With Stanford and Cal moving to the ACC, university presidents continue to put the football money train ahead of what is in the best interest of students.
won’t be on that ark. We can only hope they know that. All they did here was position themselves to be aligned with Duke, Virginia, Boston College, Wake Forest and others that won’t make that cut but have palatable reputations for future commingling.. The Beavers and Cougars need a lifeline from the Big 12 or they’re bound for the Mountain West, it would seem.
By expanding, the ACC did what it had to do to avoid the fate of the Pac-12, which chose not to expand and then paid dearly for it when. The ACC has unhappy members like Florida State and Clemson that it will never make whole. Their exit eventually will happen, but now the ACC has strength in numbers and will live on in some capacity as a second-level football league.
Stanford defensive lineman Jaxson Moi tackles California running back Jaydn Ott during a game in November 2022. Give credit to ACC commissioner Jim Phillips for not following in the footsteps of George Kliavkoff. Phillips knew he was going to make a few schools mad, but he didn’t operate out of fear of losing them. He protected his league’s existence long-term — his No. 1 job.
Stanford and Cal will argue that they had no other choice, but I wouldn’t go that far. Stanford especially, as the emblem of what the “student-athlete” experience should be, could have stepped forward as a thought leader and said enough is enough. The Cardinal didn’t have to follow the crowd, and their students and alumni who are known for walking to their own drumbeat probably would have appreciated that.
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