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Jim Phillips, Oct 6, 2026

Jim Phillips, ACC commissioner · · 12-team/revenue-sharing (2024-26) · permalink
“We have 14 schools that feel really good about it that want to sign it, and we have four schools that have an issue with a portion of it. So that's what I'm going to continue to push towards the decision makers and those that have written the bill to date.”
At ACC Tipoff, acknowledged the league is split on the Protect College Sports Act: 14 schools back it while Clemson, Florida State, Miami and North Carolina want its realignment provisions changed (a 22-school conference cap instead of 20 and no required independence period before switching leagues). He said those schools should get direct access to lawmakers.
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