<body><div><img src="https://img.particlenews.com/image.php?type=thumbnail_580x000&amp;url=13VE6f_0w3GPWKo00" alt="https://img.particlenews.com/image.php?url=13VE6f_0w3GPWKo00" width="768" height="512" ><p>The SEC and Big Ten commissioners met in Nashville Thursday for a "strategic conversation that could be interpreted as a step toward the two richest conferences” changing college sports and notably, there was "no invitation" for ACC Commissioner Jim Phillips, according to Dan Wolken of USA TODAY. Wolken wrote if that ACC is not "an equal partner in that conversation despite all of its success, its history, its major markets and its current success, is it still a power conference?" Phillips said, “I don’t want to read too much into it. I think you have to pay attention, you have to understand what’s happening in order to chart your course.” Though there is “no expectation” the SEC and Big Ten are going to immediately pull away from the NCAA or unilaterally overhaul the structure of college sports with the snap of a finger. But there is “undeniable creep toward a world where those two leagues control at minimum what the top level of football looks like and perhaps a lot more.” The ACC “may be the most idealistic” of the four major conferences in some ways, but it is also “interested in survival.” Wolken noted the ACC “exists in a state of long-term uncertainty,” with Phillips “playing the happy warrior and constantly talking up his league’s strengths rather than its challenges.” And now, the ACC has “no choice other than to fight.” Wolken: “The ACC isn't a failing league or business. If anything, it’s never had more to brag about.” Wolken added but it “only matters if the schools in his league believe it” (USA TODAY, 10/10).</p></div></body>

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ACC confident in the league amid college athletics chaos, SEC-Big Ten meeting

The SEC and Big Ten commissioners met in Nashville Thursday for a \"strategic conversation that could be interpreted as a step toward the two richest conferences” changing college sports and notably, there was \"no invitation\" for ACC Commissioner Jim Phillips, according to Dan Wolken of USA TODAY. Wolken wrote if that ACC is not \"an equal partner in that conversation despite all of its success, its history, its major markets and its current success, is it still a power conference?\" Phillips said, “I don’t want to read too much into it. I think you have to pay attention, you have to understand what’s happening in order to chart your course.” Though there is “no expectation” the SEC and Big Ten are going to immediately pull away from the NCAA or unilaterally overhaul the structure of college sports with the snap of a finger. But there is “undeniable creep toward a world where those two leagues control at minimum what the top level of football looks like and perhaps a lot more.” The ACC “may be the most idealistic” of the four major conferences in some ways, but it is also “interested in survival.” Wolken noted the ACC “exists in a state of long-term uncertainty,” with Phillips “playing the happy warrior and constantly talking up his league’s strengths rather than its challenges.” And now, the ACC has “no choice other than to fight.” Wolken: “The ACC isn't a failing league or business. If anything, it’s never had more to brag about.” Wolken added but it “only matters if the schools in his league believe it” (USA TODAY, 10/10).

The SEC and Big Ten commissioners met in Nashville Thursday for a "strategic conversation that could be interpreted as a step toward the two richest conferences” changing college sports and notably, there was "no invitation" for ACC Commissioner Jim Phillips, according to Dan Wolken of USA TODAY. Wolken wrote if that ACC is not "an equal partner in that conversation despite all of its success, its history, its major markets and its current success, is it still a power conference?" Phillips said, “I don’t want to read too much into it. I think you have to pay attention, you have to understand what’s happening in order to chart your course.” Though there is “no expectation” the SEC and Big Ten are going to immediately pull away from the NCAA or unilaterally overhaul the structure of college sports with the snap of a finger. But there is “undeniable creep toward a world where those two leagues control at minimum what the top level of football looks like and perhaps a lot more.” The ACC “may be the most idealistic” of the four major conferences in some ways, but it is also “interested in survival.” Wolken noted the ACC “exists in a state of long-term uncertainty,” with Phillips “playing the happy warrior and constantly talking up his league’s strengths rather than its challenges.” And now, the ACC has “no choice other than to fight.” Wolken: “The ACC isn't a failing league or business. If anything, it’s never had more to brag about.” Wolken added but it “only matters if the schools in his league believe it” (USA TODAY, 10/10).

ACC confident in the league amid college athletics chaos, SEC-Big Ten meeting

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