nelsonmuntz
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This isn't just MHVer3 spouting this. Pretty much everyone thinks it is a race for the exits in the ACC. The $50MM exit fee was supposed to be a gating factor, but maybe the reason the Big 10 was not worried about it was because they think they will have a huge hammer to bring the fees down. They can threaten to dissolve the league. Invite UVa and UNC, let the SEC take VTech and NC State, and the Big 12 take GTech, FSU, Miami and Clemson. Including Maryland, that is 9 or 14, and they can change any rules they want.
The remaining schools: Duke, Wake, BCU, Syracuse and Pitt, are just a collection of teams and other than Duke, none have any special value.
The ACC still has the BCS/Orange bid and a decent contract with ESPN. If you added UConn, Louisville, USF and Cincinnati, that is a mediocre 9 team league. Not sure where you go from there.
The remaining schools: Duke, Wake, BCU, Syracuse and Pitt, are just a collection of teams and other than Duke, none have any special value.
The ACC still has the BCS/Orange bid and a decent contract with ESPN. If you added UConn, Louisville, USF and Cincinnati, that is a mediocre 9 team league. Not sure where you go from there.