How to Destroy the ACC

A vote of 8 teams would not be sufficient to dissolve the ACC. Depending on what the governing law says, it's probably going to require 10 or 12.

Let the ACC keep doing their thing for another 10 years, then we can revisit this subject.

There's what you want, and then there's reality. The Big 10 is clearly not going to stay at 16 teams. The ACC is clearly going to die at some point like the PAC-12 is now.

The SEC needs to be proactive to get the most choice ACC teams or else the Big 10 will. If the Big 10 gets an exclusive foothold in Virginia and North Carolina it's Appomattox Part 2.

Step 1: leave the conference

Step 2: blame Texas for destroying your prior league for whatever reason

at least, that's been the typical blue print for most other teams that have migrated to the SEC or Big 10

Everything I've seen says a majority to dissolve the conference and thusly the grant of rights. But yes, ultimately the governing documents control.

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The SEC needs to be proactive to get the most choice ACC teams or else the Big 10 will. If the Big 10 gets an exclusive foothold in Virginia and North Carolina it's Appomattox Part 2.

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You misunderstand. I don't think the SEC really wants or needs any additional teams.

You seem to think that if the big 10 goes to 20 teams, the SEC has to follow suit. I don't. I think that would reduce the amount of money each SEC team could make and I think that's what drives their decision making.

Expansion when A&M and Mizzou came in was about markets. The last round was about blue bloods.

There aren't any blue bloods outside of the SEC/Big 10 aside from Notre Dame. Markets aren't driving TV deals now. There has to be a financial reason for the SEC to add anyone. Nobody has voiced any numbers showing why there is a reason right now.

There IS a reason for the Big 10, because they broadcast their games through the big 10 network that their conference owns. They get more games to broadcast by adding teams.

The SEC doesn't own their own network. ESPN broadcasts their games, and since they already own ACC games. They pay less per game for ACC games than they do for SEC games. They aren't going to pay more for that product if they don't have to. Adding those teams won't mean more money for the SEC as they're set up now.

While the SEC may want to mimic the Big 10 and own their own network, if they do that can't happen until 2034. The SEC doesn't want to hasten the ACC demise... they want to delay it, even if they want to expand and create a self owned SEC network.

>There has to be a financial reason for the SEC to add anyone.

For ESPN to sign off, yes. I think the SEC's interests slightly diverge from ESPN's here. ESPN wants more money. Check, easy to understand. The SEC wants that too, but there's more.

Does the SEC want a richer, 20+ team conference dictating terms (taking pole position for TV contracts, tilting playoff terms this way or that) to it? Probably not. Definitely not.

If adding FSU/UNC/DUKE/UVA (or whatever combination) essentially treads water financially (existing teams see no financial loss or gain), then it's probably worth it to do.

And hey, ESPN might see a chance to shift valuable teams to the SEC and shed dead weight in the ACC, shed production costs for two networks, etc.

This made me go look. If this defaults to NC law, then Section 55A-14-01 states that dissolution requires approval by:

(1) By the board;
(2) By the members entitled to vote thereon, if any, by two-thirds of the votes cast or a majority of the votes entitled to be cast on the plan of dissolution, whichever is less; and
(3) In writing by any person or persons whose approval is required by a provision of the articles of incorporation authorized by G.S. 55A-10-30 for an amendment to the articles of incorporation or bylaws.

The ACC has a "board" per subsection (1) that is comprised of the 15 schools presidents and chancellors. LINK
The ACC Constitution has rules for a quorum for the Board on certain topics, but the ACC Constitution is silent on dissolution. LINK This could be the sticking point.
Assuming every member gets a vote, then 8/15 schools meets subsection (2).
Subsection (3) appears to be related to a third party approval, if spelled out in the articles of incorporation, which I don't think the ACC would have.

So it very well may be possible to blow everything up with 8/15 schools.

For all intent and purpose the ACC is already destroyed. We don't need to do anything. Leave them to their own misery.

It’s amusing to see FSU scream and cry with very few reasonable ways out of their current situation.

FSU withering on the ACC vine is great for Auburn, Alabama, LSU and UF. If the B1G wants to throw them a lifeline, so be it.