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[QUOTE="Hoo's That, post: 4175525, member: 3609"]
You've lost me here.  Why do they need to get out?  For the moment, the interests of the ACC, B1G, and Pac-12 are in alignment, so why not have allies?  Does Phillips not have the fiduciary interests of the ACC in mind?  While everyone points to Swofford's son as the reason for the Raycom deal, the idea that giving Raycom a cut because they broadcast an ACC football and basketball game-of-the-week for many, many years when others wouldn't give us the time of day can't be ignored.  There is a sense of loyalty at work in this and it's probably questionable whether the games that were sold to Raycom would have been broadcast at all.

The ACC wants and needs autobids, especially since any Coastal team that wins the ACC championship and didn't play Clemson, FSU, and/or ND is automatically suspect.  (At 11-1, they're not getting in and if undefeated would need to fight to get ranked above 5th.)  It is doubtful there will be autobids in the expanded playoff because every autobid slot is one less slot for any extra B1G or SEC teams.  So why would the ACC want an expansion?  The three conferences agree on this issue.  Do they agree on others?  Maybe, maybe not, and they will vote for whatever they feel is in their best interests.
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