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Message: [QUOTE="jostar1, post: 4548249, member: 1737"] MH ver3@MH ver3 · 3h ACC may be going to an unequal revenue sharing model and quicker than you may think. MH ver3@MH ver3 · 3h My source down south tells me the animosity level between FSU and ACC is through the roof. MH ver3@MH ver3 · 3h Replying to @MH ver3 Tensions started way back when FSU and Clemson wanted ACC to invite WVU and Louisville instead of Pitt and Syracuse. MH ver3@MH ver3 · 3h Remember at the time WVU and Louisville were top 5-10 programs in football and were enjoying a lot of basketball success as well. ACC had been experiencing a very weak decade of football and Miami addition never brought the U of old. MH ver3@MH ver3 · 3h FSU and Clemson flirted with the B12 in 2012 and Notre Dame was getting involved as well. Deloss Dodds ruined that affair and ND ended up getting a sweetheart deal with ACC. Louisville was added and FSU was placated for a time. MH ver3@MH ver3 · 3h FSU was very vocal behind the scenes when ACC signed their life away in the last contract. At the time ACC was considered the most poachable conference and Espn wanted to protect their investment in the conference they had groomed for 2 decades. MH ver3@MH ver3 · 3h Now the prospect of FSU falling $300m+ behind Rutgers, MD, and Northwestern has their donors, AD, and Board seeing red. MH ver3@MH ver3 · 3h They have gotten legal counsel about breaking a GOR and it’s not cheap. $120m on the low end after litigation. MH ver3@MH ver3 · 3h And they can’t even hope for an sec invite if they do break the GOR because espn won’t allow it. MH ver3@MH ver3 · 3h B10 would be their only option and it’s not even a sure thing they would fit B10s plans. MH ver3@MH ver3 · 3h So now FSU is leading the call for unequal revenue sharing. And I’m told by some that that won’t even bridge the gap enough to make a difference. Some schools are vowing to block those attempts. MH ver3@MH ver3 · 3h So one option FSU is considering is publicly applying for SEC membership 10 years ahead of actually being able to join and weakening public perception of the conference essentially holding them hostage for the next decade. More to come…. [/QUOTE]

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