If we had to take Big 12 teams, this would be the order:
I still don't see any of those teams adding more than they would take in the way of shared money. Even if the ACC were able to renegotiate their TV deal.
1. Good football? Averaging 6 wins the last three years.
yeah, no one really adds anything to the point where we can go back to espn and demand more money, enough to even break even with two additional programs. does adding 16 teams, switching to a 9 game format, getting more "live games" content warrant an expansion in the acc? Not sure, you can still do that with the existing 14 members.
Even if people want to watch those games (and I'd suggest that number isn't very large outside of the markets affected) adding WVU would not bring more money to the ACC than they would take in equal shared benefits.
That's the question that we will find the answer to over time. They will not be invited unless financially it makes sense.
It's as iron clad as everyone else's. I believe it's three years of revenue. Problem is the sec is going to be near double the acc so even if they have to pay the full amount it doesn't matter much.
I think wvu on its own is a solid addition they don't add a ton but they add some the problem is there isn't anyone else that your likely to even come close to breaking even on. I would hazard to guess that even ok st doesn't have as good of tv ratings as Pitt and they played the last 10 years on a historical uptick for them. So if wvu is getting in it's likely as number 15 with no one else. Only caveat is if the addition of two teams is enough for ESPN to up the contract just for the extra inventory or teams leave the acc
Here's the deal. No ACC team would turn down the Big Ten or SEC. You can't. Yea the buyout is a lot but you'd make that back tenfold.
Yep but the sec will be making 60. If the acc is paying half it will only take three years to break even and then big money after that
I’m still wondering where we came up with 3 since they have a contractual obligation for 13 years. Letting them off the hook of a decade is quite a sweetheart deal.
The contractual obligation is their TV rights. They signed over their TV rights to the league and cant get those back if they swith leagues
So those schools would have zero bills to pay for 3 years and put all of their revenue towards a massive buyout??
The exit fee is 3X the annual distribution, which continually is going up. The grant of rights, and what is needed to buy out the decade plus of media rights owned by the conference, is a different issue. I do not know what Notre Dame's status with a grant of rights is compared to the other membership, but they are a full partner in the ACC Network, so it likely isn't nothing.
They did share their TV revenue with the ACC last year in exchange for playing in the conference. Makes me think they’re tied in deep enough. If something is going to happen to move ND into the conference, it will happen in the next couple of years. Their NBC deal ends in 2025.
