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Message: [QUOTE="Ldandy, post: 4555668, member: 4584"] None of this is fair so I get your annoyance as a fan. That said a best of the rest ACC Conference with some G5 Additions would be really good for football and at worst a push for basketball. If this conference could negotiate a 25+Mil per year deal from ESPN, Uconn would have more than tripled its current payouts. Potential Future ACC- BC, Uconn, Cuse, Pitt, VPI, Ville, Duke, NCSU, WFU, GT, Miami, USF. This conference lineup assumes Only UNC/UVA and Clemson/FSU leave while The Big 12 stays put. Realistically The B1G and SEC could press for more teams and/or The Big 12 could look to build out its Eastern Flank if schools like Pitt, Ville, NSCU, and Miami are sitting out there. I could see a scenario where Duke, Cuse, BC and WFU are all left without a home. These schools could try to join The Big East and go independent with a scheduling agreement. However, they would need to negotiate their own football deals. Alternatively they could form a regional conference pulling in a bunch of G5 Schools that might not command great money but could allow the schools to remain on a linear network with a decent deal. I could see something like this: BC, Umass, Uconn, Cuse, Temple, Navy, ODU, Duke, WFU, ECU, Memphis, USF. Primarily East Coast with enough clout to garner bowl ties and NCAA Bids. Some of these teams could be swapped out for others, but this feels like something that could be real and potentially better if a few additional ACC Schools get left behind. [/QUOTE]

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