The ACC schools announced today that they signed a grant of rights deal that reportedly extends through the 2026-27 season. What that means is that, for the length of the deal, if an ACC school jumps to another conference, the ACC continues to hold that school’s media rights, including revenue. That removes any carrot for any ACC team wanting to defect.

This is a really, really big deal.

I am so happy about this. Maybe now at least for the next few years there will be no more realignment garbage.

the article states that the big 10, big 12, and pac 12 have signed a similar pact...only the sec hasn't done the pact thingy...i don't know how much this really does except look good on paper and in the public eye. if a conference wants another conference school bad enough, they will find a way to make it happen.

The other ones are different than the ACC's. The ACC's will hold the rights to all media revenues on every tier. I know that the Big XII's isn't like that. This will make it extremely difficult to overturn. I mean it was signed by all the member schools and approved. They are all in on it.

Well the acc had to do something....they were next on the raid list with b10, b12, & possibly sec looking at grabbing up schools.

Finally the musical chairs will stop for a little while.

If a school wants to move, it will. I personally don't think a GOR would hold up in court

(04-22-2013 02:58 PM)randaddyminer Wrote:  If a school wants to move, it will. I personally don't think a GOR would hold up in court

No school with a GOR has ever moved.... food for thought

IMHO if a school or conference wanted to move. They will probably just wait until the period is over.

This is huge.

The ACC just saved itself and bought itself and the bottom 5 conferences some precious time to grow and get stronger.

(04-22-2013 02:43 PM)NTTHOR Wrote:  the article states that the big 10, big 12, and pac 12 have signed a similar pact...only the sec hasn't done the pact thingy...i don't know how much this really does except look good on paper and in the public eye. if a conference wants another conference school bad enough, they will find a way to make it happen.

So maybe we are safe from Florida St or Clemson jumping to the Big 12.


We can still have Cincy to the Big 12, so the American might end up with a spot. UConn might be screwed big time. This wont stop realignment, but it could slow it way down. Would the Big 12 take USF just to get into Florida?

I don't think Big12 wants anybody else right now.
If they did, they would have done added Cincy.

They know Cincy is there when they want them.

For Big12 to expand, it would have to be a Notee Dame type.

This might end all conference jumping for a while.

This does hold out some hope that realignment MAY slow down considerably. That would be a great thing allowing all Go5 conferences to work on building their brand through on-field performance.

(04-22-2013 02:59 PM)jay2000 Wrote:  

(04-22-2013 02:43 PM)NTTHOR Wrote:  the article states that the big 10, big 12, and pac 12 have signed a similar pact...only the sec hasn't done the pact thingy...i don't know how much this really does except look good on paper and in the public eye. if a conference wants another conference school bad enough, they will find a way to make it happen.

So maybe we are safe from Florida St or Clemson jumping to the Big 12.


We can still have Cincy to the Big 12, so the American might end up with a spot. UConn might be screwed big time. This wont stop realignment, but it could slow it way down. Would the Big 12 take USF just to get into Florida?

I could see the Big 12 taking Cincy and USF now that the ACC teams are off the table. They may have wanted Florida State, but those two schools are in big markets and great recrutiing areas too. They may be set for now, but eventually they will want to go to 12.

(04-22-2013 02:59 PM)mwp1023 Wrote:  

(04-22-2013 02:58 PM)randaddyminer Wrote:  If a school wants to move, it will. I personally don't think a GOR would hold up in court

No school with a GOR has ever moved.... food for thought

IMHO if a school or conference wanted to move. They will probably just wait until the period is over.

I just think that a "right to work" or more specifically a "right to bargain" would come into play here. I'm not no lawyer, so I may be way off (individual vs University), but I'm sure attorneys can find a way

So the conference moves may be done for the short term but with the B12 after the Liberty or Music City Bowl since the Cotton Bowl is now part of the play-off and may lose it's deal with the Pinstripe Bowl while their Holiday Bowl is looking to go B10.

Bowl alignment appears to be the next cluster we get to deal with.

http://sports.yahoo.com/news/big-12-want...ncaaf.html

(04-22-2013 03:10 PM)HERD-it-wuz-DJ Wrote:  I don't think Big12 wants anybody else right now.
If they did, they would have done added Cincy.

They know Cincy is there when they want them.

For Big12 to expand, it would have to be a Notee Dame type.

This might end all conference jumping for a while.

Agree. I can't see any reason why they would even want to expand with either Cincy or USF....to get Tommy Tubberville back in the conference? Yeah....not so much.

It's done.

50m is one thing, but to "break" a 15 year GOR would literally cost someone (either a school or a buying conference) in the 100s of millions of dollars; and apparently the GOR has far more legal "teeth" than an exit fee.

Cincy and UConn could still be called up, thus creating a couple of openings somewhere within the "group of 5", but make no mistake; for all practical purposes, major conference realignment has been halted for a very long time to come.

Yes, realignment is done for the foreseeable future. We'll make one final raid on the SBC, only this time we'll be after any bowl tie-ins we can pick up.

A link for this:

http://blog.syracuse.com/sports/2012/05/...worth.html