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ColumbusHokie

Joined: 12/24/1999 Posts: 1953
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Time for this board to heat back up again. Who dies first? B12?


The twitter is getting all hot and bothered again which means exactly nothing until it does. There are certainly people in the know who are wanting to disseminate false info for a variety of reasons but in the past this type of rumor mongering usually meant something was happening, just not always what they saying would happen. With ESPN choosing the 43 million option instead of an ACC network at this time I have started wondering if this is the beginning of the "final" act in conference realignment.

Many of us have been talking about the consolidation to four conferences for quite a while and it seems to me that we are moving quickly towards such a move. The B1G, SEC and Pac12 are all safe for a variety of reasons. What is not known is who will survive from the B12 and ACC. We don't like to talk about it much but the ACC is vulnerable, and almost at a B12 level. GOR's are in place for both conferences but at some point they will be challenged. Up until a few weeks ago I felt certain it was the B12 that would die. After ESPN delayed the ACC network to the tune of 40+ million it lessened my confidence.

Regardless of the outcome I am certain VT is in a solid position. We are attractive to any potential conferences and will land somewhere great and hopefully that is in a more secure ACC. The next few months will certainly be interesting.

Posted: 03/28/2016 at 4:05PM



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