Welp, ACC stays together with a new agreement (LINK)

[Rdkid]

This is an intermediate step toward getting rid of the Boston College level riffraff. Eventually, there repeated under performance will cause them to become a de facto under class that can't compete. This in turn will justify them getting spun off.

Arguably, this is a karma moment that we can sit back and chuckle at, but I think it signals that the era of conference expansion is coming to a close, if not already over, and a new error of consolidation is on the horizon. That's not good news for schools like us that are outside the existing demarcation line.

Smartest comment I’ve seen in months on the BY. Our fate is tied more to BC than UNC. Sucks, but true. F superconferences and football driving the college sports bus into the ditch of boring corporate professionalism.

 

[billybud]

My point is they squawked and threatened in an entitled fashion and absolutely sucked out loud. But you knew that was the point.

They did last year...the year before won 13 games and were ACC Champs...we'll see how they rebuild...

Entitled ? Oh BS...They didn't threaten, they caught the conference in lies and dealing...All the media (and this board) went on about the iron clad GOR, rights owned by the conference if a school left (all based on ACC misinformation and hidden documents)...the ACC didn't give that all up willingly...as soon as it looked like their hand was going to be exposed by the court, they folded. UNC sniveled at first and then jumped on the train.....now it's ..."whee...unchained".

Nobody notices Clemson. Why? Because their board discussions are not public information nor open to the press or public...FSU's board discussions..every word, comma, and period are open to be spread through the internet megaverse (unlike Clemson's).

On another ACC take...Women's Soccer has the ACC Preseason ranked with #1, 2, 3, 4, 7, 10, 14, 15....I love soccer and I wish my school had men's soccer....

The SEC is holding down a bunch of preseason softball rankings...Tex, Oklahoma. Tenn, Florida, Ole Miss, and South Carolina in Top 10.

 

[Rdkid]

They did last year...the year before won 13 games and were ACC Champs...we'll see how they rebuild...

Entitled ? Oh BS...They didn't threaten, they caught the conference in lies and dealing...All the media (and this board) went on about the iron clad GOR, rights owned by the conference if a school left (all based on ACC misinformation and hidden documents)...the ACC didn't give that all up willingly...as soon as it looked like their hand was going to be exposed by the court, they folded. UNC sniveled at first and then jumped on the train.....now it's ..."whee...unchained".

Nobody notices Clemson. Why? Because their board discussions are not public information nor open to the press or public...FSU's board discussions..every word, comma, and period are open to be spread through the internet megaverse (unlike Clemson's).

On another ACC take...Women's Soccer has the ACC with #1, 2, 3, 4, 7, 10, 14, 15....I love soccer and I wish my school had men's soccer....

The SEC is holding down a bunch of preseason softball rankings...Tex, Oklahoma. Tenn, Florida, Ole Miss, and South Carolina in Top 10.

If you equate brand and tv ratings (accumulated by history) with deserving more money, you’re part of the problem. Leverage is not talent, brains, or a sign of excellence. Especially given FSU’s last 10 years. I chuckle at their performance payout and will until it changes. At least Clemson backed it up with a so-so season (for them) last year.
41-39 over the past 10 years in a league they’re too good for.
Blocked UConn from coming in
With ACC money, UConn could have won half their football games and helped the conference remain relevant in their historically #1 sport (and it’s not women’s soccer). They do less with more and complained it wasn’t enough. The opposite of UConn Athletics.
Like the conference, wish UConn was in - FSU, you can have ‘em. Respect for being true to your school and all, but c’mon, this is a UConn board.
In all sincerity, Jarrett is a great baseball coach. Those kids are truly savages in the box.

 

[CTFAN4LIFE]

Clown the ACC all you want, this reward system is the antidote to P2 programs doing nothing to win and collecting checks (especially B10). The ACC is vulnerable because they have good programs and national brands. They don’t cater to their weakest members. Can you say the same B12?

I have to chuckle at FSUs performance bonus. Some Gen Z whizkid selling stocks did better last year.

The difference between the ACC and the Big12 is that the top of the ACC is higher than the top of the Big12 but the middle and bottom of the Big12 is higher than the middle and bottom of the ACC. So, it'd be silly for the Big12 to have created a unequal revenue share system up to this point. Though, they'll probably move towards it next - now that their closest competitor has done it. Will be interesting to see if/when the Big10 and SEC get there one day.

 

[CL82]

"UNC sniveled at first and then jumped on the train.....now it's ..."whee...unchained"."

Actually, they sat back and used FSU like a stalking horse to do the work for them, for free, and now sit back, laughing at them as they have revealed themselves to be a problematic conference partner.

 

[billybud]

FSU's TV viewing (what earns the conference money) has been pretty dang good over the last ten years...

2015-2019....FSU was #14 nationally in viewing ratings...https://medium.com/run-it-back-with-zach/which-college-football-programs-bring-in-the-most-tv-viewers-efc03c689e50

2016-23...FSU is one of the 18 programs accounting for 50% of TV viewing...https://medium.com/run-it-back-with-zach/which-college-football-programs-bring-in-the-most-tv-viewers-efc03c689e50

Folks can whine...but building a brand, winning games against good teams takes time...you get paid for what you earn. There is no short term climb...the climb takes effort, alumni support, and athletes. Things may have changed now that you can buy athletes from year to year...but I have watched the climb for fifty years...yeah, I get it...some will say if. if, if...and I remember saying that way, way, back in the day.....

Sooo...we have a difference of opinion...I say that when the media values you and pays a conference based on that value, you deserve that value return...I have no problem if UConn gets paid more than Georgetown.

 

[UConnJim]

Unequal revenue sharing will pressure the ability of the lower tier ACC schools to compete. Is that a good for the conference? Probably not long term, but the conference is only focused on holding together until 2030/2031 when the exit fee drops to $75 million.

 

[UConnJim]

Wouldn't go that far but most major college programs have been studying how NFL teams manage their roster which includes salaries. Belichick has blurred the line between how college teams use countable coaches. He has scouting department personnel who actively recruit off campus, coaches who only coach etc, has full salary structure for each player & is using the bottom third of the 105 roster limit as a true development squad.

Belichick is doing things differently at UNC. Look at 2026 recruiting. UNC currently has 36 commits for 2026 (most of any college) as it seems he is going to develop players using his full 105 roster. Will it work? It could, especially since you can churn the roster if players don't work out.

 

[FfldCntyFan]

Belichick is doing things differently at UNC. Look at 2026 recruiting. UNC currently has 36 commits for 2026 (most of any college) as it seems he is going to develop players using his full 105 roster. Will it work? It could, especially since you can churn the roster if players don't work out.

Yes he is doing things differently. Jordan's seeing to that.

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