I don't think it made sense to add them yet and that is why they didn't.

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In the current model it would have reduced the payouts per school and that is not going to be allowed. When the ACC GOR goes away they will be easy to pluck at that time and the conference would renegotiate a new deal with the new added east teams. If the better available east teams get snatched up by the SEC than it could limit an expansion to 24 because of the financial implications. I still believe their path to being the top conference will be by going to 24.

Posted: 12/29/2023 at 11:56 AM ET

(In response to this post by VT ChemE 1986)

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If I'm the Big 10 I'm going to add 2 more from the west to creat a 6 team -- hokiees Dec 29, 2023 at 11:18 AM ET

hokiees • 12/29/23 11:18 AM ET

It’s highly unlikely that any conference is going past 20 members -- WBGV Dec 29, 2023 at 01:36 PM ET

WBGV • 12/29/23 01:36 PM ET

They already have 2 Cali schools. I'd add 2 from Utah, Colorado, or Arizona** -- tarheelblue Dec 29, 2023 at 01:10 PM ET

tarheelblue • 12/29/23 01:10 PM ET

I thought from the start that Utah/Colorado would be naturals. If not, -- reestuart Dec 29, 2023 at 01:15 PM ET

reestuart • 12/29/23 01:15 PM ET

Good point on Arizona and it is the 14th largest state. -- hokiees Dec 29, 2023 at 01:28 PM ET

hokiees • 12/29/23 01:28 PM ET

The claim of...... -- 2hhoop3 Dec 29, 2023 at 05:48 PM ET

2hhoop3 • 12/29/23 05:48 PM ET

Yep. Locking down 3 separate national networks was a brilliant move.** -- reestuart Dec 29, 2023 at 02:18 PM ET

reestuart • 12/29/23 02:18 PM ET

I'm kinda surprised no one has touched the AZ schools. -- Maroon Baboon Dec 29, 2023 at 01:15 PM ET

Maroon Baboon • 12/29/23 01:15 PM ET

ESPN pushed and demanded Cal and Stanford to the ACC for some reason -- VTCALS72 Dec 29, 2023 at 12:54 PM ET

VTCALS72 • 12/29/23 12:54 PM ET

Fox owned the west coast -- mrcaniac Dec 29, 2023 at 10:57 PM ET

mrcaniac • 12/29/23 10:57 PM ET

Getting the instate carriage fees for the ACCN in Cali made financial sense** -- tarheelblue Dec 29, 2023 at 05:32 PM ET

tarheelblue • 12/29/23 05:32 PM ET

They had their chance to do that for almost nothing and didn’t do it. -- Stech Dec 29, 2023 at 11:31 AM ET

Stech • 12/29/23 11:31 AM ET

Timing was not right to go that big at the time. ** -- VTCALS72 Dec 29, 2023 at 12:55 PM ET

VTCALS72 • 12/29/23 12:55 PM ET

They basically went for free, I don’t see it happening, I think the B1G has -- Stech Dec 29, 2023 at 02:31 PM ET

Stech • 12/29/23 02:31 PM ET

If it were financially attractive for the BIG to add Cal and Stanford -- VT ChemE 1986 Dec 29, 2023 at 11:26 AM ET

VT ChemE 1986 • 12/29/23 11:26 AM ET

I don't think it made sense to add them yet and that is why they didn't. ◄ -- hokiees Dec 29, 2023 at 11:56 AM ET

hokiees • 12/29/23 11:56 AM ET