That's the only scenario that matters when this is done. Spots on the selection committee? Auto-bids? Game sites? All of these details go differently if the BIG steps up to the table with 50% more teams and far better TV contracts and partners.

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Without both the SEC and Big 10 wanting to add teams, the ACC won't be able to disband.

Colluding with the Big 12 is an option. There are many teams in the ACC that won't get into the BIG or the SEC, but would like a pay bump and a safe landing spot in the Big 12.

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That means you're looking at needing at least 60 million added to the SEC team contract per team added. If you're talking about adding four teams, that's 240 million dollars that needs to be added to the existing SEC contract just to break even. The entire ACC contract for ESPN is 300 million a year and they get games for 14 teams in football and 15 for other sports. The only way it makes sense for all parties is for ESPN to be able to increase the SEC contract by 250 million or so for the SEC to want to do it and renegotiate to get the fill in games from the ACC remnants for 50 million or less.

Is this actually an apples to apples comparison? Latest SEC payout per team I could find for all media rights is $55m. A $300m deal with the ACC is $20m per team, but that's not payout.

Maybe the ACC contract is a sweet deal that ESPN would rather not give up, all else being equal. But FSU is already screaming bloody murder, and if ACC teams are willing to risk a legal fight over the ACC GOR, then things may have moved beyond "all else being equal."