told WRAL in Mar 2024 that the ACC was failing its top schools, including North Carolina.
"The conference is not acting as if it is representing the best interests of the member schools including the top tier of those schools - Clemson, Florida State, North Carolina," Preyer said. "Instead it is acting at the expense of those schools to prop up the bottom tier of the conference in a way that I think is a gross abdication of responsibility. And I lay that at the feet of the commissioner."
So its getting interesting. The UNC BOT meets on Weds and Thurs this week, and while its the NC Board of Governors who supposedly controls litigation & conference affiliations for the 17 North Carolina public universities and not the UNC BOT, if UNC breaks away, it is rumored NCSU, MIA and others would move with UNC, a cascade effect potentially breaking the back of the ACC.
Litigation wise ... Why should the ESPN/ACC GOR remain in effect through 2036 when ESPN is only under contract to renew ACC TV coverage through 2027?
So conference alignment will remain in the news ... time table TBD. But few stories more impactful.
The two top stories in college fb for now are the revenue sharing plan which is supposed to be voted on by May 25. Next biggie is FSU/CLEMSON ACC LAW SUITS.