So ACC Commissioner Jim Phillips took a firm stance on playoff expansion, and I’m all for it.
It’s inevitable that the playoff expansion is coming, but the ACC has little leverage with ESPN, Notre Dame, and really the other power 5 conferences. This is one place where the ACC does have leverage.
Phillips says this doesn’t have anything to do with Notre Dame. It probably doesn’t largely, but I think it has played role that’s for sure.
Jack Swarbrick spent a year solidifying the Irish’s playoff future, only to have it left it limbo how it will look in the future now.
a quick thread on Jim Phillips comments on playoff expansion:
1. had been told the ACC was the primary league holding up expansion, but they’re not alone. While ACC is the most steadfast in their position, it’s largely shared by others, including the Big Ten.
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— 💫🅰️♈️🆔 (@ADavidHaleJoint) January 14, 2022
3. This is almost certainly a leverage play. Once ACC/P12/B12/G5 vote for expansion, what is the motivation for everyone to come to the table on other issues, let alone to consider what the ACC has to say on those issues? This is ACC’s trump card.
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— 💫🅰️♈️🆔 (@ADavidHaleJoint) January 14, 2022
5. Was just at coaches convention in Tex. The overwhelming takeaway: Everyone agrees there are problems — opt outs, transfers, recruiting calendar, in-season coaching movement, tampering — but no one agrees on solutions. There has to be a ticking clock to change that. (5/x)
— 💫🅰️♈️🆔 (@ADavidHaleJoint) January 14, 2022
@ADavidHaleJoint has an excellent tweet thread that summarizes Jim Phillips and the ACC’s stance.
7. Perhaps most overlooked part of Phillips answers: He said he’d “expects” more realignment before the end of the current playoff agreement. That’s a big elephant in the room.
8. Lots of folks suggesting holding up expansion HURTS the ACC. That’s not necessarily true. (7/x)
— 💫🅰️♈️🆔 (@ADavidHaleJoint) January 14, 2022
Sorry typo on that tweet initially… SEC/B1G would be biggest winners in expansion. It’s why the ACC has leverage now.
— 💫🅰️♈️🆔 (@ADavidHaleJoint) January 14, 2022
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