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Sure doesn't sound like FSU is 100% committed to the ACC - Big 12 - 03-06-2013 04:30 PM
http://espn.go.com/colleges/fsu/football/story/_/id/9020053/ad-randy-spetman-discusses-state-florida-state-seminoles-program
FSU AD Randy Spetman:
Rumors have persisted for more than a year that FSU could bolt from the ACC, and those discussions only gained steam when the school was one of just two conference members to vote against raising the exit fee last fall. The other school, Maryland, has already agreed to leave the conference and join the Big Ten.
The rumblings have quieted a bit -- both nationally and at Florida State -- but Spetman said the wheels continue to turn.
"It's not done," he said. "I watch it every day, reading something about it every day, trying to get a sense and calling my counterparts and seeing where they're really at."
Unless you bring in a revenue for them so that they don't reduce their conference distribution to themselves, they aren't going to bring you in," Spetman said. "That's what I don't think people evaluate as much. It would be great to be in the SEC with our radius of schools and the way our fans travel and their fans travel, but if they bring Florida State into the SEC, I'm trying to see, how do we sell that we bring them enough additional revenue that we pay for ourselves and they make more money off of us? They have Florida just two hours away that has the TV market here."
Similarly, a move to the Big Ten or Big 12 isn't a slam dunk financially for Florida State. Issues surround TV distribution (Maryland won't immediately get a full share from the Big Ten), travel (West Virginia, for example, has had difficulty adjusting to the demands of travel in the Big 12) and, of course, the not insignificant issue of that buyout to leave the ACC, which would cost the university close to $50 million -- a number Maryland is challenging as it works its way out of the league.
In the short term, Spetman said he's confident that the ACC is moving in the right direction, and the Noles staying remains the most appealing solution. However, he said his priority is to ensure that Florida State is prepared for the next major shift.
"We've had conversations at the senior level about what we should consider," Spetman said. "There will be more of those conversations -- they'll continue. It's an evolution every day."
Did everyone catch that?
He wasn't shy about saying it would be great to be in a different conference. That ACC vote of confidence doesn't seem to have meant very much to him.
RE: Sure doesn't sound like FSU is 100% committed to the ACC - gocards#1 - 03-06-2013 04:35 PM
FSU has been trying to get into the SEC since the 1950s. The SEC has turned them down almost as many times as the ACC turned down WVU.
RE: Sure doesn't sound like FSU is 100% committed to the ACC - Chris02M - 03-06-2013 04:38 PM
there committed to acc over big 12 though
RE: Sure doesn't sound like FSU is 100% committed to the ACC - OldGoldnBlue - 03-06-2013 04:40 PM
(03-06-2013 04:38 PM)Chris02M Wrote: there committed to acc over big 12 though
Right up until UVA goes to the B1G
RE: Sure doesn't sound like FSU is 100% committed to the ACC - TIGER-PAUL - 03-06-2013 04:42 PM
I agree, pretty much begging to get in sec.
RE: Sure doesn't sound like FSU is 100% committed to the ACC - OldGoldnBlue - 03-06-2013 04:44 PM
I also think it's interesting that he is expecting another major shift...
"However, he said his priority is to ensure that Florida State is prepared for the next major shift."
"We've had conversations at the senior level about what we should consider," Spetman said. "There will be more of those conversations -- they'll continue. It's an evolution every day."
RE: Sure doesn't sound like FSU is 100% committed to the ACC - TIGER-PAUL - 03-06-2013 04:46 PM
Not as convinced of that.
I do think he's hoping for one though.
RE: Sure doesn't sound like FSU is 100% committed to the ACC - Big 12 - 03-06-2013 04:51 PM
(03-06-2013 04:35 PM)gocards#1 Wrote: FSU has been trying to get into the SEC since the 1950s. The SEC has turned them down almost as many times as the ACC turned down WVU.
Could have sworn that I read that FSU had its choice between the SEC and the ACC in 90/91 and Bowden thought the ACC was an easier path to a title so the Noles went to the ACC.
RE: Sure doesn't sound like FSU is 100% committed to the ACC - JunkYardCard - 03-06-2013 04:56 PM
(03-06-2013 04:40 PM)OldGoldnBlue Wrote:(03-06-2013 04:38 PM)Chris02M Wrote: there committed to acc over big 12 though
Right up until UVA goes to the B1G
My wife could get a much better looking man. But unfortunately, there aren't any of them available in our town, because her friends are even better looking than she is, and they took the last two hot dudes. So she is stuck with my ugly ass. I guess that is good for me.
RE: Sure doesn't sound like FSU is 100% committed to the ACC - TIGER-PAUL - 03-06-2013 04:58 PM
(03-06-2013 04:51 PM)Big 12 Wrote:(03-06-2013 04:35 PM)gocards#1 Wrote: FSU has been trying to get into the SEC since the 1950s. The SEC has turned them down almost as many times as the ACC turned down WVU.
Could have sworn that I read that FSU had its choice between the SEC and the ACC in 90/91 and Bowden thought the ACC was an easier path to a title so the Noles went to the ACC.
