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Bridge the revenue gap.
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Jul 25, 2023, 3:39 PM
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I'm confused. The commissioner said that the ACC couldn't equal the revenue of the SEC and B1G but it was looking for ways to "bridge the gap."
Isn't that exactly what "bridge the gap" means?
There is a gorge. ACC is on one side of the gorge and SEC is on the other side of of the gorge. There is a gap between them. The purpose of a bridge is to allow you to go from one side to the other. A bridge that only goes halfway isn't a bridge. It is a pier at best. It is a disaster at worst.
Isn't the commissioner talking about "narrow the gap"? Did he use "bridge" inadvertently or intentionally?
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Re: Bridge the revenue gap.
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Jul 25, 2023, 3:54 PM
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It is just empty rhetoric. A bridge can be built to connect two completely different places. Like the Acc- SEC. It doesn't equate to them becoming equal.
I'd prefer he say " level the playing field ".
But of course he can't say this because it's
obviously disingenuous at best.
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Re: Bridge the revenue gap.
Jul 25, 2023, 8:22 PM
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I really didn't enjoy thumb-uping, or whatever it is, an FSU fan!
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Re: Bridge the revenue gap.
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Jul 25, 2023, 3:55 PM
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I think he knows it's the bridge to nowhere.
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Re: Bridge the revenue gap.
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Jul 25, 2023, 3:58 PM
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Re: Bridge the revenue gap.***
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Jul 25, 2023, 4:16 PM
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^^^ nailed it ^^^
Exactly what needs to happen. Dispense the acc.
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Re: Bridge the revenue gap.
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Jul 25, 2023, 4:01 PM
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The purpose of a bridge is to allow you to go from one side to the other. A bridge that only goes halfway isn't a bridge.
Maybe he envisions half a bridge as a ramp, and if we hit it fast enough.....never mind. I'm having "Evel Knievel over the grand canyon" flashbacks.
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Re: Bridge the revenue gap.
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Jul 25, 2023, 4:59 PM
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Re: Bridge the revenue gap.
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Jul 25, 2023, 4:04 PM
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Sure doesn't come across as a strong leader that people will get behind anytime he talks. No plans or ideas shared on how this gap will be "bridged". Could have teams hold car washes or sell Krispy Kreme donuts as fundraisers.
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He wears nice suits though.
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Jul 25, 2023, 4:20 PM
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That should count for something.
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Re: Bridge the revenue gap.
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Jul 25, 2023, 4:30 PM
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Sure doesn't come across as a strong leader that people will get behind anytime he talks. No plans or ideas shared on how this gap will be "bridged". Could have teams hold car washes or sell Krispy Kreme donuts as fundraisers.
While I am not a fan of the commish, do you really think he should put all his cards on the table while negotiating various options? If so your understanding of how business works is incomplete.
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Re: Bridge the revenue gap.
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Jul 25, 2023, 4:57 PM
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I don’t think he should show all his cards, but continued empty rhetoric with nothing to show for it doesn’t seem like a good thing either.
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Re: Bridge the revenue gap.
Jul 25, 2023, 8:29 PM
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If he has cards he should show one or two to back up his gab. If he don't have nothing to show then he probably has nothing but gab.
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Re: Bridge the revenue gap.
Jul 25, 2023, 5:19 PM
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Not saying to show all the cards, but this has been going on for months with no singles or doubles to show so to speak. Incremental steps are nice but talk to a plan (withhold details if you will), but to get up and talk in circles without saying anything is pointless.
We see how well the so called "Alliance" worked with the other 2 conferences.
Great examples of a single or double show live sports on the ACC network - ie spring games in a proper window block or regular season games: the schedule of 11am 2pm 5pm and 8pm games does not work when games last ~3:30 hours.
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He doesn’t need to show “all of his cards”
Jul 25, 2023, 5:46 PM
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But he better actually have a slight inclination of what will help “bridge the gap” because right now as he’s smiling and talking in front of a camera there’s multiple schools talking to other conferences trying to figure out how to end the ACC as a football conference.
