You're missing the point, Stech. In the 90's, the ACC was the premier
conference, period. Widest array of successful programs across all sports. Highest per-team payout. Lauded as a model. Then Swoffy took over, and it became an old boys network straight out of the 1950s. No forward thinking. Zero. Take care of the good old boys. The 2010 TV contract negotiation was a train wreck, and was for an unprecedented length, to add insult to injury.
I don't think anyone is saying that the ACC should still be pulling in more than the SEC, because as you noted football surpassed basketball as the most lucrative sport. But to use that as a basis for defending the way the ACC has been managed for the past 10+ years is your own version of revisionist history, IMO.
Just within the television contract, the fact that ESPN now has a conflict of interest when choosing between conference telecasts, and promotes the conferences accordingly, is incredibly damaging to the ACC schools' ability to narrow the gap with the SEC. The ACC needs a reboot of leadership yesterday. Maybe then the ACC network deal gets done.
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