So you don’t think the ACC and later the Big Ten’s decision was motivated at all by the fact that the SEC was already there and they felt obliged to keep pace?

I don’t think the ACC blazes the trail to 14 first. The ACC has had a track record of being risk adverse and being a trend follower as opposed to trend setter (outside of basketball). Supposedly there was also concern that an 8-team Big 12 was sniffing in their backyard and they were trying to protect the East Coast from encroachment. If the Big 12 isn’t shopping for schools no pre-emotive ACC strike.

Same story with the Big 10—they were the last to go to 14