I can’t see ESPN wanting to extend the ACC contract without FSU at the same dollar amount. This almost seems like a repeat of what happened on the west coast. Their top school left for the B1G and then ESPN offered a below market rate for the media rights of the remaining PAC-12 schools going forward while Fox offered nothing. The PAC-12 rejected the offer and then spent a year unsuccessful trying to find another media partner that would pay them as much as the Big-12 in the new contract that Brett Yormark negotiated. In the end, the PAC-12 failed to find anyone and the hundred year old conference died. History didn’t matter. Location didn’t matter. Academics didn’t matter. Politics didn’t matter. The members (except for WSU &OSU) fled to other power conferences. Everyone (including me) was saying only a few weeks earlier that the ACC and PAC-12’s situation were totally different because the ACC’s GOR ran through 2036, but then we came to find out that ESPN doesn’t have to extend the ACC contract. They could offer the ACC after FSU leaves a below market rate for 2027 and beyond that could be similar to what they offered the PAC-12 or even nothing at all like Fox offered. If that take place and it is now seems likely, the ACC will die and members will flee to the other power conferences after voting for dissolution. Some schools will find a new home, but not every school. Fear is the driving force behind the scenes at this time. The ball is in ESPN’s court and the deadline for their decision is now only 12 months away - one more football season.