General Sports Water Cooler

So what sports wouldn't the B1G with MD/UVA/UNC/Duke dominate?

Basketball? Check.
Lacrosse? Check.
Soccer? Check.
Football? Eh...better than everyone outside the SEC.
Hockey? Check.
Wrestling? Check.

The reality was bad, however. The initial bump in television revenue is actually just over $1 million a year, sources said, and a total in the $12 million range next season. The deal is back loaded so the bigger money comes in escalator provisions that, considering how broadcast rights keep growing, probably will be below market by the time any sizeable gains are realized.

That additional $4 million per school, per year? That won't come until 2021, nine years in, sources said.

Privately, almost everyone was troubled by the deal.

Furthermore, there was consternation over the length of the deal, which could favor ESPN. Some wondered if it wasn't agreed upon just to save face, the later money making it look like the ACC landed a windfall in today's dollar.

FSU's president has now come out and stated that "misinformation was spread" about the ACC contract. The closing of President Barron's statement:

"At the same time, Florida State is not seeking an alternative to the ACC nor are we considering alternatives. Our current commitments remain strong."

VT will leave the ACC before anyone else. Mark it down. smart move by Big 12. they know they cant get VT, but they can make the SEC act sooner than they may have otherwise. The sec will snatch VT up so fast your head will spin. SEc will not risk losing VT. That is a market they want.

And there is blood in the water now.

Win.

Maryland
Virginia
North Carolina
Duke
Penn State
Ohio State
Michigan
Michigan State

Indiana
Purdue
Iowa
Wisconsin
Nebraska
Northwestern
Illinois
Minnesota

Dumb question b/c I don't want to read the whole thread. I assume the schools vote on the deal? If so, did FSU vote against?

While anything on this is entirely speculative, IF this ever happened, they wouldn't put PSU, Mich, and OSU in the same division.

You are correct. That will not happen.

This acc tv deal is horrible. The delta is more like $10M/year. Have to think VT and NCState to the $EC is possible now, in which case FSU and X roll to the Big 12.

Big Ten would not expand without ND.

I'm offcially over all of this.

By placing such a high price tag on the rights, ironically enough ESPN wound up killing college sports.

I've been on the BiG bandwagon for the last 4-5 years.

Other than some people bitching about not playing Duke in BB and not being able to travel to Atlanta/Florida, IMHO, everything about that move makes sense.

It would basically force us to become really serious about football while giving us some good financial resources to help make it happen as well as giving us some good potential new BB rivalries...MSU, IU, OSU and Perdue.

We just fit.

AS for our TV deal, I don't really know anything about TV deals or any specifics of this one, but it does look bad that we apparently have better ratings and all for football, yet still couldn't approach what the Big 12 will get. I get all the stuff about being locked into the ESPN deal, but was there any way to perhaps get an opt out of our existing deal in the next 5-6 years or so...when we could legitimately put our product out there with some leverage?