Conference Buyouts?

[knowitall]

Do you think it's odd that the ACC can up the penalty to $20.000,000 to leave their conference? Also the Big East raised their penalty to $10,000,000? If the league presidents have that much power why don't they raise buyout to 10 billion and no school can leave.

It seems strange the schools in the conference don't have contracts already with a stated buyout. You would think the schools would have to come to some type of agreement before a conference president can automatically change amounts to buyouts. Just a thought. Seems unconstitutional


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[TrampLineman]

I don't know the details of how they changed the buyout, but I don't think that could happen in the SEC and would have to be voted on. Of course I could be wrong, but that's what I think. Of course I don't think those schools generate the money we do and that's why the buyout is not much. The ACC would make some think with 20 mil, but in the SEC you could probably make that back in 2 years just in revenue sharing, not to say a boost in attendance.

 

[Ldlane]

Do you think it's odd that the ACC can up the penalty to $20.000,000 to leave their conference? Also the Big East raised their penalty to $10,000,000? If the league presidents have that much power why don't they raise buyout to 10 billion and no school can leave.

It seems strange the schools in the conference don't have contracts already with a stated buyout. You would think the schools would have to come to some type of agreement before a conference president can automatically change amounts to buyouts. Just a thought. Seems unconstitutional


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OK here is the way it works:

The NCAA and the Conferences work "for" the University Presidents. The conferences are at the mercy of the member schools. All of those buyouts are voted on by the schools. The commish may put the idea forth, but the schools are ultimately in control. Ex. The recent ACC buyout fee was supposed to be 34 Million, FSU and maybe a couple of others had them bring it down to 20 million.

 

[rtcjny]

The whole thing is if these conferences treated the schools right they would not want to leave. This is why there is not talk of teams leaving the SEC, Big 10 , or PAC 12. I think a buyout fee is insane. Conferences shouldn't have to force teams to stay. Teams should want to stay in a conference.
Before this realignment started most people thought the Big XII was as elite of a conference as the SEC. The problem was they didn't treat their teams right. Their payment structure was terrible. Thus A&M got ticked because Texas is getting rich from their tv deal. The Big XII could have easily stopped all of this.

 

[SimplyTide]

OK here is the way it works:

The NCAA and the Conferences work "for" the University Presidents. The conferences are at the mercy of the member schools. All of those buyouts are voted on by the schools. The commish may put the idea forth, but the schools are ultimately in control. Ex. The recent ACC buyout fee was supposed to be 34 Million, FSU and maybe a couple of others had them bring it down to 20 million.

Exactly - the remaining schools all had to agree to the increased buyout. This decision was not made by the conference leadership - it was made by the school presidents.