(09-01-2023 08:49 PM)HtownOrange Wrote: I don't think there are long term implications. The GOR is solid, neither FSU nor Clemson have sufficient cash to pay the exit fee and buy back their rights. UNC has the money but is not ready to lighten their wallet; whether because they like running the ACC or because they lack a solid landing spot or because the really enjoy doing anything to perturb NCState.
For the time being, everyone is mature enough to know they have to work together to move forward. FSU must also show they can play well with others, their recent behavior has has not shown their good side, it would help to remove a few mouths from their current positions.
The rewarding the winners a bit more money will placate everyone for a couple years. If the look-in goes well in a few years, then that may continue the peace.
Here's to hoping...
Florida State's trustees and North Carolina's trustees are both just delivering the news.
FYI: ^The quoted commentary is how people typically try to suppress dissent, by the way. They make it taboo—'rude', 'poor taste', 'whining'—to express a different opinion. They scapegoat and caricature speakers rather than address concerns raised. They infantilise dissenters as 'tantrum' throwers in high chairs who need discipline.
It's fantasy. Just take a look at what UNC and FSU school officials have actually said about ACC revenue issues. (Does anyone click the links?) You will find a room full of real adults with real responsibilities eager to tackle real problems and express genuine concerns. They do so in a civil, if candid, ways.
Get used to it. College sport is changing and many important issues remain to discuss. University officials aren't there to take their talking points from the ad copy churned out by your favourite conference's PR department.
Richard McCullough, Florida State's president, was previously vice provost for research and professor of materials science and engineering at Harvard University. He's a Texas native, grad of Johns Hopkins, and former researcher at Carnegie Mellon.
You want to argue with him? Man up.
