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CTBballfan243 said:
Since soccer is a non rev sport, I would think UConn could find a near buy conference to park the soccer teams and any other non-rev sport not offered by the B12. Hockey would stay put in Hockey East.
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We would probably stay in the Big East for soccer as field hockey did in AAC days. AAC didn’t offer it.
 
freescooter said:
We would probably stay in the Big East for soccer as field hockey did in AAC days. AAC didn’t offer it.
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First world problem, but conferences often dont let any of your teams stick around when you bolt.
BE/American was a unique largely mutually agreeable split. Any other schools leaving likely isnt. Eg, when JMU announced they were leaving the CAA they were immediatley barred from any conference tournaments.
 
Vowelguy said:
First world problem, but conferences often dont let any of your teams stick around when you bolt.
BE/American was a unique largely mutually agreeable split. Any other schools leaving likely isnt. Eg, when JMU announced they were leaving the CAA they were immediatley barred from any conference tournaments.
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It's probably more attributable to the fact that it was mutually beneficial to both the big east and Connecticut for our soccer program to stay with them.
 
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Purple Stein said:
If Netflix had any balls at all they would make the show about the trials and tribulations of a plucky, overlooked, Independent team with a massive chip on their shoulder...
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The Cinderella effect....the formula worked for the guys when they made the movie "Rudy".. kid with a dream.
 
UNC sees the ACC future..as several schools did years ago...

Big Ten, SEC..."in Oklahoma, not Arizona..What does it matter ?"
 
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bendm said:
247sports.com

ACC Kickoff: Commissioner’s Tone Masks UNC’s Clearer Exit Path

As currently constructed, the league’s days appear numbered. And sources confirm the Tar Heels are highly interested in making a move.
247sports.com 247sports.com

UNC wants sec according to this. Either way 2031 is gonna be fun.
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Wouldn't ~2028 or 2029 more likely be D-day? If they're leaving after 2030-31, wouldn't announcements be a couple of years in advance of that?

As for UNC wanting SEC: maybe. But reminder #8429 that folks behave strategically. You might say SEC hoping that it will force the B1G to swoop in earlier/bigger.
 
My guess is that UNC administrators want the B1G while the Athletic department and fans want SEC.

Since they will probably be able to go to either if/when the ACC reckoning comes, it will be an interesting internal battle between the sides.
 
bobbyinaz said:
My guess is that UNC administrators want the B1G while the Athletic department and fans want SEC.

Since they will probably be able to go to either if/when the ACC reckoning comes, it will be an interesting internal battle between the sides.
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Yeah, I don’t think that is true. The current UNC administration at both levels is trying to make the SEC happen. I think if you talk to most UNC people, students, fans they think it will be bad for Carolina in every way but financially. Competitively, culturally and every other way. North Carolina my be the South, but they look down their noses at Alabama and Mississippi and Louisiana and the like.
 
bendm said:
Why do they need a drafting partner? Without divisions it doesn’t matter if there’s an even number of teams. The ACC has 17 football schools as is.
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The ACC schools play 5 games against Notre Dame each year which helps make scheduling easier. You don't have to have an even number of schools, but it makes scheduling easier.
 
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UConnJim said:
The ACC schools play 5 games against Notre Dame each year which helps make scheduling easier. You don't have to have an even number of schools, but it makes scheduling easier.
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Sorry but how? They play 8 conference games a year, 4H 4A. Why would 18 or 20 teams be better than 17 or 19 when they can’t play everyone every year anyways?

It just seems like old fashioned thinking. they aren’t gonna add an extra team that doesn’t bring value just because it makes scheduling slightly easier.
 
FSU, Clemson, Georgia Tech, Louisville all, annually, play an SEC rival for their 9th "mandated" game.
 
bendm said:
Sorry but how? They play 8 conference games a year, 4H 4A. Why would 18 or 20 teams be better than 17 or 19 when they can’t play everyone every year anyways?

It just seems like old fashioned thinking. they aren’t gonna add an extra team that doesn’t bring value just because it makes scheduling slightly easier.
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During conference season, a conference with an uneven number of schools will either have one school taking an off week or trying to find an OOC opponent almost every week. It's not easy to find a quality OOC opponent once October starts.
 
bobbyinaz said:
My guess is that UNC administrators want the B1G while the Athletic department and fans want SEC.

Since they will probably be able to go to either if/when the ACC reckoning comes, it will be an interesting internal battle between the sides.
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Faculty members want the B1G along with some old school boosters. The new generation of boosters& leadership think differently & they are in control. NIL & revenue sharing has allowed them to be more aggressive with their vision for the athletic department
 
jostar1 said:
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Been saying this for years. Very large rapidly growing state — largest state (excl NY) that is not owned by either the SEC or B1G, and is just next door.

No you don’t HAVE to have an even number but most would prefer.
 
The State of North Carolina (businesses, legislature, older fans and boosters) won't love the loss of UNC from the ACC...and there will be pressure from the unified State Board to tie in NC State.

Gone are the days of all championship games being conducted in North Carolina (football, basketball, baseball, softball, soccer etc)......If UNC leaves, this all leaves. UNC and the State of North Carolina have been the sun that the ACC system revolves around. When UNC gets ripped away by the gravitational force of the black hole, the whole ACC gets very wobbley.

FSU or Clemson can block any vote that they don't agree with and this shift in power could have ramifications, especially with UNC gone. I see the merchants of North Carolina losing their grasps on incomes derived by the close grip on ACC sports events and thus whining to the state politicians.
 
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billybud said:
Gone are the days of all championship games being conducted in North Carolina (football, basketball, baseball, softball, soccer etc)......If UNC leaves, this all leaves. UNC and the State of North Carolina have been the sun that the ACC system revolves around. When UNC gets ripped away by the gravitational force of the black hole, the whole ACC gets very wobbley.
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So Bill, we talking anything imminent happening...cuz if so I want to make sure I have freshly made popcorn to watch the theatrics.
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KryHavok said:
So Bill, we talking anything imminent happening...cuz if so I want to make sure I have freshly made popcorn to watch the theatrics.
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I doubt it, to many issues need to be resolved first. Have to figure out how NCSU will be impacted, if gambling revenue is approved then what type of strings come attached with it . Not to mention the fate of the Smith Center & the expected fall out from that.
 
I’m really going to savor the next couple of years with the ACC knowing it’s barreling towards implosion
 
If UNC goes to the SEC, they will have A LOT of Olympic sports that will have to find homes elsewhere, as the SEC does not sponsor several sports UNC fields teams in.
 
I see things happen9ng in 2030...

Media contract for the B1G Ten comes due in 2030...SEC in 2034...

But the evolving into a Super conference could happen in the 30"s.
 
Rufus said:
If UNC goes to the SEC, they will have A LOT of Olympic sports that will have to find homes elsewhere, as the SEC does not sponsor several sports UNC fields teams in.
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not a lot of Olympic sports left out...

The SEC has men's cross country, volleyball, soccer, indoor track and field, outdoor track and field, swimming and diving, goll, rowing, gymnastics, tennis

Women...cross country, gymnastics, rowing, swimming and diving, indoor track and field, golf, tennis, equestrian, softball, volleyball, soccer
 
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