Not that we haven’t already had our fair share of expansion discussion on here, but a few tidbits from a recent article published by the Raleigh News-Observer on NC State coming around to approve Cal, SMU, and Stanford:
• “Clemson had been quieter in its criticism but, like FSU, had expressed concern about its ability to compete as the ACC’s revenue disparity with the SEC and Big Ten continued to grow”
• “UNC, meanwhile, understood its place as the most desired of ACC members”
• Wake Forest was a hard push for ACC expansion, leading the point that the conference was headed for a similar fate as the Pac-12
• “If FSU goes independent (they are seriously considering it), SMU could fill the gap.”
• In the long term, Sutton envisioned a time, after the Big 12’s television rights deal expires in six years, when the ACC could target TCU and West Virginia. Do that, his message went, and it “ensures the ACC exists until such time as a ‘top down’ solution comes in college football (it surely will in the next 3-10 years) whereby the top 24-36 teams form their own alliance and everyone else scrambles to develop the next level.”
• Speculation that NC State received assurances that they’d be accepted into the AAU if they voted yes (NCSU denies this)
Full story here:
• “Clemson had been quieter in its criticism but, like FSU, had expressed concern about its ability to compete as the ACC’s revenue disparity with the SEC and Big Ten continued to grow”
• “UNC, meanwhile, understood its place as the most desired of ACC members”
• Wake Forest was a hard push for ACC expansion, leading the point that the conference was headed for a similar fate as the Pac-12
• “If FSU goes independent (they are seriously considering it), SMU could fill the gap.”
• In the long term, Sutton envisioned a time, after the Big 12’s television rights deal expires in six years, when the ACC could target TCU and West Virginia. Do that, his message went, and it “ensures the ACC exists until such time as a ‘top down’ solution comes in college football (it surely will in the next 3-10 years) whereby the top 24-36 teams form their own alliance and everyone else scrambles to develop the next level.”
• Speculation that NC State received assurances that they’d be accepted into the AAU if they voted yes (NCSU denies this)
Full story here: