tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7358281601909995325.post7824390256010016887..comments2023-06-02T01:24:14.861-07:00Comments on The Dude of WV on WVU: In Response to Mr. BarronThe Dude of WVhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12515087037734371741noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7358281601909995325.post-64465270636299739272012-12-04T19:00:13.407-08:002012-12-04T19:00:13.407-08:00I've enojoyed your insight. My question is thi...I've enojoyed your insight. My question is this. How much of these current conference realignment shifts are orchestrated by the Big 10, Big 12 and SEC working together? Or, is each conference just looking out solely for its own best interests? Probably a combinatioon of both is my guess. I understand that having 4 major conferences works better than 5 for the playoffs and that the pie being split 4 ways instead of 5 means more money for the big 4 conferences. The ACC is going to get carved up eventually, just a matter of time. But is each conference negotiating in a manner such as... "you can have the state of Virginia as long as you dont take a school in Georgia". An example would be... The Big 12 would like to have GT, FSU, UM, CU in a pod or southeastern block to join the Big 12 and make the transition that much more palatable and attractive to the ACC schools. To keep the Big 10 from taking GT, is there some sort of deal where the Big 12 is willing to "give" the Big 10 Kansas so that the Big 12 can have GT, FSU, UM, CU and maybe NC State and would something like that also be orchestrated in tandem with the SEC to keep the Big 10 from getting as far south as Atlanta and allow the SEC to have UNC and VT and so forth on down the ACC line of schools with those conferences choosing which schools and markets improve their tv packages the best? In other words... is there a whole lotta wheelin' n dealin' going on and they all communicate with each other?moffprofhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17809827834725600891noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7358281601909995325.post-80445747954812123182012-12-04T12:07:32.070-08:002012-12-04T12:07:32.070-08:00If true about the deferred lump sum payment, that ...If true about the deferred lump sum payment, that means that the ACC is screwing teams out of money. Inflation benefits debtors (in this case the ACC, who owes the money to the member schools) I cannot imagine that this fact did not escape the ACC leadership. Schools could lose at least 10% of the value of that money while waiting to be paid, although it's tough to estimate rates of inflation through the future.DC Mountaineerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09305014328485995635noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7358281601909995325.post-65670759300231792052012-12-04T06:43:53.442-08:002012-12-04T06:43:53.442-08:00I thought you were done with social media since yo...I thought you were done with social media since your great revelation of FSU and Clemson to the Big 12 didn’t transpire in August like you guaranteed it would. And your calling other people out, hypocrite.GoBIG10https://www.blogger.com/profile/16290858719437977916noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7358281601909995325.post-49449082302084804142012-12-03T18:12:03.337-08:002012-12-03T18:12:03.337-08:00Good post, but I thought the new playoff system be...Good post, but I thought the new playoff system begins in 2014.J.B. Texas-Exhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17430681562705690753noreply@blogger.com