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Message: [QUOTE="pick6s, post: 5211773, member: 484"] We might end up with the ACC leftovers too… The more I think about it though, the more I think that while ACC schools will leave for the SEC and Big Ten if invited, ACC schools might not leave for the Big 12. Here’s why. The difference in revenue between the ACC and Big Ten/SEC is significant enough to make the exit fee worth paying. But after the top ACC teams leave for the Big Ten and SEC, will the difference between the ACC and Big 12 revenue be worth paying the exit fee? I don’t know if it will be. On top of that, staying in the ACC also means they’d get to share the hundreds of millions of dollars in exit fees from the ACC teams that leave for the Big Ten/SEC. To me, that’s a pretty compelling reason for ACC teams considering jumping ship for the Big 12 to stay until the end of the ACC grant of rights, or somewhere close, at which point the ACC will have added a handful of teams and survived as a second-tier power conference (along with the B12; behind the B10 and SEC) which would also solidify the amount of revenue they’d be able to get in future contracts. With the ACC solidified, I’m not sure the difference between the ACC and Big 12 media deals (post 2036 when the ACC GOR expires) would be substantial enough for school to leave the ACC, especially when additional travel costs are factored in. [/QUOTE]