I do understand why you feel the conferences are more like confederations

now and I do agree with you for the most part. For me, I do think that threshold depends on how a conference establishes its conference schedule. For example, if a conference has 12 members that are divided into 2 divisions for a sport (i.e. football), then it can still feel like a conference even though you don't play everyone every year because the 6 teams in the other division are divided into 2 groups of 3 that rotate every year or every 2 years. A similar format can work with 14 members, but only if they play a 10 game schedule. In that regards, that would probably be my limit for a conference. Anything beyond that is really more like a confederation.

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Posted: 05/06/2022 at 4:57PM

Probably won’t be popular here, but the SEC & P12 go to DC for NIL 🔗 -- Stech 05/06/2022 10:08AM

Future Financial Considerations -- Sunsetunderground 05/07/2022 11:04AM

More proof ACC HQ needs to move to DC area. ** -- Hokester 05/06/2022 11:32AM

They should move it to the VT campus in NOVA ** -- EDGEMAN 05/07/2022 10:42AM

Looks like we should know the new ACC HQ site during... -- Old Line Hokie 05/06/2022 7:44PM

Not Orlando! That would be a HUGE mistake! -- EDGEMAN 05/07/2022 10:41AM

The only logical reason for Orlando as... -- Old Line Hokie 05/07/2022 11:07AM

I'm not really up to speed on any of this. But what's the reason for -- Maroon Baboon 05/06/2022 11:37PM

Want non-stop flights to the HQ, just easier for most to get to, that said -- Stech 05/07/2022 10:12AM

I'm surprised to hear that Piedmont Triad International Airport doesn't -- VTHokie2000 05/07/2022 11:46AM

It does -- RTFC 05/07/2022 4:53PM

Often have to go through Charlotte or Atlanta to get there. ** -- Stech 05/07/2022 11:58AM

Interesting since I thought VT preferred to use that airport during -- VTHokie2000 05/07/2022 12:07PM

More direct flights than Roanoke, but Charlotte is a hub and has -- Stech 05/07/2022 4:53PM

To me yes, but I’m ducking saying it 🙆, it’s not a popular opinion to say -- Stech 05/06/2022 3:01PM

There is a reason that major organizations choose the DC area. -- Hokester 05/06/2022 5:57PM

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Makes sense. If individual states have their own laws -- Maroon Baboon 05/06/2022 1:57PM

Assuming Congress decides to defer to the schools to fix it, -- VTHokie2000 05/06/2022 2:58PM

I want to think that the schools see the benefit of mutual support -- HokieAl 05/06/2022 3:27PM

At this point, I might rather see the B1G and SEC in a smoke filled room -- Maroon Baboon 05/06/2022 4:44PM

Either way, VT has two things in our favor -- HokieAl 05/06/2022 5:28PM

Once the "whatever comes next" starts to take on a shape, then fans -- VTHokie2000 05/06/2022 6:13PM

It is even possible they don't care about the long-term health of college -- VTHokie2000 05/06/2022 3:41PM

For my money, the conferences started looking like confederations when they -- Maroon Baboon 05/06/2022 4:49PM

I do understand why you feel the conferences are more like confederations -- VTHokie2000 05/06/2022 4:57PM

It's simple. If schools aren't playing each other round robin, it doesn't -- Maroon Baboon 05/07/2022 11:40AM

You mean us playing a school -- Vippie1 05/07/2022 10:20AM

I do understand why you feel the conferences are more like confederations

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