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According to meteorologist Brian Murphy from WRAL, the following information is provided:

According to an upcoming proposal, North Carolina or NC State will require approval from the UNC System president and its board of governors to exit the ACC. This matter will be brought before the board for consideration next week.

The revised policy would grant authority to either the president or the board of governors to halt any changes to conferences. This decision was made as Florida State is currently engaged in a legal battle against the conference, while top names in college sports are gravitating towards the SEC and the Big Ten.

In October, the first version of the proposed policy alteration was reviewed. It would have allowed the president to express their opinion.

The current edition grants the president and board explicit authority to authorize or impede a decision.

The suggested modification to the “Policy on Intercollegiate Athletics” will be discussed at the upcoming Board of Governors’ meeting in Raleigh. The university governance committee will review it before it is presented.

Chancellors are required to inform the president of the UNC System before finalizing any agreements that would result in a constituent institution transferring, being removed, or joining an athletic conference association. The notice given to the president must include a financial plan for their approval or disapproval of the proposed action.

If the financial plan is approved by the president, the board would have an opportunity to give their input and potentially vote against it.

According to the proposal, if the Board of Governors rejects the financial plan, the chancellor cannot move forward with the proposed action unless a new financial plan is presented to the president for their approval or disapproval.

Could you provide a definition for the UNC System?

Peter Hans serves as the president of the UNC System, which supervises 16 public universities, including UNC Chapel Hill and NC State, both members of the ACC. Additionally, the UNC System includes App State, East Carolina, and UNC Charlotte, all of which are FBS schools.

Charlotte changed conferences in July, moving from Conference USA to the American Athletic Conference. App State and East Carolina changed conferences in 2014.

UNC and NC State were part of the original group that founded the ACC in 1953. In September, the ACC decided to include California, Stanford, and SMU for the 2024-25 school year in order to safeguard against losing members.

The Board of Governors consists of 24 individuals who are chosen by the NC House and Senate for terms lasting four years, in a staggered manner. In August, the Republican heads of these chambers expressed to WRAL their belief that UNC and NC State should be rivals in their conference.

House Speaker Tim Moore, R-Cleveland, expressed his belief that Carolina and State should both be in the same conference. He strongly advocated for this and believes there would be significant opposition to them being separated into different conferences.

The Senator in charge of the Senate, Phil Berger from Rockingham, stated that he believes the rivalries between schools in North Carolina would suffer if larger schools were placed in different conferences. He does not support this idea and has not considered if it is within the legislature’s jurisdiction.

The suggested modifications to the policy would additionally mandate schools to furnish the board with grant of rights agreements, TV rights agreements, and name, image and likeness contracts if said agreements are “accessible to the constituent institution.” In the past, the ACC stored its grant of rights agreement in its Greensboro office and member schools did not possess a copy of it.

Source: wralsportsfan.com