Looks like you're right.
http://www.saturdaydownsouth.com/2011/1990-sec-expansion-southeastern-conference/
RE: Sure doesn't sound like FSU is 100% committed to the ACC - No Bull - 03-06-2013 05:02 PM
wow...FSU is basiclly open to offers. AD pimping FSU. blows my mind.
RE: Sure doesn't sound like FSU is 100% committed to the ACC - Big 12 - 03-06-2013 05:04 PM
(03-06-2013 04:56 PM)JunkYardCard Wrote:(03-06-2013 04:40 PM)OldGoldnBlue Wrote:(03-06-2013 04:38 PM)Chris02M Wrote: there committed to acc over big 12 though
Right up until UVA goes to the B1G
My wife could get a much better looking man. But unfortunately, there aren't any of them available in our town, because her friends are even better looking than she is, and they took the last two hot dudes. So she is stuck with my ugly ass. I guess that is good for me.
Just be honest and put your personal feeling aside. The Big 12, with 10 teams, is bring in more $ per team than the ACC and the Big 12 has a smaller population footprint. If the Big 12 were to add FSU, Miami, Clemson & NC State (for example), and thereby also adds a conference title game, you don't think those 4 teams would make a helluva lot more in the new Big 14 than they would have in the ACC? Really?
RE: Sure doesn't sound like FSU is 100% committed to the ACC - TexanMark - 03-06-2013 05:05 PM
(03-06-2013 05:02 PM)No Bull Wrote: wow...FSU is basiclly open to offers. AD pimping FSU. blows my mind.
Agreed...USF better stand by the phone.
RE: Sure doesn't sound like FSU is 100% committed to the ACC - curtis0620 - 03-06-2013 05:11 PM
The ACC is dead. Man the lifeboats.
lol, this stuff is just too funny.
RE: Sure doesn't sound like FSU is 100% committed to the ACC - BullsFanInTX - 03-06-2013 05:20 PM
Here we go again. Won't stop until we have 2 30 team conferences apparently
RE: Sure doesn't sound like FSU is 100% committed to the ACC - No Bull - 03-06-2013 05:22 PM
this could be where that dumb USF/UCF to the Big 12 came from. posturing of some sort. If FSU or UNC leave the ACC it will be a free for all... If I was the Big 12 I would be doing everything in my power to get FSU to join...
RE: Sure doesn't sound like FSU is 100% committed to the ACC - Louis Kitton - 03-06-2013 05:30 PM
(03-06-2013 04:51 PM)Big 12 Wrote:(03-06-2013 04:35 PM)gocards#1 Wrote: FSU has been trying to get into the SEC since the 1950s. The SEC has turned them down almost as many times as the ACC turned down WVU.
Could have sworn that I read that FSU had its choice between the SEC and the ACC in 90/91 and Bowden thought the ACC was an easier path to a title so the Noles went to the ACC.
FSU has got to be kicking themselves now for the decision.
:muttering:
RE: Sure doesn't sound like FSU is 100% committed to the ACC - TIGER-PAUL - 03-06-2013 05:31 PM
(03-06-2013 05:22 PM)No Bull Wrote: this could be where that dumb USF/UCF to the Big 12 came from. posturing of some sort. If FSU or UNC leave the ACC it will be a free for all... If I was the Big 12 I would be doing everything in my power to get FSU to join...
I would think they already have.
RE: Sure doesn't sound like FSU is 100% committed to the ACC - CK42NC - 03-06-2013 05:34 PM
C0620I know you're kidding! by the way we have the same first name.
C'mon Y'all!, before it goes crazy, the ACC is not dead if FSU Goes. To be frank nobody is holding their hand to keep them. (Now or after the MD lawsuit) These schools are think about money and if anybody wants out they'll go. I love the ACC and it will be great when all are in full a season or few from now but if it does blow up I would be one of the first to cry Damn, Daaamn, DAAAMMN! like James Evans on Good times! Let's just see this thing through.
But IMO, I think the ACC will be alright, y'all! Nobody really knows what going on but the people in the rooms signing the deals. The FSU AD is playing Poker people! He wants more leverage, more controlling power, especially before Notre Dame gets in here in a few months and tries to flex Irish muscle.
(03-06-2013 05:11 PM)curtis0620 Wrote: The ACC is dead. Man the lifeboats.
lol, this stuff is just too funny.
RE: Sure doesn't sound like FSU is 100% committed to the ACC - Marge Schott - 03-06-2013 05:35 PM
(03-06-2013 04:51 PM)Big 12 Wrote:(03-06-2013 04:35 PM)gocards#1 Wrote: FSU has been trying to get into the SEC since the 1950s. The SEC has turned them down almost as many times as the ACC turned down WVU.
Could have sworn that I read that FSU had its choice between the SEC and the ACC in 90/91 and Bowden thought the ACC was an easier path to a title so the Noles went to the ACC.
That and the academics were clearly better and ACC tv money was better at the time.
It honestly worked out quite well for FSU until Bowden got too old.