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[QUOTE="nelsonmuntz, post: 4704358, member: 833"]
The GOR is to the conference.  The 20 year TV contract is between the ACC and ESPN.  While linked, those are two different things.  From what we have heard, the GOR is probably run out to the termination of the ESPN contract.  What we don't know is whether ESPN needs to approve any amendment to the GOR.  They probably don't, but we don't know that for sure.

Would Clemson be willing to agree to a new arrangement that runs through 2030 if it gets them out of the GOR 6 years early?  Probably.

It is also possible that ESPN would not be averse to amending its TV contract to add teams in the short term and shorten it in the long term.  If ESPN is going to pursue a Netflix like model, they need to hold onto content.  The problem ESPN has is that it doesn't know what its revenue is going to be in 5 years but it has 13 years left on its commitment to the ACC, which was based on a very different revenue model that probably won't exist at the end of that deal.  Maybe ESPN would be willing to amend its TV contract in a way that works out for everyone.
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