(05-04-2011 07:34 AM)ecuacc4ever Wrote: Can someone make a legit clone of Larry Scott and have him immediately take over as ACC Commissioner? Like, yesterday...?
You make a good point: Just 6 months ago, everyone was praising the ACC commissioner to high-heaven, because he landed that $155 million TV deal that boosted their per-team pay from $5 million a year to $13 million a year.
But, the Pac 10 and Big 12 have now signed deals that soar way past that, to the neighborhood of $20 million per year per school.
This matters a lot, because previously, before this latest round of deals, there were three tiers of money in the BCS: the SEC and Big 10 got the most, the Big East got the least, and the Pac 10, Big 12, and ACC were in the middle.
Now, the Pac 10 and Big 12 are in the same money range as the SEC and Big 10, getting significantly more than the ACC, so the ACC is the big loser in terms of relative dollars, and despite getting $8 million more than they previously were, it's your standing relative to the other major conferences that matter most.