I think it will be hard to argue that the contract is invalid when they were perfectly happy with it for so long when it was used to keep the ACC together in previous realignment discussions. Why sign a grant of rights in the first place if you don't think it is legal?
This all just feels like noise and smoke to satisfy the "we are pissed off and want something to happen" constituency.
Well they are also alleging breach of contract which isn’t arguing the legality of the contract itself. But yes the lawsuit is a Hail Mary at best which is why I prefaced it with if Clemson and other schools join in. The SEC/BIG will be making double what the ACC is paying out come 2026 and the rest of the P3 will all negotiate a new deal before the ACC does. There is too much money at stake for these schools to just sit on their hands IMO. And I’d bet things get much more interesting if multiple schools get involved.
I don't blame the schools but it's disgusting how Disney demolished College Football and turned it into two megaconfrences. Essentially pulled off what the Euro Superleague in soccer attempted to do.
I don't blame Disney. They're just a rational actor looking out for themselves in a free market. The blame really lies with the NCAA and the Supreme Court for how we ended up here.
How is this Disney's fault? Schools put money over everything else. As a profit-seeking corporation, Disney is actually supposed to do that. The schools, not so much.
The NCAA evolved into a front dummy for the P5 conferences. It had little power to act independently and was used as a shield to take all the arrows for them. The Supreme Court had no choice but to let the players participate in the obscene wealth of "amateur" sports. IMO, the true culprits are the P5 conferences that controlled the NCAA and Congress for not caring and not acting (I really can't blame them). The Pac 12, ACC and Big 12 were totally unprepared for what unrestrained capitalism would do to them.
The SEC champion will likely be the national champion year after year, ad boredom. College football is on its way out. Most schools will be unable to complete with a dominant SEC and will eventually give up or create their own playoff system.
Found this list to be interesting. Unless I’m misreading it, two NCAA men’s basketball tournament games made the list of top 100 most viewed TV programs. The college football national championship game did not. I have no idea if that’s a trend or remotely significant but I thought it was interesting https://variety.com/2023/tv/news/mo...lue-bloods-super-bowl-yellowstone-1235854795/
They don’t have any college football games listed which I think is a mistake. Quick google search shows Peach Bowl with 22M+
There was a college game on the list. At number 71 was the Big Ten Championship Game. Not sure why others aren’t there if 22 million watched the Peach Bowl.
Peach Bowl was in 2022 (New Year's Eve). Not sure about the others. It does mention Prime Time, so I don't know how Saturday afternoon football games fit the mix. Maybe that nixes a bunch of the college football games?
I assume it would if it’s only prime time. Having said that, there are a whole lot of prime time CFB games that I would have assumed would be on that list.
