The only solution is to cut the football dead weight and add revenue-producing schools. Syracuse, Duke, and Wake will never pull their weight in football - which is apparently all that matters - and no TV market argument will change that. Cut those three, invite WVU, and get down to 12. If swapping Cincy for BC helps then do that too.

Then try to schedule three OOC games among the B10 and P12 for each ACC school every year. Keep the recalcitrant Irish on the payroll as is because WTF not?

Cutting three schools loose is harsh and very un-ACC like. Nevertheless we need to dramatically increase the quality of ACC games, as well as reducing the number of slices of the pie. Taking three zeroes out of the regular rotation and supplementing with P12 and B10 games takes care of both problems. A bonus is that SEC football will suffer from lack of exposure in 2/3 of the country.

Or, we can stand pat and watch the revenue gap widen, and Clemson and FSU will leave at the very first opportunity. That is not a prediction, it's a foregone conclusion. Then a handful of ACC schools will grasp at whatever lifelines the SEC and B10 throw out.

If we know that the ACC deadweight has no future, let's act accordingly now, not when it's too late. If Wake, Duke and Syracuse lose their seat at the table is is the fault of their own alumni who have treated football as an afterthought, and nobody else's.


[Post edited by lawhokie at 09/07/2021 1:19PM]