(06-23-2022 09:13 AM)Frank the Tank Wrote:  

(06-23-2022 08:24 AM)Native Georgian Wrote:  

(06-23-2022 06:54 AM)Frank the Tank Wrote:  The Pac-12 is going to be substantially ahead of the ACC as the #3 conference financially when this is all said and done.

If that happens — and tbh, I’ll believe it when I see it — what a devastating indictment that would be of the ACC’s financial strategy/leadership.

I think the ACC made a poorly-time long-term TV deal. Whether that's an indictment of ACC leadership is an open question.

That being said, I'll continue to state that the Pac-12 remains perpetually underrated on this forum due to recency bias in the CFP era. The Pac-12 has multiple large affluent markets where it has a complete P5 monopoly, key marquee brands like USC and UCLA, top academics, and a lineup of institutional, cultural and geographic fits.

The Pac-12 has *always* been the #3 league in terms of long-term conference realignment value in my mind. This is just a matter of the TV rights market finally catching up to that reality.

Theoretically they are, but the actual TV ratings numbers say they have been a clear #5. Reality sometimes gets in the way of theory.

On the other hand, the ACC did have bad timing on their long term deal and so the Pac 12 may pass them by leaving the ACC undervalued.