Florida State president Richard McCullough made a strong statement on Wednesday during the school’s board of trustees meeting, threatening to potentially leave the ACC if the league doesn’t modify its revenue distribution.
“I believe that FSU will have to, at some point, consider very seriously leaving the ACC, unless there were a radical change to the revenue distribution,” McCullough said, according to Nicole Auerbach of The Athletic.
McCullough highlighted his football program’s competitiveness as a potential concern under the ACC’s current structure.
“We currently face a very difficult situation,” he added. “We are seeing large media deals that have been made with places like the Big Ten and the SEC, which in many ways is … an existential crisis perhaps for Florida State University. … Without increasing revenue, we will face major challenges to be able to compete in football.”