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All the articles I read during that time period

(When the WAC expanded to 16 and when the MWC formed 2 years later) didn't identify 1 main issue. Instead, it identified 3 main issues; financial, geographic, and structural issues.

The financial piece is an apples to oranges comparison because it was a different era back then. There were no conference networks or large dollar media contracts. Whereas, the geographic and structural issues are still relevant to today. It is unclear if the ACC, Big Ten, Pac-12, and SEC have all addressed the geographic issue properly or not. As for the structural issue, it remains to be seen whether a conference can address that or not. Can a conference create 4 pods/quads that appease the majority of the school personnel and their fans while protecting as many of the "important" rivalries defined by each school? For the 2 quads/pods that rotate every 2 years, will majority of the school personnel and fans embrace switching divisions or not?

If a conference is not able to do that, then it may find itself in the same boat as the WAC. At least the part where enough schools break away to form their own conference (i.e. 1 conference with 16 suddenly becomes 2 conferences with 8+).

(In response to this post by Stech)

Posted: 06/04/2019 at 12:37PM

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ESPN writer wrote 2 yrs ago that 2023 would be the year for CR. (LINK) -- Stech 06/04/2019 07:36AM

How is increasing the number of teams in your conference going to... -- EDGEMAN 06/04/2019 08:14AM

That position assumes 16 teams with a pod system for scheduling. ** -- RJHokie 06/04/2019 08:18AM

Here is a 4-3-4-3 pod system under the current 14 -- Colonel Jessup 06/04/2019 11:26AM

Except not all rivalries are being maintained in this proposal -- VTHokie2000 06/04/2019 12:08PM

Think it would be fine -- Colonel Jessup 06/04/2019 12:56PM

FSU may balk at it, but Miami won't given where they get majority -- VTHokie2000 06/04/2019 1:04PM

The WAC has already tried the quad (or pod) system and found -- VTHokie2000 06/04/2019 09:36AM

The WAC had 3900 miles between some schools, they were to spread out and -- Stech 06/04/2019 12:06PM

Geography plus adding 6 members in 1 year is too much change. -- HOO86 06/04/2019 1:22PM

If the ACC is forced to sacrifice an important rivalry -- VTHokie2000 06/04/2019 3:17PM

There are remedies such as out of conference games. -- HOO86 06/04/2019 3:53PM

I don't think the ACC would allow UVA vs. UNC to be played -- VTHokie2000 06/04/2019 4:28PM

Why not? The ACC is letting UNC and Wake Forest do it now. -- HOO86 06/04/2019 5:14PM

UVA vs. UNC as an OOC game would end the streak for the ACC -- VTHokie2000 06/04/2019 5:21PM

It's not the ACC's streak. It's UNC's and UVA's streak. -- HOO86 06/04/2019 9:30PM

The ACC claimed "ownership" of it when it decided to use -- VTHokie2000 06/05/2019 10:23AM

The ACC can promote it whether they count it in the standings or not. -- HOO86 06/05/2019 10:28AM

Except when the ACC has promoted the game the following statement -- VTHokie2000 06/05/2019 1:19PM

I don't remember the ACC ever calling the game that. -- HOO86 06/05/2019 1:52PM

I agree it is inaccurate because the ACC is also including the time -- VTHokie2000 06/05/2019 2:02PM

I don't see how it ends the streak, they weren't in the ACC for 1st *50 yrs -- Stech 06/04/2019 6:40PM

The ACC has used the streak in the past to promote the game -- VTHokie2000 06/05/2019 09:24AM

UVA and UNC just want the game played. -- HOO86 06/04/2019 9:32PM

That isn't the only thing the schools and fans balked about -- VTHokie2000 06/04/2019 12:12PM

Yes, but many complaints were about geography and we have some of those now -- Stech 06/04/2019 12:19PM

All the articles I read during that time period -- VTHokie2000 06/04/2019 12:37PM

Big Conferences make more money, they aren’t going away anytime soon. The -- Stech 06/04/2019 5:58PM

If the bylaws are not changed, then it won't be 4 divisions of 4. -- VTHokie2000 06/05/2019 09:19AM

All the articles I read during that time period

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