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I am not saying it is.........

not here but, it is a joke, potentially a very bad joke. Do you even understand what these deals entail? They are nothing more than a fancily named loan and the touted ancillary operational and marketing excellence the firms bring to the table are in reality their chance to monitor, control and influence their lending arrangement. Have you seen anywhere the cost of capital assigned to the Utah deal? I have not. However, VC capital comes with premium pricing and terms and those guys rarely get left holding the bag. If Utah had no leverage or even thin leverage, that even raises more questions as to the purpose and use of the funding. To say I am skeptical of the wisdom of soliciting VC funding is accurate and were I on the board or a supporter of any institution, school or conference, evaluating that type of alternative my first three questions would be (1)what is the need/purpose and projected use of the funding?(2)what is the fully loaded cost of capital for the funding? and (3) what is the timing and expected sources of funding for the repayment? I expect I would have more questions depending on deal specifics but, I know I would have those three on every deal.
Posted: 02/16/2026 at 03:06 PM ET
(In response to this post by Big12 guy)

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Jim Williams: ACC Venture Capital Play
RandomAsianGuy 02/15/26 12:58 PM ET
The real question is this.
RandomAsianGuy 02/16/26 01:02 PM ET
Your first paragraph said it all.....
2hhoop3 02/16/26 01:27 PM ET
JW is doubling down on VC idea.
RandomAsianGuy 02/17/26 06:49 PM ET
Williams raises some valid points.....
2hhoop3 02/17/26 08:16 PM ET
True that. Ignoring the USF/AAC angle, he had a point.**
RandomAsianGuy 02/17/26 08:40 PM ET
I agree with everything you wrote except for the joke part. Utah
Big12 guy 02/16/26 02:43 PM ET
I am not saying it is.........
2hhoop3 02/16/26 03:06 PM ET
We need to secure a spot in a better conference!
EDGEMAN 02/16/26 11:16 AM ET
Oh I agree. **
RandomAsianGuy 02/16/26 01:00 PM ET
I hope to God VT isn't in the version of the ACC he thinks will emerge.
Baltimore_Hokie 02/16/26 10:38 AM ET
Hey I don’t disagree. **
RandomAsianGuy 02/16/26 01:01 PM ET
The conference he proposes is truly sucky.
Hokester 02/16/26 08:42 AM ET
"When you wish upon a star" This guy is hallucinating!!**
ancient alien 2018 02/15/26 10:18 PM ET
LOL, that is pure fantasy
HokieAl 02/15/26 04:28 PM ET
ND would be out so quick if that happens. Our strength of schedule would
goldendomer 02/15/26 02:00 PM ET