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Who (Other than Michigan and Washington) Makes the CFP (max two choices)?

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bullethead

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The ACC might be dead by July:


(1) If two of Clemson, FSU, or UNC leave before June 30, ESPN can unilaterally renegotiate with ACC via Composition Clause immediately.
(2) ESPN has already refused to extend ACC media deal, ACC/ESPN deal will expire in June 2027, ending the Grant of Rights.
(3) ACC might get 8 teams (simple majority) to dissolve conference before July 2024 and play as independents under 1 year ESPN media deal to play out the schedule.
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(4) 12 teams vote to eliminate exit fees and all Grant of Rights terms, play out 2024 season schedule, split revenue equally, without risking going back to ESPN to negotiate for further seasons.
(5) Dumbest move is fighting and letting FSU/Clemson leave before June 30.
 
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bullethead said:
The ACC might be dead by July:


(1) If two of Clemson, FSU, or UNC leave before June 30, ESPN can unilaterally renegotiate with ACC via Composition Clause immediately.
(2) ESPN has already refused to extend ACC media deal, ACC/ESPN deal will expire in June 2027, ending the Grant of Rights.
(3) ACC might get 8 teams (simple majority) to dissolve conference before July 2024 and play as independents under 1 year ESPN media deal to play out the schedule.
OR
(4) 12 teams vote to eliminate exit fees and all Grant of Rights terms, play out 2024 season schedule, split revenue equally, without risking going back to ESPN to negotiate for further seasons.
(5) Dumbest move is fighting and letting FSU/Clemson leave before June 30.
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DAMN: CFB & other sports will be heavily impacted.
1.) ACC potentially dead by 2027: just three years away.
2.) Women's Gymnastics in the ACC will be fine: Clemson, Pittsburgh, NC State (2024 ACC champions), North Carolina, Stanford & California will be super exciting to watch in 2025.
3.) Ironic considering that the Longhorn Network will be officially dead effective the end of Spring 2024. Sorry @Sergeant Foley
4.) Big 10 & SEC getting larger & larger.
5.) Big 12 needs to consider getting FSU, etc.,
 
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Update on FSU vs ACC - Florida Edition:
Article:
Critical points Cooper has made
The ACC's anticipatory filing against FSU was a form of forum shopping
Believes that motion to stay in Leon County should be postponed.
This case isn't a local concern but a state concern and one for all states with ACC establishments.
He sides more with FSU when it comes to the grant of rights being ratified by the board as FSU is an entity in Florida. However, Cooper is "troubled putting signature" on FSU's argument on the grant of rights. Cooper said FSU didn't "win" that.
Discovery issue unruled on until motion to dismiss.
 
49ersfootball

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bullethead said:
Update on FSU vs ACC - Florida Edition:
Article:
Critical points Cooper has made
The ACC's anticipatory filing against FSU was a form of forum shopping
Believes that motion to stay in Leon County should be postponed.
This case isn't a local concern but a state concern and one for all states with ACC establishments.
He sides more with FSU when it comes to the grant of rights being ratified by the board as FSU is an entity in Florida. However, Cooper is "troubled putting signature" on FSU's argument on the grant of rights. Cooper said FSU didn't "win" that.
Discovery issue unruled on until motion to dismiss.
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Getting more crazier & the plot continues to thicken.
 
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Here's what that super league idea apparently was going to look like, somehow stealing Josh Pate's eight 10 team divisions idea while coming up with divisions he'd probably hate:
Article:
Sportico recently obtained a “confidential” pitch deck, which was circulated by the group in mid-February. The document contains a number of previously unreported details, including a specific plan for sharing broadcast revenue with players, a 40-game spring football “festival,” and a preliminary look at how the Super League’s 70 permanent members might be arranged in seven geographically aligned leagues.

College Sports Tomorrow (CST), a collection of U.S. sports team owners, executives and college administrators, has spent months trying to distill the current upheaval in intercollegiate athletics into an entirely new business model. The group includes Devils/Sixers owner David Blitzer, NFL executive Brian Rolapp, Cleveland Browns owner Jimmy Haslam, Syracuse chancellor Kent Syverud and TurnkeyZRG chairman and CEO Len Perna.

An 11-page deck, titled “Competitive Equity Proposals” and dated Feb. 15, was produced for CST by TurnkeyZRG, a search firm that works extensively in college athletics. The document is marked “attorney-client privileged,” although it is unclear why, since TurnkeyZRG is not a law firm. A representative from CST didn’t respond to an email seeking comment on the details.

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The February plan is written for a college sports league that would launch in 2027, a timeline that has since drawn skepticism. Here are some more specifics from the pitch deck:

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The NIL and transfer rules are pretty interesting, but the calendar is fucking insane:
The pitch deck proposes a 14-game regular season played across 15 weeks starting in August. The regular season concludes Thanksgiving weekend and is followed by a 16-team Super League playoff, played out over five weeks. The deck includes a parenthetical that the schedule has room “to grow to 24 [playoff teams] without adding more weeks.”

The deck also references a “college football spring festival,” a series of 40 spring games played by Super League teams each April. Those games could include concerts and other auxiliary events, an apparent push toward further commercializing spring exhibitions that are growing in popularity and prominence.
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bullethead

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The Whispering Monk said:
I can see A LOT of teams voting against that.
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Which part? The divisions, the NIL/transfer stuff, the schedule, or a mix of them?

Because yeah, the schedule stuff is the most likely to kill this thing dead if the colleges can't get them to budge on it.
 
The Whispering Monk

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Remove the owner of the Cleveland Browns from any discussions...he's done nothing but build a culture of failure.

bullethead said:
Which part? The divisions, the NIL/transfer stuff, the schedule, or a mix of them?
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Pretty much all of it.
There's very little in here that grossly benefits the colleges/teams/current divisions enough in any of that.
 
49ersfootball

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The Whispering Monk said:
Remove the owner of the Cleveland Browns from any discussions...he's done nothing but build a culture of failure.


Pretty much all of it.
There's very little in here that grossly benefits the colleges/teams/current divisions enough in any of that.
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That dude is also the brother of former TN Governor Bill Haslam (R).
 
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