1. ACC rights are based on ratings and viewers. The Charlotte game is guaranteed as the special game on ESPN or ABC, where VT maximizes viewers, rather than just another game . 2. Again, this is NFL at the college level, the game is played to maximize revenue, and win at all costs. The idea of college teams playing for good ole state u .. is gone. WHen we see the reorg of the atheletic dept, you are going to see a complete transformation on how VT manages athletics; its all in the NFL model, and any assumptions from the past, the way that VT athletics manages everything from ticketing, rights management, donors, and overseeing the portfolio and relationship to the fans will change. Also VT will buy into athletics with actuall big dollars = might be 40-50 million a year, with the 140 million budget we get currently. This is BOV and President directed, and it will be so...