The a c c does not have a choice. If they want to remain relevant is a power five cothey need both Stanford and the University of California period especially if Florida is talking about leaving. On top of that, the media market here is the fourth largest in the nation, and that is a big time footprint for the a c c.
The a c c does not have a choice. If they want to remain relevant is a power five cothey need both Stanford and the University of California period especially if Florida is talking about leaving. On top of that, the media market here is the fourth largest in the nation, and that is a big time footprint for the a c c.
That's my take too - I mean the only reason to vote no I would think is as a vote of "we want out of this conference." Assuming that the big football schools will leave the ACC as soon as practical, we're the best options available for the ACC - otherwise they'll be looking at raiding lower tier conferences and be in the same boat as the Pac currently is. It's not very often that schools of Stanford and Cal's caliber (granted not the most awesome time for either in revenue sports) are just available like this.
I do think the ACC eventually offers and what will be interesting is if that pushes the Big Ten to change their thinking - it's one thing when it's abstract, it might well be another when their chance for a west coast pod of high quality academic schools is about to go poof.
The a c c does not have a choice. If they want to remain relevant is a power five cothey need both Stanford and the University of California period especially if Florida is talking about leaving. On top of that, the media market here is the fourth largest in the nation, and that is a big time footprint for the a c c.
That's my take too - I mean the only reason to vote no I would think is as a vote of "we want out of this conference." Assuming that the big football schools will leave the ACC as soon as practical, we're the best options available for the ACC - otherwise they'll be looking at raiding lower tier conferences and be in the same boat as the Pac currently is. It's not very often that schools of Stanford and Cal's caliber (granted not the most awesome time for either in revenue sports) are just available like this.
I do think the ACC eventually offers and what will be interesting is if that pushes the Big Ten to change their thinking - it's one thing when it's abstract, it might well be another when their chance for a west coast pod of high quality academic schools is about to go poof.