Re: TNET: Sports Illustrated ranks Clemson 'desirability' among all Power 5 schools

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Jul 16, 2022, 1:21 PM

I can't believe all of the butt-hurt in the comments. I guess we should be glad that "reading comprehension" wasn't one of the factors.

This is about the appeal of schools to a major conference. We're... third amongst schools not already in the B1G or SEC, behind Notre Dame and Oregon. One could argue for being second there, but it pretty much make sense.

What this ISN'T is a ranking of the favorite schools with recruits or recent football success or quality of life in South Carolina.

Conferences (namely the B1G and SEC) care about brands - a decade ago it was about geographic footprint, which doesn't mean as much now. The B1G also cares about AAU membership - yes, academics - because university research budgets absolutely dwarf athletic budgets.

I have a lot of confidence in the Clemson brand, but whether they could add enough value to the SEC to increase the average media payout for every single team in the SEC is anybody's guess. It's why I am slightly skeptical about the idea that we are going to two 20 to 24 team super-conferences. Look at the last four major teams to move - Oklahoma, Texas, UCLA, and USC. Those are major brands that move the needle on revenues. It's a short list of more teams that could do the same - Notre Dame, maybe Oregon and Washington, maybe Clemson, FSU, Miami, North Carolina, Virginia, and Virginia Tech. Maybe.

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I don't think the B1G would ever take us, because we aren't an AAU member. Outside of Notre Dame (also not an AAU member, but still a very prestigious academic university - just without big research programs) the most likely ACC schools for B1G expansion would be UNC, UVA, and/or Georgia Tech.

I do think the SEC makes a lot of sense for us, if the SEC decides that continuing to expand is the way to go. But the money is going to get so crazy that it will be hard for any school to move the needle. I mean, if every school in the SEC takes home between $80 and $100 million annually under their new television contract, a seventeenth SEC school would have to be able to add that much to the value of their television contract, so that every other school doesn't lose money with expansion.

BUT... ESPN is already getting Clemson football via the ACC television deal. So anyone saying Clemson to the SEC would be a sure thing is saying that someone at Disney is thinking (for all practical purposes) "we are already airing Clemson football for $30 million/year, so let's pay them two or three times that, instead!" Sure, there would be some better match-ups, but not that much better.

TNET: Sports Illustrated ranks Clemson 'desirability' among all Power 5 schools

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