The ACC’s athletics directors are still at an impasse when it comes to football scheduling. A recent teleconference to discuss the matter apparently did not bring them any closer to a final decision, and as Andrea Adelson explains here, there are a variety of issues complicating things.
They have until the end of the year to decide whether to go with the 8+2 (eight league games, two power-five games every year) or 9+1 model. They have to pick one. ESPN said so. Establishing a network in partnership with the Worldwide Leader ain’t about to come without some strings attached.