Good sh@t. Who gets the most credit for making this happen?

(04-22-2013 01:04 PM)krux Wrote:  BJ, I think this could actually help Cincy in the long run. I would say this makes you more attractive to the Big 12 and maybe even the SEC if you can get that stadium expanded.

Those conferences have never had a lick of interest in us, and I don't see that changing.

Brett McMurphy confirming

Brett McMurphy‏@McMurphyESPN30m
ACC presidents approve Grant of Rights thru 2026-27 sources tell @espn. B1G will have to look elsewhere. 1st reported by @DavidGlennShow

(04-22-2013 01:09 PM)mattsarz Wrote:  

(04-22-2013 01:04 PM)krux Wrote:  BJ, I think this could actually help Cincy in the long run. I would say this makes you more attractive to the Big 12 and maybe even the SEC if you can get that stadium expanded.

In some ways, I think it stabilizes their conference too if it hinders the ability for the Pac-12, Big 12 and ACC to be raided.

BFD, quite frankly. We'll get paid $2 million a year forever!

From CBS: I don't know anything about Jeremy Fowler.

http://www.cbssports.com/collegefootball...ights-deal

Also from that article:

Quote:The league is evaluating the viability of a channel with ESPN, which is gathering info and will get back to the league soon. From what I'm told, league members are encouraged about those talks so far.

I'm still not convinced GoRs are unbreakable.

(04-22-2013 01:14 PM)BJUnklFkr Wrote:  

(04-22-2013 01:04 PM)krux Wrote:  BJ, I think this could actually help Cincy in the long run. I would say this makes you more attractive to the Big 12 and maybe even the SEC if you can get that stadium expanded.

Those conferences have never had a lick of interest in us, and I don't see that changing.

I dunno. There's still a lot of speculation not as to "if" but "when" the Big 12 expands back to 12. I don't think ANY ACC school was ever interested, but now even their most irrational fans will have to back away from FSU/Clemson rumors.

Once Louisville went to the ACC, if the B12 wants 12, I think Cincy is next in line, whether or not it's in tandem with BYU or UConn.

I hope so anyway.

(04-22-2013 01:14 PM)BJUnklFkr Wrote:  

(04-22-2013 01:09 PM)mattsarz Wrote:  

(04-22-2013 01:04 PM)krux Wrote:  BJ, I think this could actually help Cincy in the long run. I would say this makes you more attractive to the Big 12 and maybe even the SEC if you can get that stadium expanded.

In some ways, I think it stabilizes their conference too if it hinders the ability for the Pac-12, Big 12 and ACC to be raided.

BFD, quite frankly. We'll get paid $2 million a year forever!

I think this forces the Big 12 to look at Cincinnati as the #1 expansion candidate in the East now... if you believe the Big 12 will someday get back to, you know, 12.

(04-22-2013 01:14 PM)BJUnklFkr Wrote:  

(04-22-2013 01:09 PM)mattsarz Wrote:  

(04-22-2013 01:04 PM)krux Wrote:  BJ, I think this could actually help Cincy in the long run. I would say this makes you more attractive to the Big 12 and maybe even the SEC if you can get that stadium expanded.

In some ways, I think it stabilizes their conference too if it hinders the ability for the Pac-12, Big 12 and ACC to be raided.

BFD, quite frankly. We'll get paid $2 million a year forever!

BJ, here's what I'm referring to: If NBC or ESPN low-balled the conference in rights negotiations because they assumed a domino effect that would have UConn, Cincy or USF out the door. NBC put those protections in place assuming someone was going to leave, but there wasn't a reward to stick around.

Sorry if you interpreted that differently.

It's official. Here's the press release: http://www.theacc.com/genrel/042213aaa.html

Here is it

http://www.theacc.com/genrel/042213aaa.html

(04-22-2013 01:24 PM)mattsarz Wrote:  

(04-22-2013 01:14 PM)BJUnklFkr Wrote:  

(04-22-2013 01:09 PM)mattsarz Wrote:  

(04-22-2013 01:04 PM)krux Wrote:  BJ, I think this could actually help Cincy in the long run. I would say this makes you more attractive to the Big 12 and maybe even the SEC if you can get that stadium expanded.

In some ways, I think it stabilizes their conference too if it hinders the ability for the Pac-12, Big 12 and ACC to be raided.

BFD, quite frankly. We'll get paid $2 million a year forever!

BJ, here's what I'm referring to: If NBC or ESPN low-balled the conference in rights negotiations because they assumed a domino effect that would have UConn, Cincy or USF out the door. NBC put those protections in place assuming someone was going to leave, but there wasn't a reward to stick around.

Sorry if you interpreted that differently.

I see what you mean, but I think we already signed on with ESPN's match anyway.

Anyway, apologies for making this about UC. Congrats again ACC Enjoy!

For those WVU fans who have been spreading bogus realignment rumors for months now, this is effective a nasty crop dusting left in their offices.

I'll just leave this here...

http://mbd.scout.com/mb.aspx?s=159&f=4582&t=11484846

Hurray.

Stability for 15 years. By then I'll be 64 and I won't care anymore.

Clearly this is a sign of weakness that can only be remedied by inviting WVU and UCONN.

(04-22-2013 01:15 PM)Wolfman Wrote:  I'm still not convinced GoRs are unbreakable.

No contract is. It can be bought out, but it certainly helps kill the rampant rumor mongering from the kooks that have banked their entire theory of realignment on GOR invincibility.

A GOR does make it trickier to exit since such contracts are untested, and if the exit fee also holds, it makes it prohibitively expensive. The combination is brutal. With each passing year a GOR would theoretically get cheaper to buy one's rights back, but the exit fee as written gets more and more expensive. It is also potentially interesting what this might mean about the UMD lawsuit. Perhaps nothing.

The most interesting thing about this news is that it certainly seems like a prelude to an ACC Network.

So since we're now officially locked in in the same media markets and at the very least at the same level of competition as when Maryland announced its departure and Notre Dame & Louisville announced their arrival, will this mean more money per school? I would hope so, since our TV partner(s) will not need to doubt who will be in the ACC In the future. It's win-win - we either stay where we're at, or possibly add a school (or two) that enhances the TV deal.

(04-22-2013 02:10 PM)Cardinals Wrote:  So since we're now officially locked in in the same media markets and at the very least at the same level of competition as when Maryland announced its departure and Notre Dame & Louisville announced their arrival, will this mean more money per school? I would hope so, since our TV partner(s) will not need to doubt who will be in the ACC In the future. It's win-win - we either stay where we're at, or possibly add a school (or two) that enhances the TV deal.

Funny you should ask, Jeremy Fowler just tweeted...

Jeremy Fowler ‏@JFowlerCBS 10m
#ACC file updated: GOR finalized, league to make more than $20M per school per year starting July 1. http://www.cbssports.com/collegefootball...ights-deal …

Jeremy Fowler ‏ @ JFowlerCBS 2m
I'm told # ACC annual media rights money, in light of GOR completion, will average $20-plus-million per school starting July 1.

So, Marge Schott, when is FSU leaving for the Big 10 again? I forget when you said it would happen.