ATLANTA — Of the Power Five conferences, the ACC is the most circumspect. If it’s not as brawny as the braying SEC, neither is it as flaky as the Big Ten. (“We’re not playing this fall. No, wait! We ARE playing!”) The ACC says and does nothing without due consideration. There’s your preface.
Last week, ACC commissioner Jim Phillips said: “I think it’s time to look at alternative models for football.”
This was the second heavy hitter – speaking with ESPN, Ohio State athletic director Gene Smith was the first – to suggest that college sports, mostly meaning college football, needs to step into a post-NCAA world. The advent of NIL money and the transfer portal has destroyed the last shred of the association’s credibility.
