hokiesrule98

Any reason to believe it's more than just wishful thinking?

every team has a slot, someone has to go first, someone has to go last. If we go last every year, maybe you have a beef, but willing to bet that's not the case.

projection not a certainty.

"You do the math. If ESPN is helping drive expansion, 2 ACC teams to the SEC would have to move the future $100 Million per team average or be revenue neutral. Adding 2 ACC Teams to the SEC contract would have to raise the SEC’s deal. That would cost ESPN an additional $290 Million (2 more teams, at 105 Million a year, worth $90 Million to raise the per-team average by 5 million). Then the likely dissolution of the ACC Network would add a $120-$140 million loss and ESPN now just took a $400 million bottom line hit to increase the size of the SEC. A diminished ACC would still have a TV rights deal as well. The numbers simply don’t work in ESPN’s favor to push SEC expansion further – at least in the short term (next 5 years). Rather ESPN would be more well suited to simply restructure the ACC’s deal."

that's 6 games accounted for out of 8 for conference play. Seems like the benefit of adding 2, let's say you had 2 permanent West Coast rivals, would be worth giving up a smidge of schedule flexibility for opportunity at ACCCG to elevate playoff prospects. Still could keep your home TV contract

for ACCCG, but remain independent?

system of regional, super-regional, and "world series" final 8 model, especially if the power conferences break off from NCAA. It would be more content, more games, and great home crowd matchups.

Then you keep ND in fold as long as you can before they inevitably go to BIG, and then go to 20 with OkSt or Texas School

success in it

top targets from the Pac12 to get to 20?