And we are back, folks, here on the Michigan Insider on the Big 1050 WTCA online at the big 1050.com, Sam Webb.

Mr. Iroindt, Rob, on the other side.

You know, we have talked about over the years expansion, league expansion.

And we just talked about it.

I mean, this is one of the things that's going to make the Big Ten tournament

on the women's side coming up. So exciting. It's one of the things that made the league

all around every sport. So much more challenging. Adding these Pac-12 teams to the fold. But

you stop short of adding, you know, Florida State.

You know, there was some mention, would Florida State be appealing,

would Clemson be appealing?

Never really gained much traction, much to the chagrin,

probably, of those teams. As they started to cry foul about

their deal with the ACC, I imagine they thought that there would be some clamoring

within the SEC and the Big Ten for their additions.

With these other leagues sort of increase their leverage against the ACC and their battle to either improve their cut as far as the revenue,

the revenue deal that they currently had with the,

with the, with the, with the, with the ACC where there was an even breakdown and even cut of the 18 member,

among the 18 members of that league or a reduction of the 18 member, among the 18 members of that lead,

or a reduction of the penalty for leaving the league early, which I think the grant of rights deal goes through 2036.

And so what we've found, though, Mr. Wyintraught is that as the battle ensued, as it went raged on, that the deal seemed to be pretty bulletproof, that the ACC had this ironclad agreement that Florida State and Clemson, for all the belly aching,

don't know that they really had much of a leg to stand on as far as breaking it.

I know there had been some talk that if they could, if they could assemble enough dissenters,

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