“ACC endorses new revenue distribution model”. What does this mean? Are there any numbers out there?

I compiled some rankings to rate possible expansion teams for the ACC if they don't dissolve. These are the teams that make the most sense. I ranked each possible Big 12/P12/IND team as well as all ACC teams to see where they stacked up against each other to see if the value is there. I keep hearing that the value or money isn't there, but that is complete BS. If we rip apart the best teams from the P12 and B12 that money will 100% be available, especially if we can bring ND along with them. The ACC needs to meet with ESPN and get some payout numbers if they bring in these teams and then go to the teams and make this happen. The unequal revenue sharing could be huge in the meantime by following the same deal that the Big10 has used by giving teams less of a share until they are fully vested in 5 to 6 years.

I ranked all the teams by the following criteria: 10 yr w/l, 25 yr w/l, all time w/l, 2022 stadium attendance ranking, 2018 Wall Street Journal university value ranking, 2022 Nielsen TV city rankings, State population ranking, 2022 Brand ranking, 2022 Avg. viewership per game ranking, and all time basketball team ranking. I averaged all of the rankings out per group and here are where things stand.

1. ND 11th (10 yr w/l), 24th (25 yr w/l), 3rd (all time W/l),, 15th (stadium attendance), 5th (WSJ ranking), 3rd (TV market), 6th (state population), 4th (2022 brand ranking), 6th (Avg viewership per game), 18th (Basketball all time rating)

2. FSU 17th (10 yr w/l), 11th (25 yr w/l), 11th (all time W/l), 21st (stadium attendance),27th (WSJ ranking), 10th (TV market), 3rd (state population), 17th (2022 brand ranking), 15th (Avg viewership per game), 64th (Basketball all time rating)

3. CL 2nd(10 yr w/l), 10th (25 yr w/l), 17th (all time W/l), 14th (stadium attendance),26th (WSJ ranking), 35th (TV market), 23rd (state population), 5th (2022 brand ranking), 10th (Avg viewership per game), 65th (Basketball all time rating)

4. OR 7th(10 yr w/l), 7th (25 yr w/l), 37th (all time W/l), 33rd (stadium attendance),21st (WSJ ranking), 21st (TV market), 27th (state population), 9th (2022 brand ranking), 12th (Avg viewership per game), 66th (Basketball all time rating)

5. WA 31st(10 yr w/l), 50th (25 yr w/l), 18th (all time W/l), 24th (stadium attendance),19th (WSJ ranking), 12th (TV market), 13th (state population), 25th (2022 brand ranking), 34th (Avg viewership per game), 52nd (Basketball all time rating)

6. Utah 28th(10 yr w/l), 16th (25 yr w/l), 24th (all time W/l), 38th (stadium attendance),37th (WSJ ranking), 30th (TV market), 30th (state population), 39th (2022 brand ranking), 33rd (Avg viewership per game), 39th (Basketball all time rating)

7. Miami 35th(10 yr w/l), 18th (25 yr w/l), 15th (all time W/l), 32nd (stadium attendance),41st (WSJ ranking), 18th (TV market), 3rd (state population), 10th (2022 brand ranking), 59th (Avg viewership per game), 84th (Basketball all time rating)

8. OK ST 10th(10 yr w/l), 26th (25 yr w/l), 61st (all time W/l), 34th (stadium attendance),30th (WSJ ranking), 44th (TV market), 28th (state population), 32nd (2022 brand ranking), 24th (Avg viewership per game), 34th (Basketball all time rating)

9. Stanford 16th(10 yr w/l), 42nd (25 yr w/l), 31st (all time W/l), 69th (stadium attendance),34th (WSJ ranking), 6th (TV market), 1st (state population), 40th (2022 brand ranking), 47th (Avg viewership per game), 40th (Basketball all time rating)

10. TCU 34th(10 yr w/l), 17th (25 yr w/l), 59th (all time W/l), 44th (stadium attendance),42nd (WSJ ranking), 5th (TV market), 2nd (state population), 38th (2022 brand ranking), 13th (Avg viewership per game), 100th (Basketball all time rating)

