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Declining the option doesn't make any sense if the ACC will just keep pushing back the option date while getting nothing in return.

If the deal were pretty lucrative then ESPN would have exercised their option in 2021 when they were supposed to. We let them extend it for some unknown reason and they still haven't exercised it. Some here act like it is a no brainer for ESPN yet they could do it today if they wanted to and...

I think you are downplaying ESPN's likely involvement in the whole process. There is a reason that the Big 12 commissioner sent a cease and desist letter to ESPN and accused them publicly of tortious interference during the OU and UT debacle. He even accused them of trying to lure other programs...

I am a fan of whatever is in the best interest of GT. Right now I don't believe that being in the ACC for the next 12 years while college football and college sports in general are being shaped around two major conferences is a very smart long term plan. Nor do I have any trust in the leadership...

So in your opinion ESPN and FOX have not been involved in conference realignment outside of being a well meaning media partner watching from the outside?

It was ESPN that moved Texas and Oklahoma to the SEC which not only neutered the Big 12 but set off the dominos of the B1G expanding and the Pac 12 collapsing. The ACC became a second tier conference simply because of the strength of the expanded leagues. If their goal is to have multiple strong...

It's a completely different product in the SEC. FSU played three 5+ million viewer games this year in the regular season. Two of those three were against the SEC. The other was against Clemson. Give FSU a schedule with UGA, Bama, Texas, LSU, etc and those games are going to put up monster...

They likely haven't, but they are fairly respected college football media members and I do trust their sources more than random people on message boards. Plus FSU choosing to include it in their legal filing gives it alot of credence. They obviously have seen it. You can choose to believe that...

The notion that the ESPN option only applies to the ACC network has only been mentioned here, has no evidence at all to back it up, and goes against what FSU said in their filing and in their BOT meeting. It also goes against reporting by Ross Dellenger and Josh Pate. In other words, it's...

Do you believe that if ESPN declines the 2027 option, and the ACC sells the rights to Apple for 5 million a year per team that there would be no legal recourse for any members of the conference and they would just have to live with that for 10 years?

I am pretty open about my lack of knowledge when it comes to legal documents. Im not trying to pretend im a lawyer. When someone starts criticizing others legal knowledge then I think its fair to ask for credentials to back up their supposed superior knowledge. Most of us are arguing based on...

Good grief. FSU's media rights are not a baseball card. This is the hyperbole augusta likes to ignore from everyone else for some reason. The ACC never paid anything for FSU's media rights. They aren't a tangible object to be sold and resold. They own the rights only to use them in a way that...

They aren't separate issues. The issue is leaving the conference. If a program can't possibly leave due to a lack of media rights crippling their athletic program then the exit fee and bylaws related to leaving are meaningless. You can keep saying they are separate all that you want. It's...

Good. Im glad that we are all on the same page that the ACC will eventually negotiate exit fees and media rights buyouts for the members that want to leave. I think it will be a bit earlier for FSU and they may pay a bit more but they will exit nonetheless.