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[QUOTE="Lou_C, post: 1676032, member: 3201"]
I don't think anyone has officially confirmed it, but it's been reported enough that I think it highly probable.  It depends on how much that is.

The Big 12 distributed $23M for 2014-2015 year.  For 2013-2014 ago (the year previous), which is all you have to compare because the ACC doesn't release numbers so you have to wait on tax filings, some ACC schools made between $18-21M.  So, when you add another year's growth, the 2014-2015 number for the ACC should be pretty close to the Big 12's $23M, at least for the highest paid schools.  It's not impossible that starting in 2017, if ESPN kicks in $2-3M in lieu of an ACC network, the ACC could go from $1-2M behind the Big 12 to $1-2M ahead.

However, I don't see anything that allows the ACC to really put distance between themselves and the Big 12 long term, barring a network.  And the idea of the ACC and Big 12 d---k measuring over conference payouts is the biggest waste of time on the internet.  The difference between the two in either direction is a rounding error compared to the SEC and B1G.  It's like Spud Webb and Muggsy Bogues arguing about who's taller while they stand next to Shaq and David Robinson.
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