The mighty ACC canāt afford to lose Clemson & f$u, imho. Florida State, Clemson among seven ACC schools examining grant of rights agreement, per reports
yes. yes it is. This is a football version of The Falklands War, but FSU may be in the role of Argentina Noles and clemson are gone at a discount Would the SEC make a play
The question is not whether the ACC is going to lose FSU and Clemson, the question is can FSU and Clemson leave the ACC fast enough to remain relevant.
FSU has been pushing for a redistribution of TV funding with them getting a better formulaic share. Would be nice to add NC and Virginia to the conference.
They had the opportunity to join the SEC but Bowden killed that. He said it was easier to get FSU to Championships in the ACC.
And he was right. The flip side of that is that it was short term gratification. The long term result is they are members of a mediocre (being generous) football conference that struggles financially and is in the shadows of the SEC.
I've read they keep the contract at the acc office or somewhere like that and can't leave there so it's not subject to any freedom of information act type stuff (though I find it hard to believe the schools don't have a copy), but if true it makes me wonder that if they're protecting it that much maybe it's not as airtight as rumored
Does it have to be unanimous? Back then there was no threat of clemson or louisville joining to south carolina and kentucky so we probably wouldn't have had the alleged unwritten agreement to keep them out and might have been out voted
Hard to believe parties to the agreement don't have a copy of the agreement itself. I've never heard of that. In fact, they're often signed in multiple originals. Another weird ACC thing I guess. LOL!
I understand things are not going this way but I would enjoy a smaller ACC. Get rid of Pitt, Louisville, BC, Syracuse and others and bring it back to the South Atlantic region. A real conference- not an amalgamation. I'm in the minority but I would also love a smaller SEC, but that's not happening... Maybe the smaller ACC will.