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If that's in play, why not just merge with the WCC? They have one fewer football school.

To remain a conference that sponsors football they'll need a number of non-football members regardless of the conference they are merging with is on the east coast or west coast.

Of greater importance, would they need to continue to sponsor football as a conference? The four could become independent in football (like we are), set a scheduling arrangement among themselves and work out games with the rest of FBS football to complete their schedules. Olympic sports then would not need travel.
 
FfldCntyFan said:
I imagine that if any current ACC member approached the ACC about leaving the conference the parties would immediately begin working on a separation agreement.

I'm guess that this hasn't happened for a couple of reasons:
1 - the school(s) approaching the conference realize that a fair buyout of the GOR (not even considering mutually agreed upon departure fees) could end up being anywhere from $350 million to $500 million.
2 - the school(s) that have been making all of the noise realize that they may not have a home after buying their freedom from the ACC.
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Right. The schools want a negotiation to get out but don't want to pay the fair price.
 
Pat125 said:
The rationale given by Swarbrick sounds nice, and almost sounds a little sincere. I wonder what the real reason is.
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Stability. They need the ACC to survive so they have a place to park non-FB sports. If the ACC falls, they will be confronted with either having to 1) place non-FB in Big East and stay indy or 2) join the Big Ten in full. I don't think ND is interested in parking everything in the Big 12 sans FB.\

By adding schools they ensure the ACC will remain in existence through sheer numbers, something the PAC12 was incapable of understanding.
 
If Swarbrick were sincere he'd agree to have ND all in on the conference to which they are trying to recruit other schools. Thought FSU's response was probably what most of the ACC members were thinking.
 
Well...Stanford is a regular Notre Dame traditional opponent...Swarbrick would like to have them stabilized in the ACC...

Adelson (ESPN reporter) had this to say though...

Every other league makes biz decisions on realignment but the ACC should be charitable and not abandon two of the best academic institutions in the world? From a school that does not play football in said league facing significant revenue gaps w/SEC, Big Ten. Make it make sense.
 
Storrs South said:
Stability. They need the ACC to survive so they have a place to park non-FB sports. If the ACC falls, they will be confronted with either having to 1) place non-FB in Big East and stay indy or 2) join the Big Ten in full. I don't think ND is interested in parking everything in the Big 12 sans FB.\

By adding schools they ensure the ACC will remain in existence through sheer numbers, something the PAC12 was incapable of understanding.
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Just as I thought. Swarbrick was FOS. Just like the Mag-7.
 
The SEC and Sankey are pretty arrogant...but they have reason to be....they have won more football national championships since 2019 than the Big Ten has won in 50 years.
 
billybud said:
The SEC and Sankey are pretty arrogant...but they have reason to be....they have won more football national championships since 2019 than the Big Ten has won in 50 years.
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Perception is a funny thing. I find the SEC justified to say what they want. I find the other three conferences arrogant. (and that one golden domed independent too)
 
I thought it made more sense for the pac4 to join BE in everything but football. If you have them 4 plus Gonzaga. Then creighton Marquette an DePaul. You have a decent western side to go with the eastern side of BE. The rest go Indy for football which helps UConn. Plus it really helps BE baseball and women’s basketball
 
mike012 said:
I thought it made more sense for the pac4 to join BE in everything but football. If you have them 4 plus Gonzaga. Then creighton Marquette an DePaul. You have a decent western side to go with the eastern side of BE. The rest go Indy for football which helps UConn. Plus it really helps BE baseball and women’s basketball
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With 5 members (Pac 4 + UConn), they'd only need 3 more to keep the football conference alive.
 
billybud said:
The SEC (and like schools) embrace football. Football is a regressive phenomenon of a capitalistic bourgeois culture (tongue in cheek).

There are some schools more caught up with the woke preoccupations that go along with the avant garde of higher ed in the 2020"s.

Although I joke, there are culture differences....Stanford and their tree are an awkward fit with a school whose teams are named after a tribe. (Incidentally, the University of Wisconsin stated that they would not schedule a game with FSU until they changed their name).

(just wait until folks find out that LSU Tigers took their name from the Civil War brigade, the Louisiana Tigers.)
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Where did you read that about Wisconsin refusing to play FSU over their name?

That's pathetic if true.
 

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