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And herein lies the point that so many ACC fans can't seem to grasp.I was listing the schools that "successful" conferences added during conference realignment. If Delany. Slive, and Scott were brilliant leaders for adding these schools, I presume Swofford would be deemed brilliant if he had added some of these schools.
I am trying to understand how the ACC could have approached realignment differently or more successfully. I don't think any of the schools added to the B1G*, SEC, or Pac-12 were good fits for the ACC; do you?
* UMd notwithstanding
While the ACC was busy plucking away whichever Big East football programs were ranked at the time, the B1G, SEC and PAC-12 were expanding into new (major) markets. By adding new schools located near major metropolitans, those conferences have been able to drastically improve their financial situations ... to the point where they may double up the ACC in their TV contracts alone.
Who knows how things will play out in the future, but I suspect that gap in revenue will eventually lead to a gap on the field.