ACC TV Contract Troubles

https://floridastate.forums.rivals.com/threads/update-on-new-big-ten-tv-contract.123642/page-2

DotCom 4/23/2016

"Spoke to a Big10 contact yesterday and he says they are estimating that once this deal kicks in all told the TV split will work out to about $45 million per school, and possibly higher. That's approximately $20 million more per year than what FSU will make in the ACC.
FSU is stuck with the GOR for a while unless it can argue breach of contact. Since they hide that agreement in the ACC's version of Fort Knox it's tough to say exactly what the ACC promised back then.

While people want to put all the blame on Swofford he was just doing what he felt was best for the ACC, and getting FSU to sign off on the GOR was in the conference's best interest. It's not his responsibility to protect FSU. That falls on the president and the BOT who it looks like screwed up three years ago.
You can't just say it will all work out and FSU will be fine, or point to the financial numbers from over a year ago think athletics will keep chugging along as it is now. A $20 million or more disparity per year against programs you compete against will put FSU at a major disadvantage that will only get deeper as the financial gap widens. "


http://chopchat.com/2016/04/24/fsu-sports-affected-by-bad-acc-television-contracts/

FSU Sports Affected By Bad ACC Television Contracts

As the ACC continues to play second fiddle to other conferences with their TV contracts, schools like FSU and others in the league are suffering.

In recent days, news has come out regarding a new television deal for one Power Five conference. This deal will bring more games to one of the four major over-the-air networks, while keeping ESPN happy by continuing the put games on the “Worldwide Leader”.

Sorry, FSU fans…I’m not talking about the ACC, because that would require the league to actually think outside the box. Nope, it’s the Big Ten who will be inking a new deal with FOX Sports to carry more of their games on both the big network and their cable provider. At the same time, the league will sign more of a secondary deal ESPN to still televise games in football, basketball and more. So while the Big Ten, Big XII and Pac-12 will be doing deals with FOX as well as ABC/ESPN and the SEC is comfortable with CBS and ESPN, where is the ACC? Why, they’re stuck in a deal with that four letter network that has them playing football games on Friday nights like they are on par with the Sun Belt Conference and not a Power Five league.

In essence, commissioner John Swofford as made it clear that, while football is the cash cow for the league, men’s basketball is always going to be the first child and get taken care before everyone else. As long as Duke-UNC and other games on the hardwood get exposure and the syndicated ACC Network is breathing, everything is good. At the same time, football powers and brand names like FSU, Clemson and Miami are stuck playing second fiddle to other conferences when it comes to television views. Last regular season, just eight games featuring ACC teams were broadcast on ABC, with six of them involving one of those three schools mentioned. This is a conference that, along with the SEC, has had two teams playing for the national title over the last three seasons. This is not a conference that should have their games being relegated to ESPN2 or a variety of stations across the country that you have to check your local listings on a weekly basis to see where the game will be broadcast.