11. BYU 25th(10 yr w/l), 20th (25 yr w/l), 30th (all time W/l), 27th (stadium attendance),60th (WSJ ranking), 30th (TV market), 30th (state population), 42nd (2022 brand ranking), 18th (Avg viewership per game), 63rd (Basketball all time rating)

12. UNC 62nd(10 yr w/l), 65th (25 yr w/l), 47th (all time W/l), 56th (stadium attendance),50th (WSJ ranking), 24th (TV market), 9th (state population), 14th (2022 brand ranking), 46th (Avg viewership per game), 2nd (Basketball all time rating)

13. AZ St. 45th(10 yr w/l), 38th (25 yr w/l), 19th (all time W/l), 48th (stadium attendance),25th (WSJ ranking), 11th (TV market), 14th (state population), 37th (2022 brand ranking), 71st (Avg viewership per game), 76th (Basketball all time rating)

***That is 4 ACC teams out of the top 13 in the rankings. The ACC could add the 8 teams from above and it would DRASTICALLY improve the conference. After this comes 14. NC ST, 15th GT, 16th, Pitt, 17th VT, 18th Lousiville, 19th Kansas ST, 20th Cincy, 21st, WV, 22 Cal, 23 Houston, 24th AZ, 25th Baylor, 26th UCF, 27th Cuse, 28th UVA, 29th BC, 30th TT, 31st Colorado, 32nd IA ST, 33rd Kansas, 34th Memphis, 35th WF, 36th Duke, 37th Oregon ST, 38th Washington ST, 39th SMU***

I am headed to Syracuse, NY tomorrow morning for a work conference that starts on Wednesday. Will have pretty much all Tuesday day/night to kill, all recommendations are welcome... TIA

For running drugs. He’s already a multi millionaire. Trying his best to be Ja Morant, I guess???


Tax free income hits different??

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Why on earth are any of the ACCCGs for big 3 played any place outside of CLT?

Neutral (no team in city)
Centrally located

BofA stadium has been a success.
Spectrum center is more than adequate.
Truist field is incredibly nice.

All 3 downtown with plenty of lodging, entertainment, and dining.


Just more ACC meh by not having a brand/vision or common sense to take advantage of what should he the ACC capitol.

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From Tigerillustrated.com intern Grayson Mann ...

Is a bad bad man…this TikTok shows it all. Seriously is there anything this dude can’t do

From The Athletic:

The Georgia football team’s issues with reckless driving go on: Receiver Marcus Rosemy-Jacksaint became the latest player arrested on the charge.

According to online records, Rosemy-Jacksaint was charged with reckless driving and speeding-maximum limits. Both are misdemeanors. He was arrested by the Athens-Clarke County Police Department and booked at 4:33 p.m. on Tuesday. Rosemy-Jacksaint was released less than an hour later after posting bond.

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if what happened to their teammate doesn’t wake these guys up, not sure anything will. Lives were lost and they just keep on keeping on.

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ACC optimistic about reaching agreement on new revenue model​

By: David Hale & Andrea Adelson - ESPN.com

AMELIA ISLAND, Fla. -- Amid increasing uproar over the league's future, the ACC appears to be nearing a new agreement on revenue distribution that could offer some budget relief for top programs.

The league's athletic directors left a second day of occasionally contentious meetings feeling optimistic that schools would coalesce around a plan that would afford a larger share of postseason revenue -- including from a soon-to-expand College Football Playoff -- to the teams participating in those postseason games rather than dividing it equally among all members.

While there are a number of models still on the table for what league officials are calling "success initiatives," Florida State athletic director Michael Alford said there are scenarios in which a team making the College Football Playoff could add more than $10 million in revenue annually.

That financial bump could help assuage concerns that Alford raised to his own board of trustees in February, when he said the revenue gap with the SEC could present an existential crisis for Florida State that would potentially force the school to look for a way out of their grant of rights agreement.

"The ADs and the universities are very unified," Alford said. "So we're thrilled about being in this league, and we want to stay in it."

