What I am saying isn't different than that, except for the other conferences "going with it". I think the Big10 and SEC might not even be in the NCAA in a few years. The other conferences won't have to follow their lead, because the other conferences might not even have any association with them. It could be the NAIA, the NCAA, and whatever the P2 call themselves.
Not to mention that Plato wrote several dialogues about how we define real
I agree they will split off. But my guess is it will be for football. There are advantages to have NCAA tournaments for other sports. But create their own superconferences and rules for football seems very realistic. Most of the TV money is associated with football anyway.
That just means more transfers. Good players want to play.
This is not a criminal case.
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Then there is no reason to make it an issue.
a civil case is essentially a dispute between private parties, doesn't need a crime to have been committed. I would think evidence of dereliction of duties in favor of nepotism could help return a ruling in your favor, depending on the strength of the evidence and the skills of the presenting lawyers.
That's nonsense. Swofford can claim that it was in the ACC's interests to maintain a healthy local distributor of content regardless of who was employed there. And it would be up to FSU to prove otherwise.
I agree they must first prove harm, which will be very difficult, before any issue with Swafford's dealings become relevant.
I’m being a bit facetious with this, but I believe “Tictoc Influencer” is the path you’re speaking of
Nepotism is a very difficult issue in a civil case because you have to show intent to give material benefits to relatives that would not have flowed to them on the merits. And the merits in this this case are not easy.
I think we will eventually know the answer to #1, but the snarky reply is that they can do whatever they can afford.
Agreed. Then why are we worried that the conference will implode? If no current ACC team is worth $50M, then they won’t bump the SEC/B1G contract enough to make it work for ghat conference.
Everyone has accepted the belief that carriage fees don't matter any more, and that ratings are the only thing that affects value. I have seen estimates that the difference for the Big Ten Network for in market vs out of market is $1.40 per subscriber. I'm not sure about any of the numbers, but believe they are within an order of magnitude. There are roughly 80 million pay TV subscribers. That is about 24% of the population. In Florida, that would mean there are about 5 million TV subscribers. That means that adding a team in Florida could add about $7 million per month to carriage fees for the Big Ten Network. Big10 is a 39% stakeholder in the network. I don't think there would be additional costs to the network to increase per subscriber fees for a new in network market, but let's assume only 80% of that increase fee is profit. That would be $2.2 million additional profit for the Big10 per month for adding a school from Florida. ($26 million per year) Actual paying subscribers per area, actual costs and difference between in-market and out of market, splits of that between Fox and Big10, numbers are not easily available. I tried to be conservative, so I think I am at the low end of what the Big10 would make from adding a school in Florida.
For #1, FSU can definitely get out. It is written in the ACC bylaws. They just have to submit their notice to the ACC by early August, pay the withdrawal fee, and forego their media rights until 2036. However, I assume your question if more about if FSU will get out. That remains to be seen.
