📡 Conf. realignments, 2023: The PAC 12 is now the PAC 4, but still a P5.

[Justneedme81]

@Justneedme81 , thanks for clearing it up.

As much as I get the buyout's gobbling up dollars from any returns the "new" conferences for Clemson & FSU, this is an arms race not just for the next few years but 10+ years. The ACC is a deadman walking (the BigEast) & most know it.

Agreed.

 

[It Takes Eleven]

If FSU demonstrates that the numbers work to exit the ACC (just a few years ago it was viewed as prohibitively high), then that could open the door for Notre Dame to bolt.

 

[Justneedme81]

If FSU demonstrates that the numbers work to exit the ACC (just a few years ago it was viewed as prohibitively high), then that could open the door for Notre Dame to bolt.

Why would ND bolt?

 

[24and7]

The ACC could be dead or gain new life… adding Tulane , La Tech , SMU UConns and some other upstart power fives… The recruiting for those schools would skyrocket in a major conference..Then a lot more PARITY would follow.. especially with hoops..

 

[It Takes Eleven]

Why would ND bolt?

I think they're a better fit for the Big 10. I'm curious what they'll generate in independent revenue when their NBC contract runs in '25, too.

 

[Justneedme81]

I think they're a better fit for the Big 10. I'm curious what they'll generate in independent revenue when their NBC contract runs in '25, too.

Then why didn't they join big ten when they had opportunity to do so.

 

[It Takes Eleven]

Then why didn't they join big ten when they had opportunity to do so.

I think they wanted to remain independent in football at the time (probably still do), and the ACC was willing to take all of their other sports and cut them a deal with football. Not sure the Big 10 extended a similar offer.

 

[alabama mike]

Washington and Oregon I can see going Big 10, not so much so with FSU and Clemson. As I have read the previous posts, the buyout is huge.

 

[Sid Youngleman]

I'd take North Carolina, Duke, and Georgia Tech before I took Miami.

UNC and Duke will leave the ACC only in hearses. I live in the state and know that both institutions regard the conference as their basketball cult.

 

[OldPlayer]

Why would ND bolt?

$$$$

Even in a down year, ND still has a national draw. That draw means more people watching whatever network the B1G is on. More people means more $$$$ for advertising which is how the network pays high media rights fees to a conference.

It has nothing to do with "where they fit," geography or tradition.

 

[24and7]

$$$$

Even in a down year, ND still has a national draw. That draw means more people watching whatever network the B1G is on. More people means more $$$$ for advertising which is how the network pays high media rights fees to a conference.

It has nothing to do with "where they fit," geography or tradition.

The only thing ND has is the ability to play Prime opponents… such as USC and some of its traditional rivalries… remember when they used to play Alabama…some of the FSU games… their academic requirements now are what’s killing them…

 

[It Takes Eleven]

UNC and Duke will leave the ACC only in hearses. I live in the state and know that both institutions regard the conference as their basketball cult.

Infinitive intact, but I hope you're not in the same state as those in hearses.

 

[TerryP]

UNC and Duke will leave the ACC only in hearses. I live in the state and know that both institutions regard the conference as their basketball cult.

Didn't people say the same thing about the Big East 15 years ago?

 

[TerryP]

 

[TerryP]

I replayed that.

 

[TerryP]

Conversations about conference realignments tend to center around eyeballs ... not a great resume here.

 

[Crtuneman]

I had this thought about the ACC. I Know Pittsburgh would not bring much to the table competitively speaking, but it would be another TV market for the SEC. A new footprint which they haven't had before. Do you think that would be worth a consideration?

 

[TerryP]

I had this thought about the ACC. I Know Pittsburgh would not bring much to the table competitively speaking, but it would be another TV market for the SEC. A new footprint which they haven't had before. Do you think that would be worth a consideration?

I find the concept to be outdated. We're no longer in a linear TV era.

 

[RTB X Bot]

 

[OldPlayer]

I had this thought about the ACC. I Know Pittsburgh would not bring much to the table competitively speaking, but it would be another TV market for the SEC. A new footprint which they haven't had before. Do you think that would be worth a consideration?

The Pittsburgh market is the 23rd ranked DMA (out of 210). Not big but not small. However, it's an island. Markets around Pittsburgh are more focused on Penn State or other B1G schools (Ohio State, Maryland). What's the draw for the SEC?