ACC Football Kickoff to play out with teams wanting in the Big Ten

As the Big Ten begins its annual football media day event this week in Indianapolis, the ACC will be holding its mid-summer ACC Football Kickoff in Charlotte, North Carolina at the same time. While the Big Ten welcomes four members from the Pac-12 as new conference members this season, the ACC will be welcoming in two new members from the West Coast with Cal and Stanford. The ACC will also be going through its media day frenzy under what seems to be a cloud of constant uncertainty as multiple members in the conference have not hidden from a desire to break free of the conference’s grant of rights and potentially land in a new conference home. Of course, the riches that come with being a Big Ten member are enough to entice a few ACC schools to pursue membership in the conference.

Florida State and Clemson are the two headliners that continue to push the issue with the ACC. Both schools have taken legal steps to challenge the ACC grant of rights in hopes of creating an exit that isn’t a massive financial burden. For now, the Big Ten reportedly is not looking to add Florida State.

“[Big Ten commissioner] Tony [Petitti] is staying away from expansion, and we’re taking Tony’s lead,” a source reportedly said to Brett McMurphy of Action Network. Of course, that came with a bit of a disclaimer alluding to mass chaos in the ACC on a level similar to the downfall of the Pac-12.

“There is no appetite among the presidents unless there is some catastrophic development with the ACC and it forces [the Big Ten] into a decision,” McMurphy quoted the same anonymous source as saying.

The SEC is reportedly in the same boat as the Big Ten when it comes to adding Florida State and Clemson. In the SEC’s case, the conference already has a firm foot in each of those schools’ home states with Florida and South Carolina. Of…

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Author : Nittany Lions Wire

Publish date : 2024-07-21 12:49:18

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