Next ACC Commissioner

[WoadBlue]

Northwestern AD Jim Phillips.

Phillips apparently had the backing of the majority of Big Ten ADs to replace Jim Delaney, but the BT Presidents chose to look to the NFL. Phillips is friends with Bubba Cunningham and a protege of Dook AD Kevin White.

 

[tarheel0910]

Northwestern AD Jim Phillips.

Phillips apparently had the backing of the majority of Big Ten ADs to replace Jim Delaney, but the BT Presidents chose to look to the NFL. Phillips is friends with Bubba Cunningham and a protege of Dook AD Kevin White.

If he really is friends with Bubba and a protege of a duke guy then I'm all in, because this will piss of moo fans.

 

[WoadBlue]

If he really is friends with Bubba and a protege of a duke guy then I'm all in, because this will piss of moo fans.

He is both. And he knows ND AD Jack Swarbrick very well.

The Moo faith now must evolve and become more complex. It is UNC having seen that 2 young guys working at ND became friends, and UNC made 1 of them its AD and got the other elected ACC Commissioner, so the new ACC Commissioner would not be a UNC grad but would always act to harm Moo.

 

[Archer2]

He is both. And he knows ND AD Jack Swarbrick very well.

The Moo faith now must evolve and become more complex. It is UNC having seen that 2 young guys working at ND became friends, and UNC made 1 of them its AD and got the other elected ACC Commissioner, so the new ACC Commissioner would not be a UNC grad but would always act to harm Moo.

Yeah, it is a conspiracy onion that has many, many layers.

 

[midline]

Because of his connections to ND, this is basically the ACC's attempt at luring ND into football full time. Not going to work, but an attempt nonetheless

 

[tarheel0910]

Because of his connections to ND, this is basically the ACC's attempt at luring ND into football full time. Not going to work, but an attempt nonetheless

I don't think that's the reason. The big ten ADs wanted him as their commission, before they hired the current guy. He's pretty well respected and already has friends in the ACC. The ND connection is just an extra benefit.

 

[WoadBlue]

Because of his connections to ND, this is basically the ACC's attempt at luring ND into football full time. Not going to work, but an attempt nonetheless

All of that is wound up with it being a blow to the Big Ten. He almost certainly would have been BT commissioner now, with Jim Delaney's approval, but several BT Presidents decided otherwise. And their choice, which was a political one, has been, shall we say, less than a good deal.

So with this move, the ACC shows once again that it has no trouble outsmarting the BT; that it wants to reel Jim Delaney back into the fold and pick his brain here and there; that it is not going to push the league into the arms of the most cut throat corporate lawyer types (see Mike Slive) nor is it going to bow to the whims of large state school politics (see the Big Ten since its founding); that it will make its presence known in the midwest as well as the northeast and southeast.

ND football will be better served as a full ACC member than as a 5/8ths member or true independent. This year will push many ND football boosters to accept that. And the ratings for ND games against just ACC teams - no SC nor BT nor SEC team - prove that ND will not lose TV appeal playing 8 league games trying to reach the ACC Championship. In fact, it may grow a bit.

 

[WoadBlue]

Yeah, it is a conspiracy onion that has many, many layers.

The Moo mind will never be at a loss to figure out how UNC is cheating it out of its rightful glories.

 

[midline]

All of that is wound up with it being a blow to the Big Ten. He almost certainly would have been BT commissioner now, with Jim Delaney's approval, but several BT Presidents decided otherwise. And their choice, which was a political one, has been, shall we say, less than a good deal.

So with this move, the ACC shows once again that it has no trouble outsmarting the BT; that it wants to reel Jim Delaney back into the fold and pick his brain here and there; that it is not going to push the league into the arms of the most cut throat corporate lawyer types (see Mike Slive) nor is it going to bow to the whims of large state school politics (see the Big Ten since its founding); that it will make its presence known in the midwest as well as the northeast and southeast.

ND football will be better served as a full ACC member than as a 5/8ths member or true independent. This year will push many ND football boosters to accept that. And the ratings for ND games against just ACC teams - no SC nor BT nor SEC team - prove that ND will not lose TV appeal playing 8 league games trying to reach the ACC Championship. In fact, it may grow a bit.

ND could care less about TV ratings in the ACC. They care about that national contract with NBC that they don't have to share with anybody. It's always about the money

 

[tarheel0910]

ND could care less about TV ratings in the ACC. They care about that national contract with NBC that they don't have to share with anybody. It's always about the money

In my experience, it's much more of an arrogance from the older alumni about it being a badge of honor to be independent. That NBC money can't keep up with ESPN money forever and once it gets to the point where ESPN can pay a decent amount more, then they will join a conference.