From SFGATE: The Atlantic Coast Conference voted Friday to add Stanford, California and SMU next year, providing a landing spot for two more schools from the disintegrating Pac-12 and creating a fourth super conference in major college sports. The move provides the ACC a windfall of revenue for its current members. "It really is a transformational day for the ACC," Commissioner Jim Phillips said.
Starting in August 2024, the league with Tobacco Road roots in North Carolina will increase its number of football schools to 17 and 18 in most other sports, with Notre Dame remaining a football independent. The ACC needed 12 of its 15 members to approve expansion, and the vote was not unanimous. “I can tell you when we left that call today, everybody was in a really good place and felt really good about the process,” Phillips said.
North Carolina and Florida State both voted no. The Seminoles said the move did not fully address its concerns about the ACC's revenue distribution model. “All three schools are outstanding academic and athletic institutions, and our vote against expansion does not reflect on their quality," Florida State athletic director Michael Alford said. “We look forward to earning new revenue through the ACC’s success incentives initiative, based on our continued excellence. We’re grateful to the league for continuing to listen to our concerns.”
Like the Big Ten and Big 12, the ACC now will have members in at least three time zones...
Full story at https://www.sfgate.com/sports/article/acc-clears-way-to-add-stanford-cal-smu-18342438.php.
So, in the end, we know what UCLA and UC-Berkeley will be doing:
Or direct to https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jva80in-rMo.
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