We’re as interested in the future of the ACC as anyone. The issues are clear. The ACC needs a better football product, and no, that doesn’t mean being the SEC. That does mean not losing 12 straight bowl games from 2019-2021. There’s a revenue gap between the SEC and Big 10. Revenue generation is a must with or without improved football, but having some quality football would help.
Nobody is sugar coating what is going on, but there are a couple of ACC myths that I give virtually zero percent chance of happening in the next 5 years, and they won’t happen next.
ACC teams will vote to disband the conference.
There is probably isn’t a school in the country that wouldn’t take a lifeline from the SEC or Big 10. Look at it this way, you need them a lot more than they need you, and any mass breakup with that in mind is preposterous. Twitter thinks some other conferences are in play besides those two. They aren’t. There’s two conferences, and a fight for the 3rd spot. The majority of the ACC isn’t forming a mass exodus with no guaranteed spots in the SEC of Big 10.
The story is being floated around by Clay Travis, who once wrote this gem on realignment where literally nothing he suggested might occur happened. Well, he said the SEC and Big 10 would survive – yea who didn’t?
For an actual good read on the topic. Check out this piece –
I consider it almost as unlikely that an ACC school challenges the GOR with 14 years on it anytime soon, and it has a better chance of the ACC simply disbanding in the near future.
ESPN will bust up the ACC’s TV Deal
TV deals are at the root of all this realignment talk. The SEC and Big 10 have great ones. The ACC’s doesn’t run out until 2036 and is wildly in ESPN’s favor. Just why exactly would ESPN bust it up, which includes the highly profitable ACC Network? The mere suggestion is just dumb. ESPN busts up a conference they own, and risks losing properties and content to FOX.
They do this intentionally. Are you serious?
I don’t think almost any scenario has a non-zero chance, but I would put these at the top of the list of NOT happening next.
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