There is not any reason for this belly aching going on. FSU and Clemson want these payouts the most. They need to get off their butts and vote for it. I had watched an interview with Wake Forest's AD last week on Joe Ovies, and he made the same point about travel as Pat Forde. It's not a big deal. The games/matches can be scheduled to minimize the trips. With two out there they both can be played on same weekend, and the travel can be set up for Stanford/SMU to schedule in pairs at ACC venues. Much of it is every other year, not every year. If we had taken WVU/Cincinnati last year when we should have, it would even be better Louisville/Cincinnati on a trip. WVU/Pitt on a trip. Now it's a flight between Pitt and Louisville or 6 hour drive.

But with baseball, could you schedule a weekend series at Cal and then a double-header Tuesday at Stanford, for example, or would you need to stay out there for the whole week to play the next weekend at the other Bay area school?

What they could do is the Friday night game and a double header on Saturday so that the teams can return. If there is weather then slip to Sunday for the return after. I believe the best way would be to have only one on the road each year, and the other to be coming east. Flip the next season. So each of the eastern teams only makes on trip out there each season. For Cal and Stanford, they'll need to make multiple trips east, but it could be spaced out. The ones with the multiple options are things like Basketball, Soccer, Field Hockey, Lacrosse, etc. where there is only 1 game and not a series like baseball or softball.