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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]FSU may have engaged the services of an investment banker (JP Morgan Chase) and a private equity (PE firm Sixth Street) firm to raise money as well as to have access to sufficient capital to first make a settlement offer and to have a sufficient show of capital to fund an expensive court battle (which is a great & often effective settlement strategy).[/quote]

FSU and Clemson are overvaluing themselves too. Does the SEC even want schools at more than a partial share like what UW and Oregon got?[/quote]

ESPN has made it clear that they don't want more product. They have to be hoping for the Big10 [/quote]

Great point, but what if FSU and/or Clemson leave one ESPN league for another ? ESPN has the broadcast rights for both the SEC & the ACC.[/quote]

ESPN already owns the rights, so that solves one issue. The bigger issue is that they are paying FSU $20 million for those rights and aren't just going to pay them double that because they ask [/quote]

Reasonable thought, but we do not know that. Why ? Because the SEC becomes more valuable to ESPN with teams like Clemson & FSU. In other words, Clemson & FSU are more valuable as members of a premier conference like the SEC than they are as members of a mediocre football conference like the ACC. Viewers love competitive games; viewers get bored by lopsided, blowout games.[/quote]

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