As we pick up the final few of these “The End” articles, we need to talk about the ACC conference and where things look like they are headed as the series proposed target date of 2030 approaches. Remember the ACC/ESPN Grant of Rights (GoR) owns and controls the conference. College football is now, for better or worse, a money driven enterprise and media contracts and the proceeds from them are now the driving force in everything that is done from now on. The ACC’s Grant of Rights agreement with its member programs and ESPN (the ACC Network) was parsimonious in its financial distributions, and odious in its penalties for withdrawal.
The End: What Happens to the ACC and Where does Virginia Tech Go?
