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I'm curious - has anyone heard what they're basing this value on? Something like an analysis done by an accounting firm? To me, it just sounds like, "We think we're better than you...."

IMO, IF(big if) F$U succeeds and two or three schools leave the ACC, I would not be surprised to see the ACC and Big 12 merge.

Somebody is going to spend most of his life broke....

Yeh - I think the strategy of getting a state court judge to give you what you want, quickly followed by an appeal into federal court; which would likely wind up in Atlanta, ain't gonna' work out like they think....

Any lawyers here wish to opine on the strategy of "declaratory judgement action" in this case? I'm not a lawyer, but a cursory web search leads me to believe that it doesn't do what the "legal experts" imply. I'm beginning to think that the real strategy is to wear down the ACC until it will...

Ah, well - call it what you wish. The truth is that ESPN's revenue is declining YoY; mainly due to decreasing carriage fees at a time when DI$ desperately needs the cash. I'm really not disagreeing with you... Edit - main point is that I'm not sure where F$U thinks the additional money will...

You leave out the part where the rest of DI$ is hemorrhaging red ink. ESPN has always been the cash cow, but carriage fees are dropping at a time when DI$ badly needs that cash...

It's what you do when you can't actually take any action. IMO, it's all theatre to appease the fan base and create other enemies so the anger is not directed at them. We'll see if anything comes of the "emergency" BoT meeting other than more noise...

Not really sure what they think their options are....

Need to stock up on popcorn....

Not done yet...

KQ being cryptic....

Because basketball? It's the ACC after all. At the time they were a basketball powerhouse....

Not exactly an "unimpeachable" source....

The standard answer is that you're more valuable to the team in your 5th year than your first. I don't know if the portal changes that math or not....

OK, learned something today...

I don't have any inside information, but what I've seen looks like most of them are going searching for playing time, or have had sincere conversations with the staff about their situation.

Well, you knew it was coming....