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Just another suit selected to draw a huge salary
Jul 25, 2023, 8:27 PM
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and do little to nothing and be retired before his crapshow comes to light.
...yeah, I'm a bit jaded.
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Re: Bridge the revenue gap.
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Jul 25, 2023, 4:24 PM
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Either way, he sounds stupid. We should send him pictures of the Golden Gate and Verrazzano-Narrows bridges.
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Re: Bridge the revenue gap.
Jul 25, 2023, 5:47 PM
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Folks in San Francisco can keep what they have, this bridge suits me just fine. Although, I do miss the original Cooper River bridge.
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A few measly thousand bucks is a "gap". We are looking at
Jul 25, 2023, 4:27 PM
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an ever increasing chasm the size of the Grand Canyon. And just remember, Evel Knievel couldn't even "bridge" the SNAKE Canyon, which is much, much smaller. And he had a rocket bike, which the ACC does not.
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Re: Bridge the revenue gap.
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Jul 25, 2023, 4:56 PM
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ACC's comments were nothing more than word salad, if you ask me. Never has so little been said in so many words.
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So you're not liking having JP blow smoke up your drawers?
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Jul 25, 2023, 5:02 PM
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He's an idiot if he thinks Clemson grads buy into that crap.
There's no way we're getting a new deal with ESPiN as long as the GOR stands.
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Re: So you're not liking having JP blow smoke up your drawers?
Jul 25, 2023, 5:11 PM
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The Commish knows how to sing the song.
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All talk…***
Jul 25, 2023, 5:43 PM
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Re: Bridge the revenue gap.
Jul 25, 2023, 6:07 PM
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Disney is going broke fast so this whole thing may fall apart from the top down if things continue in the same direction.
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Re: Bridge the revenue gap.
Jul 25, 2023, 11:19 PM
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I have thought of this too. More specifically I've wondered just how sustainable is ESPN with its plethora generous contracts.
Crazy money is getting thrown around anymore. What's the world going to look like when college football market share and revenue goes through a correction? I don't see how it can keep going like it has been... so many variables. Would being then in a larger conference be better or worse?
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The reason for my post was...
Jul 25, 2023, 6:07 PM
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... I am surprised no one called him on it. I was expecting someone, at some point during the day to ask him, "You talked about bridging the revenue gap. But, didn't you admit that there is no way to bridge the gap? Aren't you just exploring the ways to narrow the gap? The gap will soon be 40 million dollars wide. Do you have a goal on how narrow you can make tat? 35 million? 25 million? 15 million?"
Maybe someone will ask him tomorrow.
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Re: Bridge the revenue gap.
Jul 25, 2023, 7:52 PM
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Just BS from him. If he could "bridge the gap", then why hasn't he already done it? Moreover, why did he allow the "gap" to occur in the first place?
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Re: Bridge the revenue gap.
Jul 25, 2023, 8:39 PM
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One things for sure: He’s definitely not a cunning linguist.
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Re: Bridge the revenue gap.
Jul 25, 2023, 8:47 PM
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Phillips sounded as though he lost his concentration at times while reading his speech.
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Clemson, FSU are the only ACC schools that are 100%
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Jul 25, 2023, 10:03 PM
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committed to football. The rest say they are, but their actions tell us otherwise.
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Re: Bridge the revenue gap.
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Jul 26, 2023, 12:42 AM
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Sounds more like the plank on a pirate ship and the ACC is standing on the tip of it.
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you might over analyzed the words used***
Jul 26, 2023, 12:13 PM
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Re: Bridge the revenue gap.
Jul 27, 2023, 8:36 AM
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Bridge the gap basically means minimize the differences between the two!
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Re: Bridge the revenue gap.***
Jul 27, 2023, 6:27 PM
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Re: Bridge the revenue gap.
Jul 27, 2023, 6:36 PM
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Clemson or the ACC jumps the revenue gap by making a win-win deal with Prince Abdulaziz bin Turki Al-Faisel, Saudi Arabia's Minister of Sports and President of the Union of Arab National Olympic Commitees. The NCAA and Congress would investigate and do 00
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