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Message: [QUOTE="UConnJim, post: 4017559, member: 1559"] The ACC has not done conference realignment well. For the northeast, they should have grabbed Rutgers and UConn, state flagship universities and tried for a new media deal that could have kept Maryland. An ACC Network that encompasses NJ, NY, CT, and Maryland would have potentially been a windfall for the ACC Network and the schools. The ACC is in a bind. Clemson and Florida St., have to be itching to get out of the conference given the ACC LT media deal that guarantees they will fall further behind financially to peer schools outside of the ACC. Notre Dame is the only possible addition to the ACC that could boost the conference finances, but the ACC is full of schools, like the Big 12, that do not bring much value to the conference. And, why would Notre Dame want to bring their football into the ACC and have to carry the lesser schools financially? They would make more money on their own or in the Big 10 or SEC. As for West Virginia, I like the Mountaineers and appreciated them as conference foes, but they won't move the needle financially for the ACC and in a streaming world, it's hard to see them adding much value. This has nothing to do with athletic performance, but there are only 720k households in West Virginia and Pitt is already in the Pittsburgh market. Think about this, the Oho State/Michigan game and the Alabama/Auburn game had about as many viewers as West Virginia football had for the entire season in 2019 even though most of the WVU games were shown on ESPN, FOX, or ABC and they played Oklahoma and Texas. Unfortunately, that comparison can be made for most of the current P5 schools. [/QUOTE]

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