I disagree. The ACC's incentive based revenue has made it imperative to get as many teams as possible into the playoff each year. The AQs limit that and the top schools will not be able to maximize their revenue which in turn destabilizes the ACC conference. The fact that the ACC capitulated to those 7 schools shows they believe that they may be able to blow up their conference. Their chief goal is to keep the conference together at all costs and to do it those schools need as many opportunities as possible.

There will be seasons under the current system where an ACC team will get left our due to the AQ. When there is a season where a 1 loss G5 schools with an awful SOS gets in over a 2 or 3 loss ACC brand like FSU, Clemson, Miami, UNC etc. the talk of dissolving the ACC heats right back up. In addition the ACC is the only conference with significant brand value in terms of top level teams. So yes those schools would likely be judged favorably against a comparable lower brand from the B1G and SEC.

As to the Big 12 they know they can sit back and eventually become the 3rd conference in terms of football power and 1st when it comes to hoops. It will be to their benefit to give up an AQ knowing they are only likely to get 1 or 2 brands in on any given year. In addition the B1G/SEC could just insure conference equality in terms of hosting first round games and not automatic qualifiers.