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<blockquote data-quote="Techster" data-source="post: 883567" data-attributes="member: 360"><p>I think the gameplan by the SEC and B1G has been masterful. I've also said that the B1G and SEC are not done...the time isn't right yet to bring on other schools.</p><p></p><p>IMO, the plan for the SEC and B1G has been to cut the head off each conference (get the flagship schools), then cherry pick the remnants. The remaining schools now know that staying in their current conference isn't tenable if they want to compete with the Super 2. Once their media and GOR rights expire, there will be more tectonic shifts in the landscape. This move also gives them cover against any tortious interference lawsuits from other conferences and schools that will obviously be economically hurt by the big brands leaving the conference. By taking the head off the beast, the SEC and B1G are now forcing other prized schools to move, or slowly perish on the vine, when their respective media deals are done.</p><p></p><p>Which brings us to the ACC. ACC schools made the GOR deal hoping to keep the more desirable schools from leaving, but what's going on is it's keeping EVERYONE tethered to a media deal widely regarded as one that gets worse and worse by the year. I think a school like Wake Forest/NC State/BC/Syracuse/Pitt (and some extent GT) are OK with it because the ACC is the best it's going to get for them. For schools like UNC/UVA/FSU/Miami/Clemson/GT (who was already tapped on the shoulder by the B1G a decade ago) who have or had other options previously, the GOR deal is starting to become an anchor to their ambitions.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Techster, post: 883567, member: 360"] I think the gameplan by the SEC and B1G has been masterful. I've also said that the B1G and SEC are not done...the time isn't right yet to bring on other schools. IMO, the plan for the SEC and B1G has been to cut the head off each conference (get the flagship schools), then cherry pick the remnants. The remaining schools now know that staying in their current conference isn't tenable if they want to compete with the Super 2. Once their media and GOR rights expire, there will be more tectonic shifts in the landscape. This move also gives them cover against any tortious interference lawsuits from other conferences and schools that will obviously be economically hurt by the big brands leaving the conference. By taking the head off the beast, the SEC and B1G are now forcing other prized schools to move, or slowly perish on the vine, when their respective media deals are done. Which brings us to the ACC. ACC schools made the GOR deal hoping to keep the more desirable schools from leaving, but what's going on is it's keeping EVERYONE tethered to a media deal widely regarded as one that gets worse and worse by the year. I think a school like Wake Forest/NC State/BC/Syracuse/Pitt (and some extent GT) are OK with it because the ACC is the best it's going to get for them. For schools like UNC/UVA/FSU/Miami/Clemson/GT (who was already tapped on the shoulder by the B1G a decade ago) who have or had other options previously, the GOR deal is starting to become an anchor to their ambitions. [/QUOTE]
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