletic. Maybe it was a "if you build it, they will come" strategy to get into the Pac 12. Colorado State is the only other non-P4 (I'm giving Wash St a pass) in the top 30 of athletic debt.
Without context it's impossible to determine if the debt any of these schools are carrying is a problem.

We are currently in an environment where any debt that is four to six years old is a massive bargain while anything new is at a cost that hasn't been seen in decades. I'll wager heavily that in many cases, schools listed above wish they borrowed more in 2019 than the did.

Another thing that needs to be considered is what the debt was used for. Even at recent interest rates, if it was used to build additional student housing, there is a very strong likelyhood that it was a quality investment.

I cannot speak on the athletic department debt without knowing what the sources were (I cannot see a bank loan to cover staffing salary increases) and how the funds were used.
 
The Total Institutional Debt rankings were interesting...26 FBS schools with a debt of a billion..or more.

Georgia's relative debt was low...lower than Bowling Green and Ball State.
 
C.W. Lambert@InsideTheBig12

Here's what I know about the Kansas rumor... and I discussed it before... months ago. Kansas and WVU are on the SEC's radar. Both would be more desirable - in future expansion - than ACC candidates other than CU/FSU. Nothing is imminent. Nothing could happen until 2031.


C.W. Lambert@InsideTheBig12
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My advice is don't worry about it. Don't get your hopes up. Don't count on it or brag about it. The Mountaineers have always been on the SEC's radar. The SEC has always thought highly of WVU football.


C.W. Lambert@InsideTheBig12
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The Mountaineers have been the runner-up 3 times losing out to Arkansas, South Carolina and Mizzou. Many in the SEC believe it was a mistake taking Mizzou over WVU.



C.W. Lambert@InsideTheBig12
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32m
So when somebody credible tells me the SEC is looking at WVU again my first response is why? So they can break our hearts again? Leave us at the alter again?


C.W. Lambert@InsideTheBig12
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I can tell you a universal truth that you can take to the bank. The Jayhawks and Mountaineers need to win, they need to dominate the Big 12 between now and 2031. Because the Big 12 program that dominates - reaches the playoffs on a regular basis - becomes the SEC's first choice.



C.W. Lambert@InsideTheBig12
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I'm not going to argue with anyone who disrespects the Mountaineer program and the SEC's interest. Do your damn research. Adding WVU would plant the SEC flag squarely in B1G territory. PA, OH, MD, etc. WVU would have natural rivalries with Kentucky and Tenn.


C.W. Lambert@InsideTheBig12
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Again, Kansas and WVU might have pole position as the race starts... but its a long way from the finish line. They might have the SEC's eye right now, but they have 6 years to earn an invitation... or lose it.
 
GREG SWAIM SHOW@GSwaim
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Just officially began hospice yesterday, so keep those prayers coming!!



GREG SWAIM SHOW
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I haven't advertised this, but 57 years after doctors in Columbus, Ohio told my parents that I probably wouldn't live to 20, they apparently were only off by 41-plus years.

I'm going into hospice soon, but really don't know exactly how long I have...so will compete until the day I go home.

I'm now on a ventilator 23-plus hours daily in bed (why I have so much time to post on social media and watch sports ), but very comfortable at this point and enjoying my family.

I really delayed posting this, because I'll get the traditional "I'm so sorry..." and that's fine, but what I'd rather get from those I grew up with, went to college with, and those I've known since the 90's to share a favorite memory with you that I may have forgotten!!

I'm very much at peace with this, as it was inevitable at some point, and I've been able to do so many things in a profession that I've created and love...and two of my sons will take over the family business and no doubt will take it to an entirely new level.

I do believe strongly in prayer, and will take anything you've got, but DO NOT feel bad for me, as I've done so much and have been so blessed with family and friends in my 61-plus years.

Ok, now that I've got that off my chest, let's talk sports...and bring it, as you know I definitely will
9:09 PM · Jan 29, 2024
from Oklahoma, USA


Lynn Ketelsen@Lynn_Ketelsen
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Jan 30
Greg, what is your condition?



GREG SWAIM SHOW@GSwaim
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Feb 3
Nemaline Myopathy
 
This isn’t an issue if you have

endowments much larger than those debts. The endowments are invested. If the returns are greater than the interest in the debt, you are fine.
 

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