2013 ACC Football Kickoff coverage: Media days news and more, live from Greensboro

Here is the preseason poll:

And the preseason All-ACC team:

The ACC has multiple issues to work out in putting together a network like the Big Ten has and the SEC will soon have. It plans to learn from the SEC’s process so that its attempt can go more smoothly.

Commissioner John Swofford told me that there could be an change in the distribution of bowl revenue as soon as this season. He believes that most teams favor rewarding teams for making a bowl. And he said that it was “fundamentally unfair” that a team can make a bowl and lose money while a team that fails to make a bowl, or that is ineligible for a bowl due to NCAA issues, can make money for not attending.

There was one clear winner in all of this, though, and it wasn’t a player. Behold:

Here’s a glance at the other goings on in the booth...

Maryland head coach Randy Edsall spoke in strong favor of the right of college football players to recoup some of the money schools gain off their likenesses. Edsall said that if he were a player right now, he would “most definitely” join the O’Bannon vs. NCAA lawsuit over the use of player likenesses in EA Sports’ college line of video games and other media.

Edsall’s quotes come from SB Nation’s Mark Ennis, who was on hand to hear the coach’s presser at the annual ACC Kickoff in Greensboro, N.C.:

A theme spanning the major-conference media events this month is the call for significant changes to the structure of the NCAA. The commissioners from the SEC, ACC and Big 12 all have touched on the subject in some form or another, and to varying degrees.

SEC commish Mike Slive was the first to weigh in, taking shots at the NCAA’s rulebook, which he considers antiquated.

Among this year’s new college football rules, the most controversial is the one that requires officials to eject players for targeting an opponent’s head during a hit. Everyone agrees more must be done to protect players against brain injury, but few can agree on exactly what such a hit looks like in all cases.

At both SEC and ACC media days, conference officiating representatives have tried to explain the range of plays that would lead to ejection, citing a range of video evidence and answering questions. The hit referenced by ACC officiating coordinator Doug Rhoads is one you might’ve heard of:

Joyner is a senior cornerback for Florida State, making the transition after playing safety in 2012.

2013 OUTLOOK:Explosive athlete who is considered one of the top defensive backs in the country. Expected to see more time playing corner in 2013, where he played during the spring after spending the last two seasons as the starting strong safety. One of the top defensive candidates for the Thorpe Award (nation’s top defensive back), Bednarik Award (nation’s top defensive player), Nagurski Trophy (nation’s top defensive player), Lott Impact Trophy (nation’s top defensive player) and Paul Hornung Award (most versatile college player). Displays tremendous range because of his great speed which allows him to cover a lot of ground in the secondary. One of the top kick returners in FSU history. -- School BioGreene is a junior receiver for the Seminoles.

Bud Elliott and Mark Ennis of SB Nation will bring live updates from ACC commissioner John Swofford during his press conference. His address began at 12:30.

12: 30 -- The conference has begun.