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The NCAA had no choice. It was this or they risk a total breakaway.

Its not goodbye at all. It might be goodbye in terms of competing at a Top 40-50 level but honestly that was already in existence for virtually all of the G5. I also wouldn't say that what is being proposed is what will actually happen. Will there be a split? No question about it. But it doesn't mean that G5 schools will disband football.

The split was always coming when NIL was introduced. It was inevitable.

lol. Stone isn't going anywhere. He's an SMU legacy and committed to us when he was a junior in high school.

Yeah lets make kids stay at places they don't want to be while coaches can bounce around whenever and wherever they choose.

lol. Loading up for the transfer portal homie. Might want to keep your eyes open the next few weeks. 80% of the high school class was committed before the ACC announcement. Our last two commitments were a 4 star RB from Tyler and a DB here in Dallas with offers from USC, Purdue, Kansas, Baylor, TCU, Nebraska, and Ole Miss. Gonna be some fireworks 🙂

Absolutely no reason why UNT shouldn't be at the very top of the AAC in NIL. None.

SMU currently has a top ten national recruiting class for 2025 with the ACC move. So saying it doesn't move the needle is well....disingenuous. Seems to be moving the needle A LOT.

Do you think BYU, Cincinnati, Houston, and UCF really add value to the Big 12? Just look at some of the TV numbers of the Big 12 matchups that didn't have Texas or OU involved. They're abysmal. Those schools were added to protect the Big 12 from future poaching and to allow the league to renegotiate their deal with Disney/ESPN. As far as SMU and the Big 12 there are a lot of factors at play there. If you're a school in truck stop dumpsters like Fort Worth, Waco, Lubbock, Stillwater, etc. do you really want to elevate the rich school in Dallas to your level? Of course not. Those schools know all too well what a committed and energized SMU can do in this state. Expansion now is not about value its about survival. And I honestly couldn't care less WHY the ACC expanded. All that matters is that they did. Everything else is noise.

Revenue sharing is on the way without a doubt (and good for the players). That will have a self-regulating effect on the market/NIL.

Adding SMU/CAL/Stanford solves a lot of problems for the ACC. 1) More revenue for the legacy schools to the tune of roughly $65m over the next five years. 2) By expanding to 18 members (including Notre Dame's full vote) it protects the league from possible Big 10 or SEC expansion. The existing media rights deal allowed ESPN to renegotiate the terms if the league's membership fell below 15 members. It only further validates the ACC's Grant of Rights. 3) All three of the new additions fit the ACC's model of strong athletics and academics. 4) With the creation of the performance pool the conference is allowing for teams like Florida State, Clemson, UNC, etc. to earn the money they are seeking from the Big 10/SEC. If you look at it objectively expansion was a necessity for the ACC. Look what just happened to the PAC-12. You can either expand and get out ahead of potential changes before they happen or you risk being picked to shreds. It also keeps the ACC firmly in front of the Big 12 from a brands/market perspective now that Texas and OU are out.

You do realize players have been getting paid for the last 40 years right? The only thing NIL did was get everything out in the open. It would be incredibly naïve to think otherwise.

We have two NIL collectives (one grassroots and the other providing $40k/player). Between the two we have a top 15 NIL nationally. That's where the $$$ is coming from.

Replacing TCU with Notre Dame every 2-3 years. Good riddance.

2024 - Florida State, BC, PITT, TCU, BYU, and CAL 2023 - LA Tech, Charlotte, UNT, Tulsa, Navy Hmmm which do you think will garner more interest?

Same tired and senseless logic was applied to the Big 12 when it lost Texas and OU to the SEC. We simply don't know what the value of these media deals is going to be in 7-10 years.

Those schools are also going to have to compensate the ACC to the tune of around $1b if they have any intentions of breaking the Grant of Rights. Contracts have consequences. That's why despite all their whining last year guess what? FSU and Clemson are still members of the ACC. The absolute earliest that any school is leaving is 2030. Who knows what happens between now and then?