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I guess you and I are having the chicken and egg conversation. I’m trying to make the point that they HAVE 100 million to spend on sports while you seem to be saying they spend because they have 3 more sports. Surely you aren’t arguing that those 3 extra sports make up the 25 million spending...

isn’t it a blatant fact they spent more on sports than us ?

respectfully disagree, WV dosent spend 100 million on sports if they don't have it. I’m guessing if they had Techs budget they would eliminate 3 sports

Regardless of why, the simple fact is that renegotiating the contract absolutely will bring more money. The going rates figure into the equation. It may not be SEC type money but it’s at least 40 mil per team rather than the current 32. Over the remaining length of the current contract that’s...

exactly. They essentially agreed not to poach each other .

yes I know, I saw that also but I used it to show they still commit more than us. I would think The bigger consideration in this topic is the AD spent almost 100 million while Tech, a school that I presume you guys think brings something to the ACC, dedicated 75 million. If forming the...

https://247sports.com/college/west-virginia/Board/105475/Contents/Athletic-Budgets-131720142/ I can’t find the AD stats for 2019, the last non Covid year but ; In 2018 WVs athletic department spent more on its sports than all but 4 ACC schools at almost 99 million. Tech spent 75 million Total...

From Dennis Dodds CBS article today The risk for ESPN is losing all or part of a college sports property that is approaching the NCAA Tournament in annual value ($1 billion). "I think there's a good chance we'll just run out the term [of the ESPN contract]," said one CFP source involved in...

We all know deep down in our hearts that the reason the Alliance dosent have a binding contract with one another on anything is because they don’t want to get locked into one. The individual schools don’t want to be bound to anyone or anything that dosent hold their complete best interest. who...

The entire WV topic is totally inconsistent and at times displays the arrogance that I think plagues the ACC. Academics and sports are two separate things. They don’t complete a mathematical equation in order to score a TD. Half of the people here dont think WV holds academic candle to The...

yes there is a finite amount of money that would be paid as things are. How have you identified the upper limit though ? Other businesses excel in one or two products they lack the ability to merge without consuming one another. In the end if Coke and Pepsi merged the final product would be...

these conversations are circuitous. If regional alliances no longer matter and money is driving the game, shouldn't it be crystal clear that conferences that makes 54 million and 46 million per team apart would make at least a quarter more per team if the best of both combined ? I mean you...

nope and if I need numbers to convince you then you don’t pay attention it should be readily obvious. If those teams go to the SEC that means they would be leaving The Big 10 dosent it ? Where’s the money going ? Or do you think the Big 10 still pays 50 million per team without them ?

isn’t that exactly why the SEC is powerful ? Local perception in a conference that runs from Texas and Oklahoma to Florida to Kentucky is a pretty big “local” following. As far as The media bowing to the SEC here in Atlanta, Tech has a lot to do with that. Tech willingly signed a long term...

so a SEC that poaches Wisconsin, Minnesota, Oregon, USC, Michigan State, Purdue or any combo of other Pac 12 or Big 10 wouldn’t be more lucrative for those who were poached ? Add Clemson and Fla St in 2036. That wouldn’t be enough ? or an SEC that just poaches Ohio State, Penn St and Michigan...

we are just talking here but saying we overvalue the importance of the SEC is like saying Coke is overvalued in the soft drink business. Only time will tell but let’s say The Alliance plan works, does The Big 10 start running the Alliance as the big dog ? What checks them ? Same boat...

that’s exactly what I’m saying and I’m also saying they will take 6-7 of The Alliance teams with them

but they do care, the smaller schools in The Alliance still want to play them. Plus What games are sold out every year ? Tech vs Ga and Fla St vs Florida. look I hate the SEC mainly because of Ga but if the game does pass you by you can go back and look at this move. If Texas and Oklahoma had...

exactly my point 41 to 16 and the 16 represents arguably the most powerful conference in The NCAA, not gonna stand

I am utterly shocked at what seems to me to be the belief that The SEC will just sit still and take what has to look to them like a unified act of aggression. It doesn't matter if they started it, The SEC ain’t gonna just do what the Alliance says and smile about it. This Alliance thing is only...