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I'm just looking forward to seeing the young men in action again. As far as stats, my one thought on that is something in the 60's is not average - unless you are comparing yourself to G5 programs. There are roughly 70 P5 schools. They tend to take the vast majority of the higher spots in the...

Texas A&M has shut down its in-house NIL after receiving letter from IRS stating it would likely cost them their tax-exempt status. https://www.cbssports.com/college-football/news/texas-a-m-shuts-down-controversial-12th-man-nil-fund-after-irs-threatens-foundations-nonprofit-status/ A&M tried to...

WA and OR are getting $30M per year from B1G with no additional travel allowance. Increases $1M per year until the next TV contract. Based on the reporting for right now it sounds like Stanford and Cal would get $24-28M with all ACC schools getting some additional money for travel allowances...

SMU was prepared to buy its way into the PAC. It is now prepared to buy its way into the ACC. Given they are willing to forgo money its worth seeing if the financials make sense. As has already been shown, ACC is not going to make any move that would dilute the current shares. Some articles...

More content referencing the Jon Ourand article. My general take on this. The easy, cheap money years are over. Media companies are starting to be held to much more exacting financial performance. https://awfulannouncing.com/college-football/pac-12-final-offers-cbs-espn-fox-apple.html I think...

They could, but the dates are too far out right now and the Big 2 conferences are unlikely to make any moves like that until they understand the financial implications - which they will not know until their next contract renegotiations. Also, after the last week I no longer assume a school...

I would expect media contracts to increase over time, but there are a number of downward pressures on college football that are unlikely to allow their contracts to increase at the rates they have been over the last decade. I also expect any future media contracts to include a significant...

ACC didn't add members earlier because it didn't make sense financially to add them earlier. ACC looked at adding as many as 5-7 PAC schools a year ago but ultimately passed because the financials didn't make sense. It wouldn't add money to the shares schools receive from the media contract. We...

FWIW, I could see Stanford being valuable to the ACC as a piece with Notre Dame. This is an interesting opinion piece from the Washington Post. https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2023/08/07/pac-12-collapse-conference-realignment-ncaa-college-athletics/ If you cannot read it the 2...

They have a new one tied to their new media contracts. Basically they have a GoR to the end of the decade. Those believing that the ACC is going to end once the GoR expires are making the same assumptions that most fans are making - whoever goes to the SEC or B1G are getting full shares. The...

I think it is extremely unlikely the ACC can add anyone right now (other than ND), that would increase the current share values. If something comes out of these talks with Stanford and Cal (and i'm not convinced of it at all), i'm expecting they would get either a current share (if ESPN is...

It was part of their contract with the B12. The new B12 contract with ESPN (but interestingly not FOX), had a pro rata piece where if the B12 added a P5 school than ESPN would increase its payment to the B12 conference equivalent to the current share. Reportedly, the agreement allowed for this...

One other thought I had last night. What happened this week makes it more difficult for expansion to occur for the SEC (and ACC). With B12 bringing on 4 new P5 members and ESPN holding 2/3 of the B12 media contract, that means starting with the 2024 season ESPN is effectively on the hook for...

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I agree with this completely. I think the days of rapidly increasing media contracts are over. We have no idea what the college football world will look like toward the end of the decade (When both the B1G and B12 contracts will be up). But I would not assume there are more big contract...

We have the new conference lineups for 2024 season and NE is not going anywhere (and never will) B1G is at 18 teams with the additions of WA and OR. B12 is at 16 teams with the additions of CO, AZ, ASU, and Utah All of these have been publicly announced. SEC Will be at 16 teams with TX and OK...

FWIW, the original ACC Grant of Rights is available online. The only thing that changed in the 2016 update is the end date of the GoR. It's beauty is in its simplicity. It is only 3 1/2 pages long...

First off, this is a sad day for college football. Losing a storied conference is not something to celebrate. Second, i'm not worried about the ACC in the short term at all. At the end of the decade, maybe, but not right now. What has happened over the last 2 weeks have shown a number of thing...

ACC isn't going anywhere. Also, B12 pays out less than the ACC does.