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Originally Posted by HolyHandgernade
Newest rumor this morning is that CBS will effectively double their contract payout to the SEC if Slive petitions for conference semi final games and adding a team in each of the Virginia (VPI is the main target) and North Carolina (UNC is the main target) markets. This might mean it is the SEC, not the Big 12, that actually moves to expand first. It also probably signals an acceleration to 16 for the major conferences and the end of the ACC as we know it.
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I can't see the SEC moving first on poaching the ACC if those are the teams they are trying to get because both have big political hurdles.
UNC shares a Board of Regents with NC State, so UNC is unlikely to get approval to leave the ACC (and effectively kill the conference) without finding a proper landing spot for NC State first. Even then, it may be tough to split the two schools up.
In Virginia, UVa pulled a ton of political strings to get Va Tech into the ACC less than a decade ago. It would be hard to see Va Tech being able to bounce to the SEC that quickly unless UVA either didn't want to go or knew they had a Big Ten invite in their back pocket.
If the ACC does get poached, it is going to be ugly because some schools are going to lose their spot in the game of musical chairs. Wake Forest fans are probably shitting bricks right about now; they are about to become the next Tulane.