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grasping at straws?? This taterhead wants to divide conference.

  • TV dollars based on home game attendance....as the biggest midget, clemson gets the biggest share of the pie...I have seen a lot of stupid stuff but one is way up there..... Clemson reaps the benefit of a big stadium because they have fans that sometimes show up to see them play Merryland, Duke and Wake.... Duke and Wake have small stadiums because they don't have fans show up to watch them play BC, Virginia, and Clemson...

    Here's a scenario where the ACC pays out each school based on it's average attendance from the previous year: These number were calculated by The Angry Clemson Fan. This is based on the $17M/year payout of the "new" contract.

    School

    Avg Attn

    % of Total

    Payout ($ Millions)

    Clemson

    73675

    10.74%

    25.6

    Florida State

    68305

    9.95%

    23.7

    Virginia Tech

    66233

    9.65%

    23.0

    NC State

    56287

    8.20%

    19.5

    North Carolina

    56000

    8.16%

    19.4

    Miami

    48654

    7.09%

    16.9

    Georgia Tech

    48232

    7.03%

    16.7

    Virginia

    47940

    6.99%

    16.6

    Pittsburgh

    46003

    6.70%

    16.0

    Maryland

    42355

    6.17%

    14.7

    Syracuse

    40504

    5.90%

    14.0

    Boston College

    35709

    5.20%

    12.4

    Wake Forest

    31967

    4.66%

    11.1

    Duke

    24393

    3.55%

    8.5

    TOTAL

    686257

    100%

    $238 Million

    There would have to be a few ground rules to this policy:
    1.No funny business with the attendance numbers. I'm looking at you TDP, no more pretty whole numbers rounded to the nearest thousand.
    2.No complaining about stadium size issues. The point here is to encourage big boy football. Expand your stadium!

    So what would this new rule accomplish? Well instead of just rewarding Clemson, FSU and VT for actually caring about football, it would encourage other schools to man up and get serious about football. Things like encouraging larger crowds, which could lead to lower ticket prices. The more butts in the seats, the better the atmosphere, this is what ESPN is paying for. Go look at the SEC, the Egg Bowl gets coverage because it's an intense rivalry, not because it is a game of national significance. If Pitt and Syracuse could get intense like that, maybe ESPN would have something to work with (yeah I'm probably reaching, but you get the point.)

    Anyways, don't expect Swofford or the other ACC schools to take this into serious consideration, they like using the football schools are the mules pulling their basketball wagon.

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  • Then someone would have to verify their attendance figures...... not rely on "announced" figures.

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  • did he really imply that clemson plays big boy football? most absurd statement in there.

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  • Why in the world would they split TV dollars based on game attendance. There won't be a single fan inside a stadium that will be counted when they determine TV share ratings. That is more than idiotic. Typical.

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  • Who is Clemson ??? NC will have to give them the OK lol.

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  • Here's an idea... give away all your tickets and with each ticket, you get a drink, some nachos, a hot dog and a pair of movie passes. It doesn't matter how much the freebies cost, because the additional attendance gets you another $8-$12 million dollars. Now take half of your money and add seats to the stadium so next year, you can give away MORE tickets but get a higher share of the revenue.
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    Yea somebody didn't give this plan much thought.

    CockyMike1

  • LOL.

    This post was edited by MrBlonde on 5/14/2012 at 7:34 PM

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  • They will suggest any rule that gives them an advantage.

    They really are panicking. They are in a world of frustration being irrelevant. They really do not matter.

    Hahahahaha!!!! That's pretty funny.

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  • I think it should be based of off basketball attendance since its a basketball conference. Football is down the line after ACC
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  • CockyMike1 said...

    Here's an idea... give away all your tickets and with each ticket, you get a drink, some nachos, a hot dog and a pair of movie passes. It doesn't matter how much the freebies cost, because the additional attendance gets you another $8-$12 million dollars. Now take half of your money and add seats to the stadium so next year, you can give away MORE tickets but get a higher share of the revenue. . Yea somebody didn't give this plan much thought.

    That would be covered under the "No funny business" clause. :-)

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  • 3.0 said...

    did he really imply that clemson plays big boy football? most absurd statement in there.

    I think the implication was that they're the tallest midget.

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  • I saw some thread where they were upset that if they moved to the big 12 Texas would get an "unfair" share of the revenue. Can't have it both ways silly Taters.

    howardscock1 ●

  • I really think they would not mind staying in the ACC, if they could figure a way to get the most money and win a meaningless championship every year...your basic "Big Fish in a Small Pond" mentality. Win 9-10 games a year against God knows who and go to the Toilet Bowl...Dress up in urnge...act like a fool...show off your girl in urnge cut off overhauls...and they are good!

    boomer01 ●

  • anyone ever see the taters manipulate statistics in their favor or to their benefit? this is shocking!

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