“It was a moment in time for three new commissioners to be able to come in and say, this has a chance to really be a volatile time,” ACC commissioner Jim Phillips said.
While there were specific topics they agreed to tackle together — including the future structure of the NCAA, social justice and gender equity issues, the future of the College Football Playoff and more — the actual news was more abstract.
The alliance between the three leagues was brought about by a summer packed with sweeping changes.
“I wouldn’t say this is a reaction to Texas and Oklahoma joining the SEC,” Warren said, “but I think to be totally candid, you have to evaluate what’s going on in the landscape of college athletics.
And so I can just tell you that we’ll be watching what occurs here — and obviously this transition isn’t supposed to be taking place for another four years.
Both the Pac-12 and Big Ten will consider at some point if they want to go from a nine-game conference schedule to eight games in order to open another spot for a nonconference contest as part of the alliance.