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I said at the time this was first reported...
Jan 6, 2020, 10:39 AM
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the league was foolish for agreeing to a fifteen year contract.
John Swofford couldn't negotiate his way out of his own driveway with a GPS.
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You are so right!
Jan 6, 2020, 11:35 AM
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Fire Swofford!! I've been saying it for years--so have many of you.
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Re: The timeframe for Clemson to leave the ACC has been set
Jan 6, 2020, 11:16 AM
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I like the ACC-BIG 12 alignment part. Would be good for the football serious schools like Clemson,FSU, OU, Baylor. Then the basketball schools can unite like UNC,UVA, Kansas.
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Re: The timeframe for Clemson to leave the ACC has been set
Jan 6, 2020, 11:56 AM
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His post is better.
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Re: The timeframe for Clemson to leave the ACC has been set
Jan 6, 2020, 12:06 PM
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"Better" in what way?
Swofford needs to have a provision in any future ACC TV contract that will give the ACC a chance to nullify that current TV contract if the ACC falls behind any other conference in revenue by a set amount. By the current contract, our only real way out is to add members. Not the preferred way.....
BTW- I called every ACC conference move correctly months in advance since GT joining. Didn't see that one coming, but everything since I have gotten correct.
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Re: The timeframe for Clemson to leave the ACC has been set
Jan 6, 2020, 12:01 PM
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The answer is the 1st of never.
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Re: The timeframe for Clemson to leave the ACC has been set
Jan 6, 2020, 12:57 PM
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Swofford bet everything on the landscape changing enough that Notre Dame would have to join a conference. ND making the CFP last year was a big blow to that because the hope was they would feel like they needed to be in conference to make the CFP... now they know that isnt the case.
What the ACC needs more than anything is for Miami, FSU and VT to get back to winning and the middle tier teams to have those occasional great years. Just none of it happening right now.
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Re: The timeframe for Clemson to leave the ACC has been set
Jan 6, 2020, 1:09 PM
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Swofford's hands were tied by the crappy contract before this one. In order to get ESPN to re-negotiate, he offered a much longer term deal. The Notre Dame thing is a sideline. Swofford looks at that as a life raft. It may actually be that- If the ACC were to sink, that would not be great for Notre Dame in non-revenue sports. At some point Notre Dame will HAVE to make a move. But it may be to the Big 10, not the ACC.
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Re: The timeframe for Clemson to leave the ACC has been set
Jan 6, 2020, 2:54 PM
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Since I haven't been keeping up with this topic, this is a genuine question, not an argument:
This prognostication is based on the assumption of ever-increasing viewership and consumer willingness to spend on sports, no? And if so, are we not possibly in a "bubble" situation, so that, essentially, it's the current haves who get exposed by a big "market correction"?
Why or why not?
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Re: The timeframe for Clemson to leave the ACC has been set
Jan 6, 2020, 3:00 PM
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Yes. Congratulations you seem to be the only other one on this board that recognizes the bubble will burst and all contracts entered into will be tossed into the garbage bin. In stadium attendance is suffering and eventually the TV numbers will be so spread over numerous platforms people will just stop looking for the product.
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Re: The timeframe for Clemson to leave the ACC has been set
Jan 6, 2020, 3:57 PM
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I'm sure the SEC East would gladly trade Missouri or Vandy for Clemson. Missouri could go back to the Big12 and Vandy could slide into the ACC or Big12.
H*e*l*l the SEC might even dump Uof6C for Clemson to get a real football team. Although, I don't think UGA would be happy but it would mean game on!
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Re: The timeframe for Clemson to leave the ACC has been set
Jan 6, 2020, 7:05 PM
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No they wouldn’t. Missouri is a more populated state, and they already have the diploma factory in Columbia for SC. They might trade Vandy for a North Carolina school.
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Re: The timeframe for Clemson to leave the ACC has been set
Jan 6, 2020, 8:23 PM
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Don't USCe and all SEC teams have veto power over another school from the same state joining?
It's also quite possible UGA, UF, (the other) UT don't want Clemson in the SEC East.
In other words, don't be so sure.
Unless I'm forgetting something, one thing all conference expansions have in common: No existing members get ticked off. It's a group decision where everyone buys in.
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Re: The timeframe for Clemson to leave the ACC has been set
Jan 6, 2020, 9:09 PM
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Youre all right. The SEC would never let Clemson in because they are too good now. It would be worth considering.
I forget what a school has to pay to the conference for leaving the ACC - $10M or $20M? In the first year, that would be made back and exceed the ACC annual payout with money left over.
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