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Report: ACC Presidents Postpone Expansion Meeting

The home conference of the Pitt Panthers delayed a decision on adding new schools.

Stephen Thompson

Report: ACC Presidents Postpone Expansion Meeting
Report: ACC Presidents Postpone Expansion Meeting /

PITTSBURGH -- The home conference of the Pitt Panthers was ready to make a decision on whether or not to add three new schools to the league this week. 

The league's 15 voting presidents, including newly minted Pitt chancellor, Joan Gabel, had planned a meeting to discuss and possibly vote on adding Cal, Stanford and SMU. But after an on-campus shooting at North Carolina, they decided to postpone their meeting, according to a report from Nicole Auerbach of The Athletic. 

Yahoo Sports' Ross Dellinger reported that the ACC could bring in an additional $72 million annually after expanding with those three schools, the majority of which will be distributed in two ways - one portion as even allotments to each school and another that will be tied to athletic success, with football weighed more heavily. A model for that uneven revenue distribution is still in the works, according to Dellinger.

Long-time rivals Cal and Stanford would come as a package deal from the rubble of the Pac-12 after Washington, Oregon, Colorado, Utah, Arizona and Arizona State opted to follow in USC and UCLA's footsteps and exit for either the Big 12 or Big 10 this summer.

SMU, currently a member of the American Athletic Conference, has been a late addition to these talks. Some reports from earlier this summer claimed the Mustangs would be willing to forgo revenue from the conference from several years if they join, with donors lined up ready to make up the difference.

Dellinger also reported that Stanford and Cal have proposed taking less revenue from the league for multiple years in exchange for a place in a more secure home conference. 

A decision on expansion should come soon, albeit at a later date than anticipated. 

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STEPHEN THOMPSON

Stephen Thompson graduated with a bachelor's degree in communications and political science from Pitt in April 2022 after spending four years as a sports writer and editor at The Pitt News, the University of Pittsburgh's independent, student-run newspaper.  He primarily worked the Pitt men's basketball beat, and filled in on coverage of football, volleyball, softball, gymnastics and lacrosse, in addition to other sports as needed. His work at The Pitt News has won awards from the Pennsylvania News Media Association and Associated College Press.  During the spring and summer of 2021, Stephen interned for Pittsburgh Sports Now, covering baseball in western Pennsylvania. Hailing from Washington D.C., family ties have cultivated a love of Boston's professional teams and Pitt athletics, and a fascination with sports in general.  You can reach Stephen by email at stephenethompson00@gmail.com and follow him on Twitter. Read his latest work:

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