The SEC is already positioned as the first superconference and will be renegotiating its television deal. The speculation has been that there will be 64 seats at the table when all the music stops, so why not approach Notre Dame about coaxing Penn State to join the ACC as the 15th and 16th members to form the second superconference, with the understanding that an SEC/ACC merger guarantees both a seat at the table when the music stops. ESPN may have been the driving force behind the Texas/Oklahoma move to the SEC to steal the most valuable assets the Big 12 had to weaken the broadcasting power of Fox. The ACC and SEC have strong ties to ESPN, and if both conferences joined forces, they could dominate college football with most of the television sets in the US and a virtual lock on everything East of the Mississippi. Fox would only have the Pac 12, the Big 10, and whatever remained of the Big 12 and non-power 5 conferences to cobble a deal with. Having the SEC and ESPN on board, could be the compelling factor to force Notre Dame and Penn State to reserve their seats at the big table or get left out in the cold. This is especially true knowing that Notre Dame was most concerned about the scheduling concerns they would have as an independent should the superconferences be formed without them. I may be wrong, but if ESPN and CBS were behind the Big 12 move to weaken Fox's future television rights, then the ACC should be aggressive to ensure they strike now while they are in a position to get through the door before the SEC eventually comes after Clemson and Florida State down the road when the GOR gets closer to expiring. The SEC is the future whether we like it or not and I would rather we be proactive than reactive since we all lived through the Big East falling to pieces due to a lack of vision. Ok, time to let the naysayers and trolls have their shots at me.
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