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[QUOTE="CL82, post: 1681881, member: 44"]
[USER=5598]@dwalks93[/USER] Let me offer an alternative narrative.  The ACC had become the weakest of the Big 6 conferences.  It allied itself with ESPN in order to fund expansion to weaken its major competitor on the East coast.  It's first effort failed, so it had to keep going back the ESPN to fund multiple attempts.  ESPN bought the ACCs inventory, in the hopes that by destroying the Big East, ESPN would profit as the ACC thrived without competition.  The ACC has nothing left to sell.

I liken it to a struggling dairy farmer selling off top soil so that he keep his farm.  Early on it works well, bringing an influx of cash that makes the farm look profitable.  Eventually though the amount land sold impacts the performance of the already questionable core business.  The only option left is keep selling soil since the land won't support the cows.  Eventually, the only thing left is a hole in the ground.  That's where the ACC is now.  They have nothing left to sell.
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