ACC Now podcast: Chris Spatola on NIL impact, football divisions, basketball schedules
Chris Spatola, ESPN college basketball analyst and SiriusXM host, joins the N&O’s Steve Wiseman to talk about the latest news from the ACC spring meetings in Amelia Island, Florida. The two discuss the widening revenue gap between the ACC and the national leaders, the SEC and Big Ten, and other league issues like abandoning football divisions for more attractive matchups in regular season and title game.
They also make a case for why the ACC should radically alter its basketball schedules — playing league games in November and December and more nonconference games in January and February. And they explain how name, imagine and likeness (NIL) and Alston-related payments are helping college basketball and where they aren’t.
You can also listen to this episode of the ACC Now podcast, and others, on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, Google Podcasts, Audible, TuneIn and Stitcher.
This story was originally published May 10, 2022 at 11:57 AM.