![]() ![]() It is Notre Dame’s prerogative to remain independent as a football power. I’d add Notre Dame has a cultural outlook the past 15 years of creating its own structures and systems to solve problems, not by contracting those solutions out. Non-football is doing a lot of work in that last sentence, though. Starting with the 2013-14 academic year, the Irish joined the league in all non-football sports. Notre Dame and the ACC have been in business together for some time. The logical starting point, however, centers on the apple of the ACC’s eye: Notre Dame football. The ACC could also look in the direction of the AAC Cincinnati has long loomed as a possibility. However, with a new round of expansion on the horizon, it’s imperative for the ACC to create new revenue streams and add new full-time members.Īccording to a report from The Athletic, the ACC is the preferred destination for West Virginia - if WVU leaves the Big 12. The deal was also a catalyst for the creation of the ACC Network, which launched three years later in 2019, another possible source of financial optimism for the league. In theory, this brave new media rights package would it make financially untenable for a member institution to leave. Big ? is where ACC can *add* value.Īt 2016 ACC Football Kickoff, former ACC Commissioner John Swofford announced the 20-year deal between the league and ESPN. Immense faith in Jim Phillips to find answers and the GoR thru 2036 offers a lot of leverage to keep schools from being poached. ESPN will feature heavily into these discussions and hypotheticals as well.įWIW, I’ve spoken with a number of high level ACC folks who all say they’re not at a point of genuine concern yet. That’s great, but Phillips and the league must find ways to keep up with an SEC that is on the precipice of adding Texas and Oklahoma. That public-facing belief is buttressed by a Grant of Rights deal that extends through the 2035-2036 academic year - a powerful leverage point for the league. On a per-school payout basis, the ACC lags behind the league distributed around $33 million to its full-time members in 2020.įor now, though, the league remains steadfast in its direction. For the 2020 fiscal year, the SEC and Big Ten raked in far more money than the other Power Five programs, according to documents obtained by USA Today. As with everything, this comes down to money. This, however, leaves the ACC and new commissioner Jim Phillips in a precarious position. The AAC will aggressively look to add Big 12 programs, too. The Pac-12 and Big 10 (Kansas and Iowa State) are ready and willing, it seems. With the SEC adding two mega-powers, other Power Five leagues will look to consolidate as much power as possible. It’s far from an equitable system those at the top grab more, while others deal with the consequences and fallout. Revisiting a quote from a source last week: “Oklahoma & Texas have been in lock step from the beginning.” Source said schools contacted SEC in December & had already made up mind they were leaving Big 12įootball, and the ungodly amounts of money it generates, are what drive decisions in major college athletics. As they prepare to join SEC (it seems all but certain they’ll be unanimously voted in by SEC member institutions, although Texas A&M could alter the math slightly), others Big 12 teams will look to exit for other conferences, too. Texas and Oklahoma are the conference’s premier football programs. This type of shakeup is an existential crisis for the Big 12. As expected, the two universities plan to not renew the contractual agreement that binds conference member institutions until 2025. While nothing is set in stone just yet, a move to the SEC for Texas and Oklahoma - in some form or fashion - is increasingly likely to happen. ![]()
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