Right now the Big 12 GoR has only 4 more years, whereas the ACC's has 15 years left to run. For Texas and Oklahoma, the GoR probably isn't a huge obstacle, but for Clemson or Florida State (or other ACC schools) it may very well be.

Let's say Clemson announces tomorrow that it's leaving the ACC for the SEC. Do they do what Texas and Oklahoma did and say they will remain in the ACC through the current grant of rights? When Texas and Oklahoma did that, they essentially acknowledged that the GoR was binding. They can still leave before 2025, but if they do that they probably won't be getting SEC money until 2025 unless the SEC is willing to subsidize them for a couple of years. Though the SEC might be willing to make up the difference for them between what the Big 12 payout is and what the SEC payout is for a couple of years to get them into the conference early. But would the SEC be willing to do that for Clemson and Florida State for 15 years?

Also, from what I understand, Big 12 teams retained their third-tier media rights, which is how Texas has some content for their own Longhorn Network. So Texas and Oklahoma could still bring those third-tier rights to the SEC media rights table, which clearly have some value. Whereas in the ACC the schools did not retain any media rights. The ACC owns the rights to everything, which means ACC teams bring absolutely nothing to the media rights negotiating table of any new conference they join until 2036.


[Post edited by tarheelblue at 08/08/2021 11:53PM]