Realistic scenario to dissolve the ACC… no joke

Re: Realistic scenario to dissolve the ACC… no joke

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Re: Realistic scenario to dissolve the ACC… no joke

Mar 12, 2023, 1:47 PM [ in reply to Re: Realistic scenario to dissolve the ACC… no joke ]

It really is. This zealousness to destroy 70 years of storied history when it is unnecessary to do so is amazing. I thought the whole business of “let’s do away with the ACC” stemmed from the notion that the ACC would be shut out of the CFP. That, at least, was the prevailing rhetoric I read on this site, last summer, prior to the announcement of CFP expansion. With CFP expansion, the Top 6 conferences cannot be shut out. That alone makes ACC football continuously relevant.

Another reason that many are giving is the money situation. I think those shortfalls can be partially mitigated in the same way Clemson has done in the last 15-20 years. I could be wrong, but it has been my understanding that the West Endzone, the Indoor football facility, and the Reeves Football Complex were funded, primarily, from privately donated contributions, in addition to revenues created through conference affiliation and such. If that’s the case, Clemson got Uber competitive in football even though they were considerable behind the super powers of the SEC and Big 10 already. I mean Dabo World became the envy of much of the nation and many big powers have rushed to complete, or already have completed, similar facilities. Clemson was certainly not a leading revenue school, compared to the SEC and Big Ten, between 2009-2016, but the facilities still became the standard of the nation. Why can’t that happen again if needed?

Again, I just do not understand this haste to depart or destroy the ACC. Any conference that Clemson joins, but the Big 10 or SEC especially, they will be the newcomer. If people think Clemson has gotten the shaft from the NC ACC schools over the years, that would pale in comparison to the “you’re the red headed step-child” attitude they would receive from those two conferences. They already think their feces doesn’t stink to begin with and appear to look down their noses at the likes of Clemson.

The ACC is a very unique and storied conference. It’s not like dissolving the AAC or Mountain West. The ACC has been the BEST basketball conference for the last 50 years, winning 14 national championships as well as being the second best football conference, winning 7 national championships. This idea that the ACC is weak, competitively, is just not true. In fact, among the two “power/revenue” driven sports, it has been the second best conference in America for the last 50 years.

The core schools and heart of the ACC were and remain to be the Upper South schools, of the Carolinas and Virginia. I’ve always liked the idea that the heart of the ACC has always been those areas, but I know that’s just my opinion. Much of the close geographic uniqueness of the ACC was lost starting in 1992, but the core of it is still there. I like the familiarity of an old conference with old rivalries, and the ACC has been around a long time. I’m not up to speed on all the money numbers, but I’m confident that the ACC can stay together by reworking the money issue, and that will be good. Ultimately, if the idea of conferences even exists in the next ten years, I think the best conference for Clemson continues to be the ACC.

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hufferbilly said:

The ACC will not be able to compete for coaches or keep up with facilities in a way to remain competitive in football. So you can pontificate all you want about some stories history, but at the end of the day, that ain’t paying the bills.

So the options are (1) do nothing and fade away into mediocrity or (2) change the current deal structure. I know Clemson isn’t going to do option 1. To do option 2, the ACC must be dissolved or Clemson and some select other schools have to take drastic measures to leave the conference.

Don’t be mad at Clemson or those who see the writing on the wall. Be mad at the ACC leadership who put this assinine deal together through 2036! Swofford to be specific! He killed the ACC with this!

My “pontifications” are just as valid, and worth just as much, as yours, which ain’t very much at all. My ramblings and expositions are in the same class as your rants and raves, in regard to this subject. Neither you or I have a clue as to what will happen in this matter. So, we will just have to keep on pontificating to deaf ears together. Maybe we can borrow his hat and little bulletproof golf cart.