And I wouldn't expect Clemson and FSU to be in the SEC. I thought the SEC already made clear they don't want to double down any state in expansion, other than Texas.
UF is an original member. You think they'll let in FSU? They have zero need to expand to 18. They can stay as they are for another 50 years and dominate.
Pointless. If college sports is compared to minor leagues, that would mean they want as many sizeable markets as possible.
You're thinking in confined boxes.
I'm suggesting that there won't be an "SEC" or "ACC" or "B1G" in another decade. There will be huge football powerhouses that command huge viewership, attendance, and national interest. Then there will be a middle group of schools that used to be in those conferences but weren't holding their own, like the Wakes, Dukes, BCs, Vandys and Ruttys. And then there's the regional/directionals and the dregs that nobody tunes in for or goes to see except total diehards.
In the future, among power schools, "Conferences" won't matter. Revenue - and especially revenue splits - will. That's why I believe it's silly to suggest the SEC won't change. Of course they will if new packaging is advantageous to the schools who currently drive the bus.
So UConn wouldn't be "joining the ACC". They'd be affiliated with a group of former ACC (and B1G) schools that were 2nd tier. And considering where we are now, that's not half bad.