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ATLANTA — They called it a “gentleman's agreement.”

In August of 2021, leaders from three of the five Power Five conferences — the ACC, Big Ten and Pac-12 — formed a pact built around their educational and athletic missions.

They called it “The Alliance.”

They struck a verbal agreement to stick together on major decisions surrounding the future of college athletics.