What if ACC gives 3rd Tier Rights

[TexasTower]

So, the ACC is backed into a corner. They either give their schools their 3rd-tier rights or they risk losing FSU and a handful of other football schools. They also have no chance of ever getting ND to join.

If they give into this demand and ND goes ACC for everything but football there is little chance FSU, Clemson, GT, etc leave for the Big XII. Add to that the ACC takes in Louisville, which has been getting the Heisman from the BigXII and things get dire for the BigXII.

We go from being considered one of the best conferences to the only conference without a conference championship and nowhere to expand.

This is a real possibility.

 

[IdahoanHorn]

Why would ND leave the big east for the acc... if the ND leaves the big east for there sports then they will be joining a confrence in football.

 

[majorwhiteapples]

What if they don't?

 

[dthree36]

I guess its a slow summer but please... enough of the realignment drama. What happens will happen and the conspiracy theories are a dime a dozen. The Big 12 sits at 10 and has locked up granting of rights so pretty much guarantees that it will survive as long as those rights are locked. There plenty of big time programs that may move here or there but its way to early to know how all this plays out.

I wouldn't worry about the stability of the conference with the SEC champions game... the TV Rights 3rd tier rights and your own network options. That is enough to provide a solid foundation for existence and expansion.

 

[HornSwoggler]

I find the information about possible conference realignments very entertaining especially if it potentially impacts my favorite team,

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[TexasTower]

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[stormhorn]

Tower, I think you ask a really good question that no one seems to be able to answer.

From my uninformed perspective... It seems to me that the ACC schools may indeed believe that they are in the "corner" you described. Should that be the case, I'm curious what ability they might have to free up the third tier rights. The networks that own them currently would be less than interested in releasing them. The business models and subcontracts and overhead designed to profit from these rights are difficult to rearrange quickly.

The recent news about the ACC/Orange bowl agreement and Notre Dame's interest in it (its on ESPN's website for one) doesn't make sense to me. I don't see anything new in the playoff landscape that would change ND's ability to get a good bowl. If they finished the season anywhere between #25 and #5 (and thus out of the 4 team playoff) the range of bowl offers they would receive would be stellar. I don't see what an Orange Bowl affiliation actually gives them.

But I think your question is a good one. I'm not sure I know which option ND would lean towards given an intact ACC with open 3rd tier rights vs the existing Big XII.

 

[agssuk]

"shot at the national championship. "

I pulled my head out of the sand. Lets see if we can learn how to block first.

 

[Statalyzer]

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[TexasTower]

I would say yes, head in the sand is over the top, but then again, I didn't report any rumor or drama. I posed a question. What is the ACC's strategic move and how does that impact the Big XII and Texas?

To think the ACC is not going to make a play of some kind is short-sighted.

There was no need to come on a thread that has no rumor and give the "enough with the drama" post. One good turn deserves another.