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Maroon Baboon
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The concept of the "conference" is over.

Unless an authority is going to mandate going back to small conferences and lock the schools in (which I am not opposed to BTW), teams are just going to jump around to wherever they want. Even the identity of the B1G and the SEC is gone. They just have more money and members than anybody else.
Posted: 05/25/2024 at 11:26 PM ET
(In response to this post by wwhokie1)

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Oh this graphic is sure to touch off some conversation
Marooned 05/25/24 12:11 PM ET
They should make an exception for them
HokiesACC2004 05/26/24 07:46 AM ET
The flaw lies in that these schools don't play anywhere nearly equal
Maroon Baboon 05/26/24 12:54 PM ET
Big Red in Tier 4 - would anyone have imagined this 29 years ago watching
VPI_1998 05/26/24 06:07 AM ET
Arbitrary but does illustrate the competition for a Super League
mjfhokie 05/25/24 07:35 PM ET
Just do relegation and promotion. Far better for almost everything:
Maroon Baboon 05/25/24 08:01 PM ET
Can you imagine the spending, stealing of players and a whole bunch of
VTCALS72 05/26/24 01:17 PM ET
The P2 conferences would never go for that...
EDGEMAN 05/26/24 06:33 AM ET
The top end teams would likely make even more money.
Maroon Baboon 05/26/24 12:47 PM ET
Never liked the idea of relegation and promotion. Either you are in the
wwhokie1 05/25/24 11:01 PM ET
The concept of the "conference" is over.
Maroon Baboon 05/25/24 11:26 PM ET
you are probably right - the conference in it's current form is nearly
VPI_1998 05/26/24 07:11 AM ET
Arbitrary system begets arbitrary system.
Maroon Baboon 05/25/24 12:36 PM ET
Well it is arbitrary except for one objective fact
Vippie1 05/25/24 12:45 PM ET