Though there is no call currently scheduled for the presidents to talk about expansion again, the discussions continue in the hopes that perhaps they can get to 12 “yes” votes, the required number to add teams. Florida State, North Carolina, Clemson and NC State are opposed, a source said, confirming news first reported by Sports Illustrated.
One source described the expansion discussion as being “on life support,” two days after ESPN reported the talks among the presidents hit “significant roadblocks” following a call among presidents Wednesday night.
Multiple sources indicated there is no deadline to make any decision for the ACC, and a presidents call could be scheduled at any time. A vote will be taken only if there are enough yes votes. One source believed a decision should have been made during the Wednesday call: “I would imagine that there’s not much more for them to discuss. I would think that the next item on the agenda is to make a decision.”
Not too surprising. These are the teams that feel they aren’t getting enough money and probably have landing spots in other conferences. They don’t have an incentive to add more mouths to feed.
Unfortunately, I don’t think that either school will bring the ACC enough media revenue for make it worthwhile to add them at this stage. My only hope would be that adding new teams would open up an opportunity for us to leave the ACC but it seems like this will not be the case. Academically, Cal and Stanford would be top-tier schools to bring in but, let’s be real, this is not an important consideration in the upcoming age of super conferences.
Yeah agreed. They might be top targets if some schools leave but the conference manages to not collapse though