From my understanding, adding Cal, stanfurd, and SMU would interfere with Florida St and Clemson's ability to dissolve the conference (guessing so they wouldn't have to pay the Grant of Right penalty). If Cal, stanfurd, and SMU get into the ACC they would of course vote no on any effort by Florida St. and Clemson to dissolve the ACC.
If they had the votes to dissolve, they would have done that already. Nobody is switching sides at this point because it's about survival. FSU is just waiting for the exit fees to get low enough that they'll bite.
Teams leaving conferences just seem to want them to burn so that they'll have less regional competition in their new conferences.
Why do Cal and Stanford joining the ACC make it harder for Florida State and Clemson to leave?
From my understanding, adding Cal, stanfurd, and SMU would interfere with Florida St and Clemson's ability to dissolve the conference (guessing so they wouldn't have to pay the Grant of Right penalty). If Cal, stanfurd, and SMU get into the ACC they would of course vote no on any effort by Florida St. and Clemson to dissolve the ACC.
If they had the votes to dissolve, they would have done that already. Nobody is switching sides at this point because it's about survival. FSU is just waiting for the exit fees to get low enough that they'll bite.
Teams leaving conferences just seem to want them to burn so that they'll have less regional competition in their new conferences.