Kurt Rambis No. 1 Share Posted February 27, 2023 Sound familiar? Different situation, but some of the same problems... Florida State, Clemson unhappy with ACC: Financial hurdles face conference powers potentially leaving - CBSSports.com WWW.CBSSPORTS.COM Don't expect FSU and Clemson to add to conference realignment unless they clear some financial hurdles Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
12Duck72 No. 2 Share Posted February 27, 2023 It sure does Kurt. I feel like at this point sometime soon the dam is going to break on all this and college football is going to change again. My only concern is the Ducks being apart of it which they should be. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jon Joseph Moderator No. 3 Share Posted February 27, 2023 On 2/27/2023 at 1:58 PM, Kurt Rambis said: Sound familiar? Different situation, but some of the same problems... Florida State, Clemson unhappy with ACC: Financial hurdles face conference powers potentially leaving - CBSSports.com WWW.CBSSPORTS.COM Don't expect FSU and Clemson to add to conference realignment unless they clear some financial hurdles The ACC media deal is terrible! I do not see it holding up through its end date of 2036? I believe these are coordinated shots by 2 of the ACC's power programs across the ACC bow as these 2 schools would be welcome by the SEC (over the objections of Florida and South Carolina) at any time they are available. I think we will see more of 'this?' How long will Michigan, Ohio State, Penn State and yes, USC, be happy with getting the same cut as Rutgers and Northwestern? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Charles Fischer Administrator No. 4 Share Posted February 27, 2023 It is a good thing this is the off-season, and I have nothing else to read. Because if it was during the season with all of the interesting things happening, I would skip all this conference, realignment nonsense, because it is just an ongoing drama that gets old. It is the college football equivalent of “Game of Thrones”… 2 2 Mr. FishDuck Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kurt Rambis Author No. 5 Share Posted February 28, 2023 On 2/27/2023 at 7:31 PM, Charles Fischer said: It is the college football, equivalent of “Game of Thrones”… ...and winter is coming. 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jon Joseph Moderator No. 6 Share Posted February 28, 2023 This is more than a trend IMO. I expect that the 'big boys' in all conferences will soon want a bigger piece of the media pie. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pennsylvania Duck Moderator No. 7 Share Posted March 3, 2023 'A complete and utter mess:' College athletics in turmoil as model changes, revenue streams dry up The collegiate model is changing and revenue streams might soon be too shallow to adequately fill the growing money pit. Name, Image, and Likeness laws have led boosters to trim donations to athletic departments so they can instead pay players directly through NIL deals. Before that philosophical shift by boosters, the average operating deficit among FBS programs was $18.8 million in 2019. Departments were already struggling thanks in part to the introduction of cost-of-attendance stipends in the mid-2010s, when schools began paying players. More recently, the NCAA began allowing universities to pay players academic bonuses tagged as high as $5,980. Only 22 of 130 FBS institutions chose to do so in 2022, according to ESPN. Many administrators are pinching pennies, preparing for what they believe is an inevitability: the day student-athletes become student-athlete-employees at universities. It’s the most significant financial threat to the collegiate model, and the walls are closing in as the NCAA continues to lose antitrust lawsuits. 'A complete and utter mess:' College athletics in turmoil as model changes, revenue streams dry up 247SPORTS.COM The landscape is changing for linear and streaming platforms, and as expenses increase for universities, the value of live sports... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
