That is the deadline for FSU and Clemson or any other ACC school to announce they are leaving the conference. It has to do with the timing of the TV contract. The demise of the ACC is the doing of ESPN no surprise there. They are forcing teams to leave by offering them less and less TV revenue.
If they leave expect big anti trust lawsuits from ACC members. It is said that ESPN has violated anti trust laws by having closed door meetings certain schools and certain conference leaders on trying to make this happen. ESPN which is owned by Disney are both financially struggling right now and Disney would hate to get dragged into a lawsuit bought on by multiple Universities.
If FSU, Clemson and UNC or any other brand school leaves it will be best to leave as well and go to the Big 12. If not we will be left with a group of 5 type of athletic programs. Louisville is a very attractive school for the Big 12 especially if we get our football program turned around. When Louisville football is good Louisville is producing enough revenue to be one of the top 25 revenue producing athletic departments.
There are so many variables concerning these developments that there should be a lot of twist and turns. The schools that to worry the most are Boston College, Syracuse, Pitt and WF performance wise and regionally they don’t have that much to offer. Regarding Pitt, Penn State controls much of the fan base in their state. Syracuse is basically in no man’s land they might have to apply for membership back to the Big East.
If they leave expect big anti trust lawsuits from ACC members. It is said that ESPN has violated anti trust laws by having closed door meetings certain schools and certain conference leaders on trying to make this happen. ESPN which is owned by Disney are both financially struggling right now and Disney would hate to get dragged into a lawsuit bought on by multiple Universities.
If FSU, Clemson and UNC or any other brand school leaves it will be best to leave as well and go to the Big 12. If not we will be left with a group of 5 type of athletic programs. Louisville is a very attractive school for the Big 12 especially if we get our football program turned around. When Louisville football is good Louisville is producing enough revenue to be one of the top 25 revenue producing athletic departments.
There are so many variables concerning these developments that there should be a lot of twist and turns. The schools that to worry the most are Boston College, Syracuse, Pitt and WF performance wise and regionally they don’t have that much to offer. Regarding Pitt, Penn State controls much of the fan base in their state. Syracuse is basically in no man’s land they might have to apply for membership back to the Big East.
