ESPN to continue to televise ACC sports thru 2036
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Over/Under the league goes under or there's a major change by 2031?
100%-8 teams would be my guess.
UNC-Big Ten or SEC
UVA-Big Ten
Miami-Big Ten
Stanford-Big Ten
Clemson-SEC
FSU-SEC
NC State, Virginia Tech, or Syracuse SEC.
UNC would be the lynchpin on where teams end up.
I think TV will force SEC to expand.
Louisville ends up in Big 12.
UNC-Big Ten or SEC
UVA-Big Ten
Miami-Big Ten
Stanford-Big Ten
Clemson-SEC
FSU-SEC
NC State, Virginia Tech, or Syracuse SEC.
UNC would be the lynchpin on where teams end up.
I think TV will force SEC to expand.
Louisville ends up in Big 12.
How much can the conferences expand, and to what effect? It makes no sense. How do you have conference champions without divisions and playoffs when you don’t play half the teams in your league? This is especially true with networks like ESPN facing oblivion.
I tend to agree but the last round on expansion made no sense either. This year the playoff teams and results probably are the same if they didn’t expand. I think they a slowly destroying college football.
I think 2031 will be the year after that everything stabilizes in terms of conference BS.
I think 2031 will be the year after that everything stabilizes in terms of conference BS.
The college sports world will be completely professionalized by 2031. Many new rules will have come into play by then. Some FB and MBB players will be making $10m per season ... or more. Women will get paid pretty significant sums as well. Certainly some will earn $2m or more. There will be virtually no restrictions on how many seasons a player may participate. The teams will be run by and as businesses by ownership groups and individual owners. The teams will produce profit and loss and will no longer be tax-protected. They will be full-fledged businesses. Teams will arrange affiliation with universities. These affiliations may switch periodically if University B offers to outbid University A for a better deal.
The two super conferences will consolidate into one single professional league. About 40 teams maximum.
FSU, Clemson, UNC, Miami, UVA, VT, GT, Pitt, NC St, Duke, Syracuse will NOT ALL land on their feet in the College Pro League. A select few might. Louisville will not be among the few.
ESPN and FOX arrangements for payments directly to teams, rather than conferences, will become the determining factor on just when the final movement and breakup occur. Congress will move to regulate but permit this to occur.
The two super conferences will consolidate into one single professional league. About 40 teams maximum.
FSU, Clemson, UNC, Miami, UVA, VT, GT, Pitt, NC St, Duke, Syracuse will NOT ALL land on their feet in the College Pro League. A select few might. Louisville will not be among the few.
ESPN and FOX arrangements for payments directly to teams, rather than conferences, will become the determining factor on just when the final movement and breakup occur. Congress will move to regulate but permit this to occur.
Well it does I hope it hurries up and happens
It will save me a lot of time and money.
And I’m getting shorter on both every year. 🤪
It will save me a lot of time and money.
And I’m getting shorter on both every year. 🤪
Seems like a dismal future, but it may be for the best, actually. The “excluded” schools can go back to playing real college football; and hopefully offering a little education as well.
UNC, VA, CLEMSON, and FSU are %100 for sure to get into the SEC or BIG 10.
MIAMI has a chance for the BIG 10 if they don't take FSU.
THE B12 will take four of NCST, VT, LOUISVILLE, PITT, or MIAMI.
The ACC most likely backfill with SFU, TULANE, and MEMPHIS.
There is no way that SYRACUSE is going to the SEC, only way STANFORD gets into the BIG 10 if Norte Dame goes all in with the BIG 10.
It doesn't have to make sense when lots of money is at play. These 30 team conferences will have alot of losers in the win column but major dollars on the universities bottom line and that will be all that matters. Until no one wants to watch their team lose 7 or 8 games a year, play in no bowl games and attendance drops. Then this super conference house of cards will collapse. Then Disney will not be able to foot the bill for a losing ESPN network that is already trash. I can't stand sportscenter and haven't watched it in at least a decade. I'm probably not alone either. This house of cards will collapse under its own weight.