The ACC's annual spring meetings began Monday amid reports that seven schools had lawyers examine the league's grant of rights, which allocates each team's broadcast rights to the league through the year 2036, and had discussed potential exit strategies.

Those reports were met with intense frustration inside the AD's meeting room, with multiple members admitting to raised voices and a few profanities exchanged that Miami's Dan Radakovich chalked up as "an airing of grievances."

"People had to say where they were and why do you feel that way," Radakovich said.

In the end, however, those frustrations helped to clarify the serious concerns that Alford, Radakovich and others have over the league's future, given a massive revenue gap with the Big Ten and SEC that projects to be as much as $40 million annually in the coming years.

Alford said Tuesday's discussions were "as open and transparent" as he'd experienced, and he believed the progress could mollify the larger revenue concerns for the foreseeable future.

The discussion of potential departures was "probably overblown," Alford said, with a number of other athletic directors, including at schools rumored to be among those looking for an exit, saying the reports were not substantive.

"Everyone has taken a look at the grant of rights," one athletic director said. "You'd be crazy not to. But no one is going anywhere."

To exit the ACC, a school would need to pay an exit fee of three times their annual revenue (approximately $120 million) and would risk losing the right to broadcast their games due to the grant of rights. It's a possibility schools have discussed, Radakovich said, but not one anyone is eager to undertake.

"The ADs and the universities are very unified. So we're thrilled about being in this league, and we want to stay in it." -- Florida State athletic director Michael Alford

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"Trying to keep things the same isn't going to work," he said, "but moving away is expensive and difficult. Sure, they could pay the $120 million and litigate the other piece. But where does that put them? Where does it put anybody? It's hard. We don't have an answer yet. So I think it's better to all get into a room and talk about it."

The ACC has yet to report its 2021-22 revenue distribution, but several ADs said they expected about $43 million per team. When the Big Ten's new $7 billion TV deal begins in July, teams are likely to receive in excess of $70 million annually. The SEC's distribution would similarly outpace the ACC's.

"We have this gap, and the gap is just not about the money," Radakovich said. "It's about schools being able to take those dollars and translate it into potentially NIL opportunities for student athletes. So forget about the fact that you might go and steal a coach if you have more money. Now it's going to get better players. That's where the rubber hits the road."

The new revenue distribution models would not impact TV revenue, which makes up about 75% of the ACC's distribution -- something Alford said he hopes the league will return to discussing in the near future. He has suggested that Florida State's brand value for television far outpaces most other ACC schools and that the league should consider giving a bigger slice of that revenue to the top brands. Under the models being discussed this week, Alford said, no school would be in position to earn less in 2023-24 than it did in 2022-23.

Alford said he doesn't believe the new success initiatives would completely remedy the revenue issues faced by the league, but it would allow top programs like Florida State to remain competitive for national championships.

"We just need to be in a competitive boat," Alford said. "We're the third-best media agreement right now. We want to stay the third best. We need to be able to compete. As long as we're there and competitive, that's what the number is."

Can they get any stupider, any crueler?

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I just wondered what it looked like. I know we have never recruited like these three teams, but we still put teams together to play with and beat them. For some reason I had thought Bama had dropped off a little, but their numbers are ridiculous.

Last three recruiting classes ’21, ’22, ‘23


Clemson Avg class rank 8.67, 3.68 avg star ranking, 4 – 5 star recruits, 38 – 4 star recruits, 42 total 4 and 5 stars


Bama Avg class rank 1.33, 4.05 avg star ranking, 14 – 5 star recruits, 56 – 4 star recruits, 70 total


UGA Avg class rank 3.33, 3.85 avg star ranking, 10 – 5 star recruits, 46 – 4 star recruits, 56 total


OSU Avg class rank 3.33, 4.03 avg star ranking, 8 – 5 star recruits, 50 – 4 star recruits, 58 total

DISCLAIMER::

I didn't include our 2020 class in the numbers because it has turned out to be one of the more overrated classes IMO.
Clemson #2 class, 3.91 avg star ranking, 5 – 5 star (DJ, Trenton Simpson, Demarcus Bowman, Murphy, and Breese). Man what potential I thought that class had.