Dukie wrote:The per-school media rights in the ACC are right now falling below half of the per-school media rights of the new P2. Clemson can leave all that behind, get paid by the SEC for some “non-media” benefits, and Clemson and the SEC come out ahead. That’s before you even get to whether Texas and OU can shoot holes in the whole GOR concept between now and 2025, and also whether the ACC falls apart (or at least faces a severe renegotiation of its Clemson-less media contracts).
1. there is still a $50 million dollar exit fee from the ACC that Maryland paid $36 million of after being in the position to claim that they were against the exit fee being raised from $25 million to $50 million and that it was done specifically because the ACC knew more things were in the works
so Clemson is looking at paying at least $36 million in exit fees to the ACC no matter what happens with the GOR
2. I am not sure why on earth members of the SEC would want to give up money to pay Clemson to come be a part of the conference when Clemson does not bring their media rights with them....just paying them some cash equal to their current AAC payout (about $36 million a year) plus breaking even on the exit fees even if spread over 9 years (so another $4 million per year for a total of $40 million per year over the next nine years just to have Clemson hang around and break even while still having 5 years left on the GOR) makes about zero sense for the SEC at all
3. news flash.....if Texas and OU were going after the GOR they would have already been in court for the last year, but they have not been.....because they know it is a major issue and it is also a major issue for ESPN and their almost certain interference in the whole deal.....there are very specific issues that are present for UT and OU as well
4. your first point was that the SEC could just pay Clemson to hang around and not bring their media rights....then you try and make the point that "wait until the ACC loses Clemson and their media rights"......which of course makes no sense if you are trying to also argue that it would make any sense for the SEC to just pay Clemson to come over without their media rights
5. ESPN owns 100% of the ACC and 100% of the SEC.....there are major legal and financial issues for ESPN if it is proven that ESPN enticed Clemson to move for their financial gain or the financial gain of ESPN or both
not to mention that ESPN is very happy owning 100% of the content of the ACC for a very very low price and there is ZERO need for them to start tossing money at Clemson (or anyone else in the ACC) to move them to the SEC when they already own the rights to 100% of the ACC and not to mention the above legal and financial issues if ESPN entices that to happen