I think at a certain point, the conference will need to evaluate Wake. I personally think that VT will NOT vote to turn them out, just like we were the only school that voted to keep Temple in the BE (Rutgers abstained). Their biggest problem is fanbase.

Tech has had Football longer than Wake unless I am a bit confused.

Tech has won football championships in the SFA, the SouCon, the Big East and the ACC

Wake was the last ACC school brought into the Southern Conference, and then only to fill the void left by the departure of the SEC schools. The SouCon from 1921 to 1950 was a football powerhouse. So the statement Wake has far more athletic history is just not true. They have far more ACC history than Tech. And I agree that adding everything in the past up, more success.

I take nothing away from Wake, or Duke, but anything before 1970 is pretty much not applicable in 2016.

If I used your logic, the unquestioned football powerhouses would be Yale and Harvard, and if you go back to 1860 that would be true.

If you go back to 1960, you'll find Tech was an all military school about the size of Wake if not a little smaller so counting up championships 40 years ago and saying VT had 25,000 students is also not not comparing apples to apples.

I also noted you intentionally omitted the sports Tech was better in and included one that VT has only offered for about 15-16 years.

In terms of conference stability, VT was a charter member of the So Con and was in the conference for 40 years.

I don't know where you got your Wake money, but the last number I saw was 38 mil, 2/3 coming from the ACC, for Tech 79. Your dollars place wake above Syracuse, BC, Pitt, and Duke. I could be wrong but I honestly do not think so.