North Carolina Tar Heels - Andy Mead/UNC athletics
Is the revenue starting to run out in Chapel Hill? Should the North Carolina Tar Heels move to the SEC from the ACC?
Let’s take a look at why North Carolina would benefit from making the move.
Why this move benefits North Carolina
While most of us agree that the ACC doesn’t generate as much revenue as the SEC, the debate is over who would actually benefit.
Some would say that the move benefits the SEC more, and I get that. The SEC right now is having problems staying in the two-way race with the Big 10 in NIL and in revenue sharing.
Additionally, North Carolina needs this more as this season, the team performed worse than in 2024. At least they were 6-6 in the regular season in 2024 and made a bowl game.
Last year, they decided to hire a washed-up Bill Belichick to be the Tar Heels’ head coach. And for certain, that decision has set North Carolina’s Tar Heel Football and the ACC program back about 40 years.
Just, Why North Carolina?
Does that heading need any explanation? Mack Brown wasn’t the best head coach, but during his tenure, his teams were miles better than Belichick’s in year one. Also, it felt like Brown was at least building a steady program.
With Belichick, it just feels like he’s earning one more paycheck before he truly goes into the sunset by playing golf. The outdated coach is out of touch with today’s college football and doesn’t realize that Tom Brady is still an NFL broadcaster.
Also, why should this team have to move to a new conference if Belichick can’t even win in a favorable ACC conference?
It’s all about the almighty dollar, dollar bills, y’all.
What’s in it for the SEC?
Honestly, Belichick should focus on building a program at UNC and forget about ever coming back to the NFL.
Year two should be about getting North Carolina to at least a 7-9 win season and win a major bowl game. If not, then I think he’s fired.
Trust me, the SEC wants winners as much as it does taking in a disgruntled ACC Program. After all, “It Just Means More”, right Greg Sankey?
The problem is, over the last two years, it’s meant less, as the Big 10 now dominates the SEC in NIL money. Maybe North Carolina would pass on the SEC and move there instead.
In this age, with 17 teams in the ACC and 16 in the SEC, nothing is off the table. After Florida State and Clemson settled on their lawsuit, they have until 2031 to stay in the ACC conference.
Who knows? If Clemson and Florida State want out after 2031, the time would be right for the Tar Heels to move to the SEC.
We warned everybody that College Football would be unrecognizable in the era of NIL and conference realignment. Imagine a world in 2031 where North Carolina, Florida State, and Clemson would all be in the SEC.
In that same token, it may only be the “Big 10” and the “SEC” as the two major power conferences by then.
