(10-17-2026 03:48 PM)bullet Wrote: (10-16-2026 10:41 PM)XLance Wrote: (10-16-2026 03:24 PM)JRsec Wrote: (10-16-2026 03:11 PM)Wahoowa84 Wrote: (10-16-2026 01:06 PM)JRsec Wrote: Vault? Do you mean the leatherette satchel with the 3 digit dial code? I do love the conspiracy angle, however. Nothing like a conspiracy to make the ordinary perfunctory decisions of a business seem nefarious and those impacted to feel important for having to carry out the Herculean task of overthrowing the monolithic faceless machine of the cabal that is against them in order to preserve whatever it is they must preserve, maybe this year's fig crop. It all lends such nobility to simply being a helpless fan who doesn't know why their academic leadership is pondering a move for the future of their alma mater.
If anyone ever wonders how much college sports means in the South? FSU is your answer! The whole state stops what it is doing to rally behind the cause, and that is admirable.
Fascinating how engaged the FSU BoT Chairman became once the actual language of the entire legislation was communicated in August. Senator Moody (R-FL) proposed various amendments immediately. Wa-la compromises were made by voice acclamation prior to the full Senate vote. The conference cap is increase from 19 to 20, the independence clause is reduced to three years and eliminated entirely after five years. Senators Moody even votes in favor of PCSA, which passes the Senate 77-22.
But the Senate compromises are not enough for FSU BoT Chairman. He’s clearly pushing to change the PCSA or have the House of Reps not vote on it (i.e., kill the legislation).
How endeared the Seminoles would be to the Big Ten, SEC, ACC, and Big 12 if the exemption is lost. I'm sure all of them would welcome the presence of such a school where there are extraneous voices to the president to be heard. Do they know that they should stay as far away from the House as possible because the House may kill it anyway? I wonder if their leadership has considered the fallout that they will receive by even appearing to attempt to influence the House vote. It's like a live punt where the receiving team needs to vacate the vicinity to avoid touching a ball which would then become live. Nothing good can come of it.
At this point you have to begin to wonder why any school in the Big Ten or the SEC would actually want Florida State University as a conference mate.
Based on history, money is the only thing that matters and those sorts of quotes are just hot air.
Well, based upon money Florida State would be 12th in a 17 member SEC. That's the reality here Bullet, and it is why since Clemson would be lower and North Carolina and Virginia even lower and all of them lower than Miami. What's more is FSU's crowds are fair weather as are Miami's. North Carolina and Clemson's crowds are the same win or lose. Don't know about Virginia. FSU adds a fraction of 35% of the Florida college sports market when you account for about a 70% overlap with Florida's market reach.
FSU is not a slam dunk period for the SEC. They declined an invitation in 1991, the sued the ACC something every conference took note of, and they don't deliver that wonderful money you are speaking about. They do deliver a reasonable viewership, but so too does Miami and Clemson. Only one of them matches or exceeds the SEC's average attendance, Clemson. They are all well below the mean or average total revenue production.
In that world Bullet the SEC looks for what can be added that it doesn't already have more of and with better numbers. That's market reach which Virginia and North Carolina combined deliver a fresh 20 million to the SEC, and which FSU with it's average viewership unduplicated by the Gators would be an additional 9 million and Miami's about 7 million. Clemson gives us 2.5 million.
This is why many are saying the SEC's pick would be North Carolina and Virginia which do add to the SEC academically, in terms of average basketball attendance and as hot TV products for hoops. Miami at least adds viewership in part of the state of Florida where the Gators have a presence but not nearly as strong as Miami's.
I say all of this to let you know that anything which adds to NET negatives for FSU only hurts their chances because the money isn't floating our boat. Notre Dame would. So any additions from the ACC need to improve the SEC in an area where we need improvement. We don't need any school which places in our bottom third in revenue generation, or only in our middle in wins.
The money for the SEC from any ACC additions will be found in new markets and additional market reach and in strengthening our weaknesses, hoops revenue and academic profile. FSU may one day attain AAU status but likely will have to wait for a few to drop out of ACC in order to get in and then there are a few with better credentials ahead of them hoping to get in and Nebraska hoping to get in again.
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