(08-16-2015 10:22 AM)CardinalJim Wrote: The Big Ten had its chance and got Maryland. Despite all the insiders proclamations of the end of The ACC, the best Delaney could do was Maryland. No UVa, no GaTech no Duke. Again if any of these schools would have wanted out of The ACC they wouldn't have signed The GOR.
First, we don't know if Delany tried to get anyone but Maryland. You assume Delany went 1-4 (tried to get MD, VA, Duke, GT) but struck out with three of them. For all we know he went 1-1, only tried to get Maryland and succeeded. Maryland was a WHALE of a prize for the B1G. A flagship located in the richest metropolitan area in the USA, and along with Rutgers puts the B1G in position to gain a large chunk of the enormously lucrative DC to NYC corridor.
Second, you make it seem like the B1G had a single window of opportunity and it has closed. But there's good reason to think not. First, the BTN continues to grow its revenue, second, the B1G is on the cusp of signing a new rights deal that will surely significantly boost that portion of its revenue.
IOW's, the B1G already makes a lot more money than the ACC, and is now poised to grow that advantage significantly. That boost in new money could very well be enough to tempt more ACC schools to run the legal risk of trying to break their GOR.
I'm not saying this will happen, but it is possible.
And this isn't a shot at the ACC. It goes without saying that the B1G money boom could also make it possible that Big 12 schools could be willing to exit for the B1G. I also don't think it totally outside the realm of possibility that a border-SEC school, like a Missouri or even Kentucky, might be tempted to leave the SEC. I really think that when the dust settles, the B1G is going to have a big money advantage over everyone, even over the SEC.
The money is going to look like this, at least until the late 2020s:
B1G ..> SEC ... > PAC, Big 12, ACC