WoodyHayes1951 Posted November 18, 2012 Share Posted November 18, 2012 Under Armour CEO and Maryland alum Kevin Plank is cashing out $65 million of stock. Buyout fee from the ACC is $50 million Coincidence? he's paying a potential exit fee or has been tipped off his company is about to go under. The latter of which I quite sure is ILLEGAL.......So really that leaves one option Link to comment
flatwaterfan Posted November 18, 2012 Share Posted November 18, 2012 I have read several articles that are very interesting. It could be Maryland and Rutgers are just pawn moves. The real goal would be to get to 16 teams. The 2 final teams they would want to get would be NC and ND. Having Maryland defect puts a tiny crack in the ACC conglomerate and would allow for an addition of NC more easily. ND than probably would cave as the loss of NC would be a huge blow. Adding Rutgers, Maryland and NC would really pump up the BTN viewership and recruiting areas. Link to comment
Excel Posted November 18, 2012 Share Posted November 18, 2012 Under Armour CEO and Maryland alum Kevin Plank is cashing out $65 million of stock. Buyout fee from the ACC is $50 million Coincidence? he's paying a potential exit fee or has been tipped off his company is about to go under. The latter of which I quite sure is ILLEGAL.......So really that leaves one option If he owns and founded the company I doubt he'd need to be tipped off... Link to comment
WoodyHayes1951 Posted November 18, 2012 Share Posted November 18, 2012 "Incompatible culturally" is such a vague term. First off, Notre Dame is NOT a Midwestern school. They are located in Indiana but "culturally" they are not. Second, I don't know if I have anything in common with people in Kansas. Does this mean they couldn't fit? of course not. We probably should go with USF If we wanted to keep "culture" intact(People in Maryland talk like me, they don't in the Twin Cities btw) since Tampa is Midwestern culturally. Link to comment
Excel Posted November 18, 2012 Share Posted November 18, 2012 "Incompatible culturally" is such a vague term. First off, Notre Dame is NOT a Midwestern school. They are located in Indiana but "culturally" they are not. Second, I don't know if I have anything in common with people in Kansas. Does this mean they couldn't fit? of course not. We probably should go with USF If we wanted to keep "culture" intact(People in Maryland talk like me, they don't in the Twin Cities btw) since Tampa is Midwestern culturally. Tampa Midwestern? bahahaha Link to comment
VA Husker Fan Posted November 18, 2012 Share Posted November 18, 2012 Under Armour CEO and Maryland alum Kevin Plank is cashing out $65 million of stock. Buyout fee from the ACC is $50 million Coincidence? he's paying a potential exit fee or has been tipped off his company is about to go under. The latter of which I quite sure is ILLEGAL.......So really that leaves one option Or it's the regular quarterly he's been doing for at least the last two years. http://biz.yahoo.com/t/09/6911.html Link to comment
HuskerShark Posted November 18, 2012 Share Posted November 18, 2012 I'm okay with Rutgers, but what value does Maryland add to the B1G?... The goal should be to get teams that will bring power and money to the conference, and IMO, preference should be put toward football since it is the largest revenue-creating sport. Why not target some schools like OU, UT, VaTech, ND, etc.? This move would blow my mind. Link to comment
irafreak Posted November 18, 2012 Share Posted November 18, 2012 Because Maryland is in the ACC...the same conference that just pulled in Notre Dame for basketball...WoodyHayes1951 and I are on the same page...this HAS to be a small step for a larger outcome... Link to comment
The Dude Posted November 18, 2012 Share Posted November 18, 2012 I don't get it. If the Big Ten was going to add any more schools, the primary focus should be to make it a better football conference. Adding Rutgers and Maryland would do the opposite. 1 Link to comment
Maxconvert Posted November 18, 2012 Author Share Posted November 18, 2012 If this is a tactical manuever to expand to a 16 team conference, you can kiss the prospect of renewing NU-OU, NU-Texas, or NU-Missouri goodbye. With such a large conference our schedule will be more and more conference games, and that is going to crowd out any big out of conference rivalry games Link to comment
QMany Posted November 18, 2012 Share Posted November 18, 2012 I hate this idea. I just had to state it again. Link to comment
totengur Posted November 18, 2012 Share Posted November 18, 2012 Under Armour CEO and Maryland alum Kevin Plank is cashing out $65 million of stock. Buyout fee from the ACC is $50 million Coincidence? he's paying a potential exit fee or has been tipped off his company is about to go under. Speaking of athletic companies, anyone else notice the two teams with the big "alums" who run Nike and Under Armor (Oregon and Maryland) also have the tackiest uniforms? tacky isn't the word I was thinking. An eyesore perhaps? Link to comment
Maxconvert Posted November 18, 2012 Author Share Posted November 18, 2012 On the bright side, think of all the fun road trips to Jersey! Link to comment
totengur Posted November 18, 2012 Share Posted November 18, 2012 I have read several articles that are very interesting. It could be Maryland and Rutgers are just pawn moves. The real goal would be to get to 16 teams. The 2 final teams they would want to get would be NC and ND. Having Maryland defect puts a tiny crack in the ACC conglomerate and would allow for an addition of NC more easily. ND than probably would cave as the loss of NC would be a huge blow. Adding Rutgers, Maryland and NC would really pump up the BTN viewership and recruiting areas. I think your the closest too get too the bottom of this. what you have reasoned seems too make the most sense. Especially sense Clemson and FSU are considering the SEC. The Big 10 may be playing a very complicated game of chess here. Perhaps checkmate will be when Notre Dame finally has too go BIG? Link to comment
Maxconvert Posted November 18, 2012 Author Share Posted November 18, 2012 So let me see if I got this right--the B1G got nervous when Notre Dame recently announced it was partially joining the ACC, so it's decided to try to break up the ACC to try to get Notre Dame? Another reason to hate the stupid Irish Link to comment
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