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ACC to play 10-game conference-only schedule for the 2020 season.
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<blockquote data-quote="RonJohn" data-source="post: 731147" data-attributes="member: 2426"><p>There are several reasons. As others have mentioned, the conference can dictate health safety/testing protocols for all of the teams to follow. Also, it makes adjusting schedules much easier. If the conference finds out on Monday that two teams can't play that Saturday, the conference can just decide that their two opponents play each other that Saturday. If both of those teams were supposed to have a home game that weekend, then the conference can help with travel arrangements and the cost of that travel. That would be impossible to do with a normal schedule, even if every opponent is a P5 opponent. Will the Big 10 give up a home conference game and the TV money from that game to play on the road at an SEC team at the last minute? </p><p></p><p>Will the ACC take a chance that Auburn won't push the limits and that Virginia has to sit out of play for several weeks, which would lose TV revenue for the ACC? The +1 at the end of the season is easier to manage. If the schedule has issues, that is an easy game to push out or not play. Doing a +1 game at the beginning of the season, on the other hand, could cause ripple effects that negate the health and schedule benefits that a conference only schedule would have.</p><p></p><p>With all of that said, I don't believe we will even have the 10 conference games +1 this year.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="RonJohn, post: 731147, member: 2426"] There are several reasons. As others have mentioned, the conference can dictate health safety/testing protocols for all of the teams to follow. Also, it makes adjusting schedules much easier. If the conference finds out on Monday that two teams can't play that Saturday, the conference can just decide that their two opponents play each other that Saturday. If both of those teams were supposed to have a home game that weekend, then the conference can help with travel arrangements and the cost of that travel. That would be impossible to do with a normal schedule, even if every opponent is a P5 opponent. Will the Big 10 give up a home conference game and the TV money from that game to play on the road at an SEC team at the last minute? Will the ACC take a chance that Auburn won't push the limits and that Virginia has to sit out of play for several weeks, which would lose TV revenue for the ACC? The +1 at the end of the season is easier to manage. If the schedule has issues, that is an easy game to push out or not play. Doing a +1 game at the beginning of the season, on the other hand, could cause ripple effects that negate the health and schedule benefits that a conference only schedule would have. With all of that said, I don't believe we will even have the 10 conference games +1 this year. [/QUOTE]
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