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Let me see if I have this right, because I’m a little fuzzy about the ACC’s idea of improving the college football postseason.
ACC commissioner Jim Phillips floated an idea last weekend during the most recent College Football Playoff management committee meeting, and I’m not exactly sure what in the wide world of sports is going on.
The idea, in a nutshell, is more games for more teams within the ACC. A mini-tournament of sorts — before the College Football Playoff even begins.
Now I’m no labor attorney, but I do believe adding more games for more teams will alter the already uneasy terms of revenue sharing (see: pay for play) beginning with the 2025 season.
In layman terms, you’re not adding more games without giving players a larger slice of the media rights revenue pie. Again, I’m just a dumb writer, but that sounds a whole lot like a starting gun for attorneys lining up to take a run at more money for players.
Not that it’s a bad thing.
SMU wide receiver Jordan Hudson (8) is tackled by Clemson cornerback Avieon Terrell (20) during the second quarter in the 2024 ACC championship game at Bank of America Stadium.
You’ve got to hand it to these administrators running the sport, they’re trying everything they can to generate revenue and not be severely impacted when the expected change comes July 1 — and as much as $20 million in pay for play revenue evaporates from their coffers.
This latest idea is the most intriguing whopper yet. Phillips thinks the ACC can do one of two things prior to the start of the playoff int he 2026 season, when the new contract begins and the format – still to be determined – has changed. Both involve more games.
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Publish date : 2025-01-24 14:41:00
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