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Atlantic Coast Conference Commissioner Jim Phillips isn’t publicly fretting about four member schools expressing support for tweaking realignment provisions in the Protect College Sports Act to make it easier for schools to change leagues.
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schools → fret → leagues
Speaking Tuesday at preseason ACC basketball media days, Phillips touted the health and financial gains for the league while also saying schools “need direct access to state their case” when it comes to the proposed law to reform college athletics.
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it → speak → athletics
The U.S. Senate has approved a version of the measure and sent it to the House.
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Senate → approve → House
The presidents and chancellors of Clemson, Florida State, Miami and North Carolina sent a letter last week to House leaders seeking to increase the bill’s membership cap for conferences from 20 to 22 schools.
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presidents → send → schools
They also requested removing a requirement for a school to be independent for three years before joining another league.
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school → request → league
Tomahawk Nation, a site covering Florida State athletics, was first to obtain a copy of the letter.
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Nation → cover → letter
A North Carolina spokesman confirmed its authenticity when contacted by The Associated Press.
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spokesman → confirm → Press
“We’ll concontinue to stay in contact with all the schools,” Phillips said.
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Phillips → concontinue → schools
“My job is, again, to facilitate those conversations.
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job → facilitate → conversations
And at the end of the day, the people that have written the bill and are in charge of the bill, they can do what they think they should based on the information that they’re getting.”
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they → write → that
FSU and Clemson filed lawsuits against the ACC in 2023 and 2024, respectively, to challenge the league’s ability to levy hundreds of millions in exit fees to leave the conference.
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FSU → file → conference
The league countersued.
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league → countersue → ?
The parties ultimately settled the case in early 2025 with a deal that revised long-term exit costs while also revamping the league’s revenue-distribution model as a way for schools generating the highest TV ratings to earn more money.
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schools → settle → money
That’s been part of a series of changes by the league to bolster the financial picture while facing a growing gap behind the Big Ten and Southeastern conferences, though still finishing ahead of the Big 12 among the Power Four.
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That → bolster → Four
Still, that legal settlement helped make the 2030-31 a significant marker.
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2030 → help → ?
The ACC’s exit fee will decline each year before leveling off around $75 million per school that season, while media deals for other leagues are expiring around that time to create at least the potential for another wave of broad realignment.
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deals → decline → realignment
“I’ve been very consistent about I have always tried to make sure that this was a conference that people wanted to be in, and I’m really proud of what we’ve done,” Phillips said.
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Phillips → try → what
“We’re as healthy as we’ve ever been.”
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we → ’re → ?
Phillips declined to discuss “hypotheticals” when asked whether he was concerned about whether this was a sign of multiple schools intending to leave.
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schools → decline → hypotheticals
“The conference is in a good place,” he said.
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he → say → place
We’ll see where all this takes us.
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this → see → us
So you have to be ready.
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you → have → ?
You have to be ready for anything.
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You → have → anything
But I feel good about where we’re at, and we’ll see what this bill ends up doing.”
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bill → feel → what
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