According to WRAL's Brian Murphy, University of North Carolina trustees have indicated the school should consider leaving the ACC unless there is a dramatic change in how the league distributes revenue, a move that It could begin a new phase of college football conference realignment.
UNC's Board of Governors recently announced the closure of the school's athletic department amid concerns about what Trustee Dave Boreek called a “budget imbalance” in which funds must be shifted from other sources to cover athletic expenses. Approved the audit.
The imbalance is so great that he recommends North Carolina leave the ACC altogether.
“I support it,” Boreek said via WRAL.
“That's what we have to do. We have to do everything we can to get there. Or the ACC is going to have to rebuild itself. I think all options are on the table. I think it's on top.”
Currently, the ACC gives out about $40 million per school each year, far less than the $70 million that SEC and Big Ten members will receive after the recent expansion that fundamentally resets the national market. ing.
This is on top of the additional College Football Playoff revenue these schools will receive, and even more than the revenue ACC members are expected to receive.
North Carolina was one of the so-called “Magnificent Seven” schools that rebelled against the ACC last offseason amid other conference realignments and asked the league for a bigger slice of the pie.
In response, the conference proposed a plan to pay more money to more prominent schools, but these members do not believe this is a sufficient long-term plan.
Florida State University and Clemson University have sued the ACC, challenging the hefty exit fees the conference charges to members who wish to leave before the league's current vesting agreement expires in 2036.
“It's not something you can just snap your fingers and change,” Boryek said.
“This is something we have to realize. We can't sit back and cross our fingers and pray for a penny from heaven that everything is going to be fine. We must actively pursue what is in our best interests.” ”
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