having to depend on political maneuvering in order to avoid some significant damage. It is because the internal administration doesn't give us a lot of confidence. I don't dispute that they have to put on a public face and know a lot more than they say, but here are some things I've noticed. 1. The current ACC contract looks like it has some serious flaws. 2. VT's president was a former B10 president and should have some solid back channels as well as insights into their thought process. If he can't get us in the B10, then his hire wasn't very useful. 3. UNC who is somewhat bullet-proof in this realignment, is having a mini civil war. 4. No one seems to know how valid the current contract is or what it actually contains based on Clemson having to sue to LOOK AT IT. 5. It seems that the participants can't make a coherent conjecture about which venue it will be litigated in - NC, SC or FL. 6. It seems that the participants can't make a coherent conjecture about what, if any, damages there are for defection. 7. Three teams get added, to HELP the "Magnificent Seven," but instead there might be a coalition, where the small teams subsidize UNC into staying, basically locking those four remaining schools into a conference with an even lower payout. 8. It appears to me that the teams that voted to add the three schools (including VT) might have really screwed themselves. 9. So basically, the administrators, that wanted VT to be able to drink tea with UVA and UNC have put VT in the position to get strung in the back by the UNC scorpion once again. 10. ESPN seems to be getting away with some very questionable conduct. These facts are seen through the fog of war, but they don't look good. If people could have just been happy being a peer school in the SEC, this would have been avoided. I hope I end up being completely wrong on this and we end in the B10 or SEC with greater riches. It looks like all these tactics that VT uses ends up backfiring. ** Edited by TDVick at 5/15/2024, 9:25:07 AM