It's athletic piece so not linking it but Nicole Auerbach from them with this-
BREAKING: Florida State has scheduled an emergency meeting of its Board of Trustees for Friday morning.

This is the first concrete step needed in any effort to enable the school to take legal action against the ACC to challenge the grant of rights.

The FSU Board of Trustees just scheduled a 10 am ET virtual meeting for Friday morning. Due to the state's sunshine law, the meeting will be accessible to the media and public to watch: https://trustees.fsu.edu/meetings

The school would likely need board approval before filing a complaint against its own conference, with trustees taking part in that major decision as key constituents. The move would not necessarily mean that the Seminoles are committed to leaving the ACC, and there are no assurances from the 16-team SEC or the 18-team Big Ten that invitations to higher-revenue conferences are waiting.

Ah a one step forward, two steps back piece.

Will we have a Gameday Thread/Watch Party for the BOT Meeting like we would for Chicago State back in the day?

(12-21-2023 09:27 AM)IWokeUpLikeThis Wrote:  Will we have a Gameday Thread/Watch Party for the BOT Meeting like we would for Chicago State back in the day?

Bring your tissues! It’ll be a tear jerker!

Wasn't the ACC one of the reasons the CFP didn't expand to 12 this year? If so it seems like all these types of issues are the P5's own doing.

Who doesn’t want to get called into an important meeting on a Friday morning when Monday is Christmas?

This isn't about just the playoff it's about the difference in media value from the Big 10/SEC and the ACC schools.

(12-21-2023 09:36 AM)AssKickingChicken Wrote:  Who doesn’t want to get called into an important meeting on a Friday morning when Monday is Christmas?

They need to drop the news on National Championship Monday... "financing secured. Settlement in the works."

https://www.espn.com/college-football/in...ant-rights

(12-21-2023 09:19 AM)esayem Wrote:  The school would likely need board approval before filing a complaint against its own conference, with trustees taking part in that major decision as key constituents. The move would not necessarily mean that the Seminoles are committed to leaving the ACC, and there are no assurances from the 16-team SEC or the 18-team Big Ten that invitations to higher-revenue conferences are waiting.

Ah a one step forward, two steps back piece.

The B1G and SEC can’t offer, it could be seen as tampering. So they’ll sit back and wait to see what happens. If they can weasel their way out of the ACC, the invite will come.

(12-21-2023 09:36 AM)AssKickingChicken Wrote:  Who doesn’t want to get called into an important meeting on a Friday morning when Monday is Christmas?

Said no one ever

(12-21-2023 09:34 AM)Curtisc83 Wrote:  Wasn't the ACC one of the reasons the CFP didn't expand to 12 this year? If so it seems like all these types of issues are the P5's own doing.

The ACC is the next sacrificial victim in the consolodation of power. They always have been. The attempted destruction of the Big XII was always a scapegoat.

(12-21-2023 09:48 AM)XLance Wrote:  https://www.espn.com/college-football/in...ant-rights

Unlike 99% of the articles and columns and posts on this topic that just want to wish away the scale of the money involved, this Thamel article does point to a specific private equity fund that would be used to fund any FSU buyout. This has always been the crux of any of this: who is paying for the buyout of several hundred million dollars (because the ACC rationally isn’t just giving that up)?

(12-21-2023 10:06 AM)Frank the Tank Wrote:  

(12-21-2023 09:48 AM)XLance Wrote:  https://www.espn.com/college-football/in...ant-rights

Unlike 99% of the articles and columns and posts on this topic that just want to wish away the scale of the money involved, this Thamel article does point to a specific private equity fund that would be used to fund any FSU buyout. This has always been the crux of any of this: who is paying for the buyout of several hundred million dollars (because the ACC rationally isn’t just giving that up)?

And for every fiscally irresponsible university that buys their way out, it grants more incentive for the rest to stay.

(12-21-2023 09:36 AM)AssKickingChicken Wrote:  Who doesn’t want to get called into an important meeting on a Friday morning when Monday is Christmas?

It’s a zoom meeting in their pajamas

(12-21-2023 09:09 AM)stever20 Wrote:  It's athletic piece so not linking it but Nicole Auerbach from them with this-
BREAKING: Florida State has scheduled an emergency meeting of its Board of Trustees for Friday morning.

This is the first concrete step needed in any effort to enable the school to take legal action against the ACC to challenge the grant of rights.

The FSU Board of Trustees just scheduled a 10 am ET virtual meeting for Friday morning. Due to the state's sunshine law, the meeting will be accessible to the media and public to watch: https://trustees.fsu.edu/meetings

"Sorry boys. My lawyer told me that thing is ironclad. Y'all ain't going nowhere."




"If a couple schools want to go, they can go and it won't take down the conference like we saw on the West Coast. That's not going to happen. I already brought in SMU for goodness' sakes and I've got USF, Memphis, Tulane and UNC-Greensboro on speed dial."

(12-21-2023 10:16 AM)PeteTheChop Wrote:  

(12-21-2023 09:09 AM)stever20 Wrote:  It's athletic piece so not linking it but Nicole Auerbach from them with this-
BREAKING: Florida State has scheduled an emergency meeting of its Board of Trustees for Friday morning.

This is the first concrete step needed in any effort to enable the school to take legal action against the ACC to challenge the grant of rights.

The FSU Board of Trustees just scheduled a 10 am ET virtual meeting for Friday morning. Due to the state's sunshine law, the meeting will be accessible to the media and public to watch: https://trustees.fsu.edu/meetings

"Sorry boys. My lawyer told me that thing is ironclad. Y'all ain't going nowhere."




"If a couple schools want to go, they can go and it won't take down the conference like we saw on the West Coast. That's not going to happen. I already brought in SMU for goodness' sakes and I've got USF, Memphis, Tulane and UNC-Greensboro on speed dial."

SMH wrong quote, bub. It’s always been:



SHOW ME THE MONEY!

Maybe Kirk Herbstreit knew something back in June ...

"Who's going where? Where's North Carolina going? Where's Oregon going? ("There will be no further Big Ten expansion without Notre Dame" Whoops. Ducks to the the Big Ten in 2024) Where's Washington going ("FOX isn't going to pay for Washington and Oregon to move to the B1G" Oof. Huskies to the Big Ten in '24)? Where's Clemson gonna end up? Where's Florida State gonna go? Where's Miami (going)? There's so much to me that's fascinating. I'm sure it won't happen during the (football) season — (or) maybe it will — that I'm guessing it happens after this year ... I think it's gonna be a fascinating time (when) we sit here and talk next June getting ready for the '24 season."

Things are about to get very interesting.