Chansky’s Notebook: Maybe New ACC?

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Florida State needs to put up or apologize and shut up.

No one seems to care about what happens to college athletics at large, just how much money their football programs can or will not make.

FSU, which owes the ACC forever for taking in the Seminoles when the days of independents was over for everyone not named Notre Dame, was one of the so-called Magnificent 7 that agreed to try to save the ACC before doing anything else.

Well, four bigwigs down in Tallahassee came out over the weekend to say it isn’t a matter of if FSU is leaving the ACC but when and how.

Interesting that none of the four was athletic director Mike Alford, who now looks like he’s been pushed aside by the greedy administration and wealthy alumni.

If the Noles have a plan on how to get out of the ACC Grant of Rights contract through 2036, they haven’t revealed it yet. We should know something if the school doesn’t walk back its threat this week.

Everyone says Clemson and Florida State are headed to the SEC, which I don’t think wants two more football powers but won’t necessarily bring in any more money from a new television contract.

Do you think ESPN will bump the annual SEC TV deal by another $200 million so all 18 schools get the same split without any going backward?

Maybe, instead, the two ACC football powers will opt to join the Big 12, which is moving faster than any league behind tenacious new commissioner Brett Yormark and commanding a lot of TV dough. Maybe.

How much money do the Seminoles and Tigers need to stay in the ACC? We should learn that this week, and it is probably too much even with a tiered distribution.

So what can the ACC do while college sports crumble around it?

Maybe assume they are losing at least two members and have at least eight left to disband the league (nullifying the Grant of Rights agreement) and reform under another name, maybe the NEW ACC? With Carolina and Duke still entitled to the most basketball money, the NEW ACC can then split whatever it gets from ESPN only eight or nine ways. What if the NEW ACC can get Notre Dame to join for football, too.

One reason the big scramble is on: Disney may be looking to sell ESPN, and whoever buys it will eviscerate its budget. So get a huge contract from ESPN before that happens.

Everyone, stay tuned, it could be another historic week!

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