Florida State AD Michael Alford made some statements Friday, and I hope ACC Commissioner Jim Philips was listening because they were directed straight to him.
From Andrea Adelson’s article on ESPN.
Florida State athletic director Michael Alford told his board of trustees on Friday that “something has to change” when it comes to closing the growing revenue gap with other conferences — a sign that one of the biggest brands in the ACC is unhappy with the current structure.
In a phone interview with ESPN later Friday, Alford said he decided to make his comments after recent ACC winter meetings…
With well over 10 years left on the ACC Television contract, neither Florida State or anyone else is leaving anytime soon.
It doesn’t mean someone couldn’t challenge the GOR before 2036, but not in the next 5 or 6 years.
Alford’s statements were not about that.
Alford is trying to protect Florida State’s financial interests right now which is exactly what he should be doing. I’m positive Alford doesn’t care where a revenue increase comes from. If it comes with a general increase to the ACC revenues then he’s fine. If it comes with unequal revenue sharing, which certainly Florida State will benefit from that works too.
In the end, Alford addressed what needed to be addressed – ACC revenues.
ACC commissioner Jim Philips hasn’t made any public statements on ACC revenues in months.
We know that Philips’s #1 – #10 ACC priority list is to raise ACC Revenues. We haven’t heard a peep from Philips on just about anything in months. Possibly he’s working on something, but that kind of leadership rarely works in today’s climate.
We can now only assume the recent ACC Winter Meetings did not result in anything substantial regarding revenue.
Understandably, these things take time to implement. Nobody expects full-blown plans just yet, but something anything from Philips?
Is anybody home in Greensboro or Charlotte or wherever the ACC is calling HQ at the moment?
We will keep repeating this until something happens – Until Philips makes some kind of positive statement regarding revenue, ACC ADs and Presidents will make their own statements in public.
ACC Fans will bristle, and it will continue to appear that Philips isn’t doing much behind the scenes.
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Dion says:
February 25, 2023 at 9:20 am (UTC -5)
Between looking at drape swatches for his new Charlotte office and lobbying for support to get the Big Ten Commissioner’s job, Phillips doesn’t have time to come up with new ACC revenue generating ideas. These things are…complicated. We fans wouldn’t understand. But first thing next year he’ll get right on it…if he’s still here.
Jfann says:
February 25, 2023 at 9:53 am (UTC -5)
What you wrote may be exactly right until we hear different.