​You’re looking for something to fill your offseason time, ProveIt is here with an update you don’t care about on a topic you hate… without rumors, inside sources, or a YouTube podcast from my spare bedroom!Hyphen-free timeline in start of football seasons which is the only timeline that matters in discussion conference realignment:AdvertisementAdvertisementAdvertisement2025 through 2030: ACC exit fee starts at $165 million, dropping $18 million a year to $75 million in 2030, then holding at $75 million until the end of their broadcast contract.2029: Last year of the current B1G broadcast contract2029: VT completes university subsidies to boost AD spending2029: The B1G signs their new broadcast contract2030: ACC exit fee bottoms out coinciding with the 1st season of…2030: B1G starts new broadcast contract2030: Last year of the current B12 contract, signs their new contract2031: B12 starts their new broadcast contract2033: Last year of the current SEC contract, signs their new contractAdvertisementAdvertisementAdvertisement2034: SEC starts their new broadcast contract2035: Last year of the current ACC contract, signs their new contract2036: ACC starts their new broadcast contractThe current B1G contract was in place in 2022, in 2025 the ACC agreed to a new exit fee structure that bottoms out just as the B1G starts their new contract.I suspect this was an easy sell to both sides in negotiations:  The ACC members looking to lower the fee didn’t care about the exit fee after the new B1G contract, it benefits them for the exit fee to be high after this in case they get rejected by the B1G, if they go to the SEC the SEC will probably ask them to wait for the new SEC contract.  The rest of the ACC still benefits from this high fee in dissuading members from considering the B12, delaying movement to the SEC, and money flowing into their pockets.AdvertisementAdvertisementAdvertisementAAU affiliation isn’t a requirement: Delany said Nebraska would have been invited without being in the AAU, a B1G member voted to boot Nebraska from the AAU, the B1G at the time wanted to make the AAU a government lobbying group for academics but the AAU refused to follow suit by expanding.  This came about when Delany asked what programs he should pursue for expansion ahead of adding Nebraska, he was told no “football factories,” they have to show a priority for academic achievement (you’re out Louisville), with AAU affiliation as an example.There is the non-descript cultural fit, which along with academics may have more to do with how the University Presidents and Chancellors view each other than the student and fan base.Otherwise it’s all about FB broadcast revenue (even for you Duke), hoopheads will have to cope and deal.AdvertisementAdvertisementAdvertisementThe B1G doesn’t formally recruit programs for legal reasons.  They might use a 3rd party for informal inquiries and talks (ND, Gordon Gee and Texas).  They might string along a team for a lo