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In the last week, there has been plenty of discussion about the ACC.
It started with the league getting its new television contract. Then, the talk proceeded to the deal not really being that great in the grand scheme of college football.
Next came the Florida State-to-the-Big 12 hullabaloo, as the Noles have decided they need to openly explore other avenues to grow their cash.
A lot of the ACC's woes have been blamed on the preferential treatment of North Carolina and Duke—the conference's willingness to defer to basketball and not play the same football-first game that the rest of the big boys of college football play.
There is most certainly something to that, given the league's decision to not punish North Carolina after its NCAA sanctions and the conference's basketball-centric roots. (more)