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Originally Posted by eazyb81
With the SEC Network, the conference will place a huge emphasis on overall athletic departments in the next stage of expansion because they need 12 months of content, not just August through December of football season. UNC has an outstanding athletic department that would provide a ton of value in basketball, baseball, etc.
North Carolina fans have been in the shadow of the SEC for years. They would love nothing more than to jump on the premier athletic conference located right in their backyard, instead of a Midwest conference that would require trips to Michigan, Ohio, Minnesota, etc.
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Like I noted, the motivations of the schools may be different. The B!G is the better academic conference, it can offer as much athletics money, it can offer more in academics money, and its basketball is better on the whole. The B!G is more established in these secondary sports already and when the ACC chose a basketball partner for their showdown, it was the B!G. So, opinions differ.
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