While there are still details being worked out, Nicole Auerbach at the Athletic reports that we are closing in on the announcement of the ACC/Big Ten/Pac-12 Alliance - perhaps as soon as next week.
The full story, which is paywalled, goes into some more detail on some of the thinking behind this arrangement, but a few things stand out to me from a BC perspective:
- Out-of-conference scheduling is part, but not all, of the deal: The reports are clear in laying out that this is not merely a scheduling alliance.