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Message: [QUOTE="btstimpy, post: 2529383, member: 2673"] It's really difficult at this point to tell what the ACC would do. I could have told you what the ACC team that studied expansion in 2012 would do, but we have mostly new players now. UVA, UNC, VT, Pitt, Syracuse, Miami, Florida State, Louisville, and Clemson all have new Presidents, and most have new Athletic Directors. None of these people have ever been asked to analyze this and offer opinion on expansion choices. There aren't many clues as to what they would prefer. The league office would have to put together the expansion committee again and go through the analysis process all over again. That's not going to be in the works unless Notre Dame decides they want to join for football. We know that the current President and Athletic Director at Notre Dame aren't interested in that. So we'll need to have their successors in place to have any opportunity at that, and who knows when that will be? If Notre Dame does decide to join, they will have influence on who joins with them. They won't be able to ram someone through, but if who they recommend doesn't have much objection, they'll probably get in. It is important to be pals with Notre Dame. I don't know if West Virginia is. I don't know if UConn is. The other factor is the new Conference Network Channel and how to make that generate as much revenue as possible. How a new expansion choice affects that will be very important. These are some new factors today that weren't part of the process in 2011. [/QUOTE]

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