ACC commish urges 'cooperation' between schools, conferences

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From ESPN.com:

ACC commissioner urges 'cooperation' between schools, conferences
David Hale

In his remarks to open the ACC's annual kickoff event in Charlotte, commissioner Jim Phillips emphasized a need for "restraint" and "cooperation" by schools and conferences as college athletics works to create a framework for the future.

Phillips said he has urged coaches and athletics departments to abide by new restrictions imposed in the wake of the House vs. NCAA settlement that allows schools to spend up to $20.5 million annually on direct athlete compensation while also creating oversight of name, image and likeness contracts -- effectively putting a soft cap on what athletics department can spend on talent acquisition.

"It's about setting up a standard with transparency," Phillips said. "We haven't had that in the NIL era. Sometimes we can't help ourselves. People know what the rules are relative to the $20.5. They know what legitimate NIL is. You can play in the gray area if you want but all that does is undermine the new structure."

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