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[quote=Anonymous][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]

Does it? ESPN relies on carriage fees - what cable systems does Clemson and FSU bring? The ESPN+ app has been a disaster as far as revenue and this doesn't help. Right now ESPN is engaging in massive cost cutting not vanity signings. The fact that they didn't even bother to bid for the Pac12 should tell you where they are. [/quote]

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