If true, it's completely laughable

[Wyokie]

https://twitter.com/jasonscheer/status/1688364287008575488

Kinda surprised the Big 12 is talking to Oregon State.

 

[ragtimejoe1]

At this point, a merger with the acc under the pac banner wouldn't surprise me. Gets acc out of grants of rights and saves the pac.

 

[bladerunnr]

At this point, a merger with the acc under the pac banner wouldn't surprise me. Gets acc out of grants of rights and saves the pac.

It would surprise the hell out of me. Four teams in the pacific time zone are going to join a conference where every school is in the Eastern time zone? Not a chance.

 

[OrediggerPoke]

At this point, a merger with the acc under the pac banner wouldn't surprise me. Gets acc out of grants of rights and saves the pac.

Other than Florida State and Clemson (and possibly Virginia if the Big10 came calling), why would any ACC schools want to get out of the grant of rights?

 

[307bball]

It is such a rigged game...have loved watching and supporting the cowboys.....college gamedays are so fun but it's become such a racket.

 

[ragtimejoe1]

At this point, a merger with the acc under the pac banner wouldn't surprise me. Gets acc out of grants of rights and saves the pac.

Other than Florida State and Clemson (and possibly Virginia if the Big10 came calling), why would any ACC schools want to get out of the grant of rights?

Length of contract and inflationary values of other p5s.

I'm not an acc expert but read different reports of the majority of the conference are unhappy with the TV deal. I certainly don't know all the nuances to know how accurate that is.

However, a pac merger with them wouldn't surprise me.

 

[ragtimejoe1]

At this point, a merger with the acc under the pac banner wouldn't surprise me. Gets acc out of grants of rights and saves the pac.

It would surprise the hell out of me. Four teams in the pacific time zone are going to join a conference where every school is in the Eastern time zone? Not a chance.

I'm not saying it's the most likely; just that anything is possible. Pac 4 + 2 or 3 other teams for a western pod. If you have 6 close games in conference, 4 relatively close ooc, and 2 cross country conference games, it's workable.

Can 6 work in oly sports to keep the western pod close to home? I have no real idea on what's needed for oly sport scheduling.

3 non-football schools? Gonzaga, St Mary's and GCU?

I'm guessing there are lots of scenarios being evaluated.

 

[ragtimejoe1]

Didn't hear the guy's name on the radio or if he has any real info or not but had a thought I hadn't heard before. CA, the state, steps in on exit fees for mwc teams. 3 in the state. That gets the pac to 7.

I'm sure he's pulling that out of his behind but not one I've heard.

 

[doreno5]

A further look into the Stanford/Cal conference dilemma. Pretty good info in here.
https://www.si.com/college/2023/08/06/potential-power-five-exclusion-stanford-cal-team-usa-olympics

The article raises an interesting possibility- Cal and Stanford basically decide to get out of the football arms race and perhaps join the Ivy League for football. They then could other conferences for for others sports including basketball, soccer, swimming etc. I can see that appealing to those schools

 

[Poke in New England]

A further look into the Stanford/Cal conference dilemma. Pretty good info in here.
https://www.si.com/college/2023/08/06/potential-power-five-exclusion-stanford-cal-team-usa-olympics

The article raises an interesting possibility- Cal and Stanford basically decide to get out of the football arms race and perhaps join the Ivy League for football. They then could other conferences for for others sports including basketball, soccer, swimming etc. I can see that appealing to those schools

A west-coast FCS league, maybe. Ivy League would make little sense though. Ivy schools do not offer athletic scholarships (or any merit based scholarships for that matter). I can't see the Ivy League being willing to let Cal and Stanford in unless they did the same. They also have other rules meant to keep the emphasis on academics - they still don't play any conference games on days other than Friday and Saturday in sports like baseball and basketball. That is with all the Ivies in one region, so it would be hard to square that with having 2 members on the opposite coast.

 

[ragtimejoe1]

Interesting twist, PAC will generate 500 million this year. Do the 4 have legal grounds to withhold some or all? Could be pool to pay buyouts.

Before anyone speculates, the lawyers don't even know yet so I doubt a message board poster has more knowledge than pac lawyers.