I would suggest some caution when discounting the future affiliation of UL in an expanding conference. UL is holding its own right now in both Men’s BB and Football when it comes to NIL funding, and while Stadium attendance will never be confused with so many of the BIG or SEC member institutions, it should be noted that Louisville attendance has been punished by its scheduling, particularly the relatively small travel experience from most of the ACC schools. Aside from UK, ND and WVU: I cannot recall many visiting opponents that brought sufficient fans to help fill the stadium.
But visitors and good opponents correlate, which bring in casual fans.
I mean we all know several transplants to this city. They're not tied to UofL, but we could get them to come out and support the city's team. Then as far as visitors, we're a city that opponents want to travel to if they have a large enough fan base. Clemson & Notre Dame fans plan trips around coming here.
But we have tried to schedule good out of conference opponents, but they drop us and don't want to do home and home games. So it's not our fault that it's not working.
There’s no way NCSU and The CUSE end up in the SEC.
Miami was projected just last year to end up with us in the Big 12 along with CUSE and Pitt. VA tech goes with UVA. UNC, UVA and VA Tech to the Big 10.
FSU and Clemson to the SEC maybe Miami.
But to be honest I’m not sure any of this occurs.
Yep you nailed it. Inline with what has already been speculated in the last several years
The governing body of schools in the state of North Carolina says you can’t take one school without the other. The current pay for athletes is no where near what people are claiming. Right now the top athletes are getting paid in the $35,000 range. Please don’t anyone say Louisville can’t get in the B1G because of academics because this is not about academics that has already been proven.
When Louisville has their basketball and football program running in the right direction Louisville has one of the top money making athletic departments in the country. I read an article last year that the game plan was to have 64 teams in the final plan. They had Louisville listed as number 58 so Louisville is in. As a matter of fact that list did not include some of the SEC and B1G current members.
This week there were discussions where the Big East was wanting the ACC and the Big East to merge which would be crazy for the ACC to do so. The Big 12 talking heads have said the next team they would like to add would be Louisville. Louisville’s athletic’s in men’s and women’s sports is very successful and attractive. I don’t think Louisville will be on the outside looking in they will be one of the players.
When Louisville has their basketball and football program running in the right direction Louisville has one of the top money making athletic departments in the country. I read an article last year that the game plan was to have 64 teams in the final plan. They had Louisville listed as number 58 so Louisville is in. As a matter of fact that list did not include some of the SEC and B1G current members.
This week there were discussions where the Big East was wanting the ACC and the Big East to merge which would be crazy for the ACC to do so. The Big 12 talking heads have said the next team they would like to add would be Louisville. Louisville’s athletic’s in men’s and women’s sports is very successful and attractive. I don’t think Louisville will be on the outside looking in they will be one of the players.
I wonder how long the TV money is going to hold up. I do think there are only X amount of teams that can really compete in this new world. Is that 72 or 64? Then how do you structure it.
Structure wise it makes more sense to have 4 conferences. However breaking down into 2 conferences with 32-36 teams would make sense. Then have 4 divisions within each conference.
Academics are pointless at that point in terms of conference affiliation. Louisville would end up in the Big Ten. Cincy would end up in SEC. The Big Ten would absorb all the West Coast teams. You could regionalize scheduling which wouldn’t reduce cost.
It could be a draft like process. The SEC would grab an equal amount of Big 12 -ACC team to offset the Big Ten getting their West Coast Teams.
It makes a ton sense since it is going to a professional model.
Structure wise it makes more sense to have 4 conferences. However breaking down into 2 conferences with 32-36 teams would make sense. Then have 4 divisions within each conference.
Academics are pointless at that point in terms of conference affiliation. Louisville would end up in the Big Ten. Cincy would end up in SEC. The Big Ten would absorb all the West Coast teams. You could regionalize scheduling which wouldn’t reduce cost.
It could be a draft like process. The SEC would grab an equal amount of Big 12 -ACC team to offset the Big Ten getting their West Coast Teams.
It makes a ton sense since it is going to a professional model.
Exactly! just look at the announcement about the ACC and FSU/Clemson ending the lawsuit and resolving the revenue sharing issue. Honestly, I suspect the chances of losing members has just evaporated, and can see where the ACC is positioned perfectly to attract Notre Dame into the conference for football. No prediction here, just recognizing that since the ACC conceded that schools that are more successful in football audience (which I suspect will include basketball) are indeed entitled to revenue commensurate with the size of audience.
