The question is what does it take to vote someone out? So far this has only been about adds. It seems multiple times more emotionally and politically challenging to get rid of long time members in the big or sec. Could the core bloc of big schools veto a founding school being kicked out If they we’re united and made a stink? Seems like it, but it depends on the rules.
And by then I might be gone anyway. I know, it sounds selfish but I’ve learned not to care about stuff beyond my control.
So, what happens if FSU leaves the ACC but does not buy out the grant of rights deal? Would revenue from FSU home games flow from ESPN to the ACC and then be distributed among all members schools subject to the GOR including FSU? Is the GOR a separate agreement from ACC membership? If so, its interesting to think what is considered a 'home' game? Could FSU shift some of its biggest games (say, if in the Big Ten vs Ohio State) to a supposed neutral site like Jacksonville and have them televised by Fox?
There is an NCAA FBS rule that requires all teams to have a minimum 5 home games. So there isn't a current workaround to go all away and neutral site games. If FSU were to play in the Jaguars stadium for example, that would be considered their home stadium for the year. If FSU walks away from the ACC, the media rights for those 5 games stays with the ACC. In this case, the ACC takes in the same amount of money from ESPN but divides the money by 1 less team since FSU is out. FSU's share is evenly distributed amongst the remaining ACC teams. FSU with this restriction has no way to be a net benefit to another conferences media deal.
Who in their right mind signs a 20 year deal? What were they thinking? I suppose the lesser ACC teams probably jumped at it. FSU, Clemson, and UNC have to be kicking themselves.
At the time is was seen as like this unheard of mega deal that would lock in your wealth for so many years. It was the first big media deal. 20 years was incredibly stupid.
Seems insane now, but wasn't there a lot of concern media deals would plummet with the shift to streaming and fragmentation? I thought people seemed happy with the long term security at the time. Then again, it seems every record breaking or just smart/sound/secure deal seems to get dwarfed in the near term these days.
the ACC guarding documents/contract and only letting FSU look at them in person in Charlotte ACC office seems a little sus. Clemson and UNC are waitning in the sidelines to see how this shakes out
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Absolutely unrelated to the Illini, but brilliant research! Well done.
