![]() A 20-school Big Ten or SEC would work most practically in football with five- or 10-team divisions based on geography. It feels like a coalition that requires subdivision to make sense. Because 18 or 20 or 22 doesn’t feel like one league. ![]() It may be that in practice, 16 is the upper boundary for what constitutes a conference. Neither will begin operation as a 16-school league until 2024. But we’ll discuss the ACC’s situation in a bit. Clemson, Florida State and Miami especially consider themselves direct competitors with SEC schools for recruits, and the leaders at those athletic departments consider the idea of a $30 million or more per year gap in conference revenue distribution to be an existential threat. The reported number of schools examining their options in terms of challenging the grant of rights is seven (Clemson, Florida State, Miami, North Carolina, NC State, Virginia, Virginia Tech), but these schools have varying degrees of aggrievement. The consternation among the ACC schools isn’t going away. I wish this reader had attached a name to this question because it’s excellent and I’d like to give proper credit.ĪCC realignment rumblings: How airtight is grant of rights? So, what’s in it for the SEC and the Big Ten? - Anonymous But if anything, it seems like the SEC and Big Ten would want to widen the gap between themselves and other conferences, rather than extending a ladder to help the best of those “lesser” leagues across the moat. Isn’t it in the Big Two’s interests to let the ACC powers wither on the vine? The longer Clemson and FSU are in the ACC, isn’t that better for the SEC and Big Ten teams that have to recruit against them? Why extend a helping hand to the ACC teams? I can see the logic of not wanting those teams to get a glide path to the Playoff. But why? Would adding any of those teams increase the size of the pie so much that it would be worth dividing it into even more pieces? Not to mention, it would bring in more teams that the leagues’ powers would have to go through to get to the College Football Playoff (or one more likely loss for the mid-tier teams fighting for bowl eligibility). But there seems to be a sense of certainty that the SEC and/or Big Ten are just drooling at the chance to expand even further to add, say, Clemson or Florida State or UNC. Note: Submitted questions have been lightly edited for length and clarity.Īndy, the talk about several ACC teams trying to get out of the lengthy grant of rights makes me wonder: Are they sure they’re that valuable on the open market? I certainly understand the ACC teams wanting to make more money. Thankfully, Ari Wasserman of The Athletic may have assuaged some of those fears.ĭuring a recent appearance on The Andy Staples Show, Wasserman said EA Sports tapped him to consult on the title (especially when it comes to the recruiting mechanics), and he addressed one of the major fears while discussing how it will differ from another football game EA Sports is known for.A conference is having an awkward meeting in beautiful Amelia Island, Fla., and you have questions … While details concerning the game’s development have been fairly promising, it’s also been surrounded by a fair amount of skepticism thanks to EA’s approach to some of its other sports franchises, which (to put things kindly) has left a lot to be desired in recent years. While the initial goal was to reboot the series in 2023, EA Sports announced it had decided to push the release back one more year, which means NCAA Football fans will likely have to wait until the summer of 2024 to get their long-awaited fix. ![]() ![]() The publisher had already expressed interest in doing exactly that prior to the aforementioned decision, and in 2021, it officially announced it was bringing the franchise back from the dead. ![]()
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