Breaking USC & UCLA Joining BIG 10

[Baron Winnebago]

well you know him better than i do

He's kind of a douchebag

 

[Kaladin]

He's kind of a douchebag

you said he's a super cool dude

 

[Mavsker]

There is no chance that guy actually had a source and was in the know.

I'm sad to say I'm someone that watched several of his streams out of his dad's pickup and even downloaded one of his songs. With that said he was very open about being a total nobody who just happened to have a source this one time. Sometimes random people have good sources.

 

[Irv]

 

[Mavsker]

ESPN is trying to void their own deal?

 

[Irv]

ESPN is trying to void their own deal?

The only way I could make sense of that is if ESPN has determined the GOR is vulnerable (or too expensive to defend with multiple programs challenging it), then maybe they would want to make a deal that allows them to hold on to the programs they want without them just going to free agency and maybe the B1G.

 

[Skerz4Life50]

The only way I could make sense of that is if ESPN has determined the GOR is vulnerable (or too expensive to defend with multiple programs challenging it), then maybe they would want to make a deal that allows them to hold on to the programs they want without them just going to free agency and maybe the B1G.

Wouldn't that open up ESPN to litigation from all the remaining schools that didn't get poached? That would basically be them saying we are taking these schools from you to add to the SEC to make the SEC worth more, and all the rest of you basically get nothing (or a much more reduced amount) because the conference would no longer be as valuable without those 4 mentioned programs.

*Edit - Because ESPN basically owns both the SEC and ACC, and they would be essentially stealing from the ACC to make the SEC better.

 

[...TrueColors...]

Our move to the B1G 12 years ago aged like fine wine.

 

[HCFord1]

Our move to the B1G 12 years ago aged like fine wine.

It's pretty crazy that we were really the first domino in this entire chain.

 

[Irv]

Wouldn't that open up ESPN to litigation from all the remaining schools that didn't get poached? That would basically be them saying we are taking these schools from you to add to the SEC to make the SEC worth more, and all the rest of you basically get nothing (or a much more reduced amount) because the conference would no longer be as valuable without those 4 mentioned programs.

*Edit - Because ESPN basically owns both the SEC and ACC, and they would be essentially stealing from the ACC to make the SEC better.

I'm just trying to make a guess to see if there is any way to make this make sense, but to play this out, maybe since the contract is such shit, ESPN just guarantees those schools the same payout for the remainder of the original contract term so they have no monetary damages.

 

[Skerz4Life50]

I'm just trying to make a guess to see if there is any way to make this make sense, but to play this out, maybe since the contract is such shit, ESPN just guarantees those schools the same payout for the remainder of the original contract term so they have no monetary damages.

I suppose that would make sense, seems like a bad deal from ESPN, but if they moved those other schools to the SEC (and since the ACC deal was so terrible for the ACC), maybe they see it as a net positive.

My only question with that would it seem like almost tampering or something. Not sure if that is plausible in this scenario since ESPN has the deal with both conferences, but if this was actually true, it seems like those same schools should be allowed to shop other conferences as well without any penalty. Doesn't seem right (but I am admittedly not knowledgeable in contracts) that only ESPN/SEC would be allowed to make a run at those particular schools in order to boast another league they basically own. I say that believing that the Big Ten would like to have Virginia and North Carolina and would be interested in at least talking with them, but currently they aren't able to (realistically) because of the GOR the ACC gave to ESPN.

 

[Huskerbuck85]

Can’t wait to get these badasses (usc) in our conference

 

[Pepe Silvia]

ESPN is trying to void their own deal?

they also have a bigger partnership with the SEC starting this season. ESPN has been struggling financially for a few years now so it wouldn't be all that crazy for them to try to expand their prime CFB property (the SEC) and get rid of some of the rest. outside a handful of schools, I don't think they give a shit about broadcasting many ACC games

 

[Kaladin]

 

[Kaladin]

I would take Georgia Tech, Miami, Duke, and Virginia for sure

 

[Baron Winnebago]

ESPN would be in dildo pic levels of litigation if they even tried to void that deal unsuccessfully. But I guess if you can't trust swimswamnews and sir yacht, you can't trust anyone

 

[Kaladin]

ESPN would be in dildo pic levels of litigation if they even tried to void that deal unsuccessfully. But I guess if you can't trust swimswamnews and sir yacht, you can't trust anyone

What do you mean when you say dildo pic levels of litigation

 

[Baron Winnebago]

What do you mean when you say dildo pic levels of litigation

A long time ago in a galaxy far far away, someone photoshopped the face of a scroller onto a man standing in front of a bathtub with dozens, if not hundreds, of dildos stuck to it. Very serious litigation was threatened in response.

 

[Irv]

This is interesting. This is the first real media guy I've seen make an allusion to ESPN dealing with top ACC brands.

 

[Baron Winnebago]

This is interesting. This is the first real media guy I've seen make an allusion to ESPN dealing with top ACC brands.

I think the grant of rights is with the conference so even if ESPN could tear up the deal to allow Clemson to go to the SEC, which they probably can't, Clemson still has to get out of giving up the next 14 years of their media rights