Issue#1 Remaining members Oregon State and Washington State (PAC-2) filed a legal complaint against the PAC-12 conference, essentially arguing that since the other 10 schools left, they no longer have voting rights. So far, a judge has ruled in favor of the PAC-2 and barred a PAC-12 meeting scheduled for Wednesday.
This issue could get much more complex if the PAC-2 win sole voting rights and, say, vote to keep all the bowl and NCAA tournament revenue to themselves.
Issue#2 As private universities, this does not apply to Stanford or SMU, but as a state university, it does to Cal.
The state of California decided it will not allow state funds to be used to travel to states (currently 26) with anti-LGBTQ+ laws. This includes ACC member states Indiana (Notre Dame), Kentucky (Louisville), Georgia (Georgia Tech), Florida (Miami & Florida State), Texas (SMU) and North Carolina (UNC, Duke, NC State and Wake Forest).
With the two Bay Area Pac-12 refugees joining the ACC, the state has introduced a bill to repeal that travel ban. The bill passed the state house on Monday and now goes to the senate and, if it passes there, heads to Governor Gavin Newsom's desk for his signature.
Some Interesting Complications For The ACC And PAC-12 As The Conference Of Champions Devolves
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The most ACC thing possible to come out of all of this is for the new teams to be in even more financial trouble than they originally thought, with the Grant of Rights signed and unable to do anything about it
#2 has been mentioned several times. Interesting to see that they are going to repeal the law. It is the easiest solution but will the people of California be happy with that decision?
They probably have to for USC and UCLA to travel to Big10 states, too. Not sure if there are more or less of those in the Big 10.
even if there is just one, that's enough to be problematic. I imagine Indiana and probably Ohio as well.
I just looked and Indiana and Ohio are on the list, as I mentioned above, along with Iowa, which I missed.
As soon as the laws start costing money, the laws will go away or just be ignored.
My understanding is that for all sports except football and men's basketball the plan is to play contests in Dallas at SMU in lieu of flying across the country.
I understood that it was floated as an idea but wasn't set in stone.
Also, when I first heard it, I believe on Sirius CFB radio, they suggested that Dallas may be used for Football as well.
In any scenario, I really don't see how this does anything except piss everyone off. Beyond the fact that it negates serious $$ that the existing schools have spent on Infrastructure (i.e. English Field renovations), the players themselves deserve to be able to play close to home and have family and friends see them if they choose.
More over, let's say it's Wake vs. Call in Softball...does flying 2 teams to the middle of the country really save any money over p
Flying one to another coast?
Issue number 1:
Ultimately net loss is less losing money this season over all seasons going forward. Still right move to jump for Stanford and Cal.
Issue number 2:
Can be overcome quite simply with booster money and endowment. Not as big an issue as I think it's being made to be.
It is always going to be the right move for Cal, Stanford and SMU. However it is ultimately a loser for the rest of the ACC. The bonus money being distributed to the incentive program and travel will go away as soon as the ACCw teams start drawing more money. Eventually they are going to be full shares at which point travel costs will make the ACC worse off then they are now.
how great would it be that virtue signaling reverses realignment lol
I'd bet on realignment winning that battle.
Just reading an article saying that UCLA, USC, Colorado, and Oregon tried to get a vote passed that the PAC12 should pay their exit/entrance fees to join their new conferences. This came out in court as part of the restraining order that Oregon State and Wash St requested.
Wow, just wow. I hope Oregon State Washington State stick it to them.
Go Cougs!
Wow, talk about negotiating in bad faith! More power to WSU & OSU!