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<blockquote data-quote="Techster" data-source="post: 955661" data-attributes="member: 360"><p>After having followed conference realignment for years now, these write-ups are pure "best guesses". Never believe what conference commissioners and representatives say.</p><p></p><p>Months ago all the writers said Washington and Oregon were SOL when it came to expansion. B1G representatives said they were done with expansion after adding USC and UCLA. Low and behold, last week FOX and B1G scrambled to come up with a package to keep Washington and Oregon in their national conference plans. Funny how things change, huh?</p><p></p><p>The whole "not much desire" to add Clemson and FSU is a result of the immense legal hurdles required for ACC teams to get out of the GOR. The desire is there to invite the schools, the desire is NOT there to fight a legal battle...Clemson and FSU (or any other ACC school) will have to figure it out on their own. If you're following realignment, and you know one of the big conferences (B1G) as national aspirations, you ask yourself: Well, which area of the country has national brands and big markets that will help our conference grow the next 50+ years? The only answer left is the Southeast region...and ACC territory. Not only is the Southeast the fastest growing region in the US, with huge economic potential, but it's the only region left with schools available to invite. Luckily for the ACC, the GOR makes it financial suicide for a program to get out of. However, let's see how the tune changes if ACC schools can either "crack" the GOR before 2036, or the GOR expires. I'm confident the entire "not much desire" tune changes once that happens.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Techster, post: 955661, member: 360"] After having followed conference realignment for years now, these write-ups are pure "best guesses". Never believe what conference commissioners and representatives say. Months ago all the writers said Washington and Oregon were SOL when it came to expansion. B1G representatives said they were done with expansion after adding USC and UCLA. Low and behold, last week FOX and B1G scrambled to come up with a package to keep Washington and Oregon in their national conference plans. Funny how things change, huh? The whole "not much desire" to add Clemson and FSU is a result of the immense legal hurdles required for ACC teams to get out of the GOR. The desire is there to invite the schools, the desire is NOT there to fight a legal battle...Clemson and FSU (or any other ACC school) will have to figure it out on their own. If you're following realignment, and you know one of the big conferences (B1G) as national aspirations, you ask yourself: Well, which area of the country has national brands and big markets that will help our conference grow the next 50+ years? The only answer left is the Southeast region...and ACC territory. Not only is the Southeast the fastest growing region in the US, with huge economic potential, but it's the only region left with schools available to invite. Luckily for the ACC, the GOR makes it financial suicide for a program to get out of. However, let's see how the tune changes if ACC schools can either "crack" the GOR before 2036, or the GOR expires. I'm confident the entire "not much desire" tune changes once that happens. [/QUOTE]
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