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Message: [QUOTE="dwalks93, post: 1571089, member: 5598"] LIs Of course. I never implied otherwise. However, if you are asking me if I believe the ACC is in danger of collapsing anytme soon ( as being alleged on here ) I would have to say " no ". The ACC seems pretty stable to me right now, with far less infighting, internal strife, threats of defections, etc among its member schools than most other leagues. That said, if you believe as apparently a few others do on here that the ACC is on the verge of collapse, I will accept that opinion of yours without rancor, nor consider that opinion to be one in the realm of " trolling " with it. You are entitled to your opinions and to your assessment of things and I accept that as such.[/QUOTE] Listen I know BC is new to the dynamics of conference realignment but UConn fans understand this painfully well...allow me to explain. Conference realignment is about money. If your conference is not making as much money as the others it is vulnerable to being raided. When it comes to recruiting new programs the value of a program to a conference is less about winning and more where they can sell cable boxes. If big football programs can make more money somewhere else they are likely to move. The ACC does not a have a network. It does not have the footprint for a network. It is making approximately $15 million per team less than the BIG/SEC and this amount will likely increase. It has football powers who want a larger share and a power struggle between the football/basketball contingents. Finally the ACC has several attractive teams to both the SEC/BIG which can offer them more money and stability. Finally the Big12 is trying to build a B12 network which would likely move the B12 ahead of the ACC in terms of money and attractiveness. The best way to determine if a conference is vulnerable is whether there is GORs in place. The ACC needs them, the BIG and SEC don't... Who knows what happens to the ACC but I would not describe them as "stable." That is why the ACC would not be my first choice for UConn [/QUOTE]

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