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<blockquote data-quote="GTRX7" data-source="post: 881856" data-attributes="member: 1045"><p>This is largely my view. I would rather be competing for championships in a "leftover" ACC than playing zero historic or regional rivals and basically finishing 12th out of 18/20 teams every year. </p><p></p><p>The only thing that makes me hesitate is the hypothetical that, if we double (triple?) our athletic revenue through one of these major conference TV deals, could we get back to competing at the highest level with the "big boys?" Maybe. </p><p></p><p>Right now, we are desperate for money and I truly believe that has been one of our biggest obstacles to competing in the ACC. Even if we wanted to, we couldn't financially make a high level coaching move in either football or basketball, let alone both. </p><p></p><p>The other part of that equation is, of course, NIL. Even if we get the money as an institution from a much bigger TV deal, will we ever have the market to compete for the players? There is a reason that there are barely any successful college programs in big city markets and the vast majority of power schools (and big NIL deals) are in rural areas. Tech is a small fish in a huge media/sports market. I don't ever see us being able to compete at the top level in the new NIL market. We just don't have local businesses that will sustain those endorsement deals when those local companies can instead sign deals with Falcons, Braves, Hawks, Atlanta United, or even UGA players, etc.</p><p></p><p>So, I still lean towards sticking with the ACC and competing against whatever is left after 5 years, even if a few flagship "football" schools like ND, Clemson, and FSU are gone. I wouldn't hate competing against UNC, UVA, Duke, Pitt, UL, VT, Wake, BC, (W. Va?), (UCF/USF?), etc. That is a pretty good spot for Tech in the new sports landscape in my opinion.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="GTRX7, post: 881856, member: 1045"] This is largely my view. I would rather be competing for championships in a "leftover" ACC than playing zero historic or regional rivals and basically finishing 12th out of 18/20 teams every year. The only thing that makes me hesitate is the hypothetical that, if we double (triple?) our athletic revenue through one of these major conference TV deals, could we get back to competing at the highest level with the "big boys?" Maybe. Right now, we are desperate for money and I truly believe that has been one of our biggest obstacles to competing in the ACC. Even if we wanted to, we couldn't financially make a high level coaching move in either football or basketball, let alone both. The other part of that equation is, of course, NIL. Even if we get the money as an institution from a much bigger TV deal, will we ever have the market to compete for the players? There is a reason that there are barely any successful college programs in big city markets and the vast majority of power schools (and big NIL deals) are in rural areas. Tech is a small fish in a huge media/sports market. I don't ever see us being able to compete at the top level in the new NIL market. We just don't have local businesses that will sustain those endorsement deals when those local companies can instead sign deals with Falcons, Braves, Hawks, Atlanta United, or even UGA players, etc. So, I still lean towards sticking with the ACC and competing against whatever is left after 5 years, even if a few flagship "football" schools like ND, Clemson, and FSU are gone. I wouldn't hate competing against UNC, UVA, Duke, Pitt, UL, VT, Wake, BC, (W. Va?), (UCF/USF?), etc. That is a pretty good spot for Tech in the new sports landscape in my opinion. [/QUOTE]
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