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Message: [QUOTE="CL82, post: 5314943, member: 44"] If history holds true, jilted conferences don't use the exit fees they received to entice new schools to join the conference. In all honesty it really depends whether ESPN wants to continue using the ACC as their house band. If they decide to bankroll it, then the ACC could steal schools like Cincy, West Virginia and UCF from the big 12. Alternatively, they may decide to downgrade them and pay less for the remaining product. In the end, the ACC will be exactly whatever ESPN decides it will be. Just as UConn's conference realignment fate has always been exactly whatever ESPN wants it to be. [/QUOTE]