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[QUOTE="HtownOrange, post: 4724667, member: 622"]
I cannot confirm, but I suspect ESPN must approve of the addition.  ESPN is the other contracting party and would be foolish to not have some control over who is invited to join the ACC.  Again, speculation on my part.  However, the B1G offered Washington and Oregon $30MM with $1MM annual increases during this contract.

Recall, Washington and Oregon were rumored as shoo-ins for the B1G and then the B1g invite failed to materialize.  I believe Fox put on the brakes.  Also recall that the Pac12 was offered around $30MM/team with USC and UCLA, then around $21MM/team without USC and UCLA.  This strongly indicates that both Fox and ESPN saw some value in the schools, but not sufficient to pay the bigger money, which caused USC and UCLA to have wandering eyes.  This also explains why the ACC could not move forward, the ACC averaged $42MM/team at the last payout, far move (40% more) than the Pac12 was offered with USC and UCLA.

Again, this is speculation on my part.  I have no inside information, but using the data in the public sphere and a little bit of logic, this is where it lead me.  I remain open to correction and better facts and reserve the right to update my opinion based on better data and facts.  I also reserve the right to ignore FSU booster blowhards with IQs lower than their shoe size, this applies to the Dude, internet loud mouths, sports writers needing click bait to keep their jobs, etc.
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