Realignment: The ACC enters the Suck Zone

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  1. GoodForAnother

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    I’ve been posting it in here for a long time but it’ll never be any lower than maybe 48 but more likely 60 is the floor
     
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  2. The Banks

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    Promotion/relegation for regionally based P4/G4 conferences, imo.
     
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  3. GoodForAnother

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    P4 are too greedy/self righteous to ever allow real relegation
     
  4. Dan Kendra

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    When half your team opts out and enters the portal before your last game when facing relegation.
     
  5. The Banks

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    We’ve already seen NIL positively affect this. Collections are writing into the contract big bonuses for not opting out.
     
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  6. jokewood

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    Yeah that's going nowhere.
     
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  7. fsugrad99

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    There are some ideas in there that may work

    The SEC and Big Ten are going to do what they want

    The leftover conference after the ACC gets picked over might get to play them, but will have no decision making ability
     
  8. Mix

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    The idea is shockingly not bad but there is 0% chance the conference commissioners give up their sweet gigs for that.
     
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  9. Jimmy the Saint

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    I think it's an interesting idea and would be a lot better for the game as a whole than whatever *gestures wildly* this is.

    So it'll never happen because it does clearly diminish the power of certain fiefdoms.

    Having a pro/rel league would create more interest in the 8th division and lower divisions than what exists now. Which I think is exclusively degenerate gamblers and sickos outside of the actual fanbases of the schools.
     
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  10. fsugrad99

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    The concept of MACtion is absolutely attributable to gamblers wanting to throw down some action on a Tuesday night.
     
  11. theregionsitter

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    Miami gonna be left out :(
     
  12. Fran Tarkenton

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    I stopped reading it at gordon gee
     
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  13. PSU12

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    I know they have very little fans and virtually no interest from any of the major conferences, but I think the Hurricanes squeak in to an 80 team field
     
  14. Gaknight

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    He was clearly talking about the Ohio version
     
  15. PSU12

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    That was the joke
     
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  16. steamengine

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    Greg Sankey is apparently floating a proposal where only Alabama and Georgia still play football.
     
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  17. Odin

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    i would be really interested to see an 80 team super league.

    which teams would make it in? there's probably ~65 teams who deserve a spot but who else would be in? would slots be sold to any school who wanted to pay an entry fee? would it be determined by athletics revenue with no entry fee? how would it be structured? you'd have to think it could only happen if "conferences" still exist to some degree. going the super league route could easily bring back the rivalries and regionality people love.
     
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  18. CoastalOrange

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    Promotion and relegation are absolutely awesome. Any European soccer fan can tell you how much more interesting it makes things. Makes the games at the top end and bottom end that much more exciting. If college football ever adopted something like that, I'd be all in.
     
  19. WC

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  20. GoodForAnother

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    come on and raise up
     
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  21. Bricktop the white

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    Corrupt trump lunatic judge in the tank for the acc :shocker:
     
  22. Tangman

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    tobacco road holding you back again (Bledsoe went to UNC undergrad)
     
  23. Saul Shabazz

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    man I wonder if this means more billable hours for Cock Ball&Jizzim
     
  24. Bricktop the white

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    where he went is less important than who appointed him (radical republicans)
     
  25. bwi2

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    Relegation doesn’t mean much if it’s the 80th best team getting bounced as opposed to the 20th - especially when 60 teams are exempted from relegation
     
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  26. PSU12

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    Warm congratulations to our ACC brethren

     
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  27. Shiggityshwo

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  28. oknole

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    We'll see you sumbitches at the Leon County courthouse.
     
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  29. Bricktop the white

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    I hope meatball ron passes a law that says state entities can't have deals with disney or something.
     
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  30. PSU12

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    Let’s see this through to protect and advance the ACC
     
  31. Corch

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    That won't be very fun to watch in a year or two when all of Saban's good players are gone
     
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  32. PSU12

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    Probably don’t need to wait any longer than this fall
     
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  33. Prospector

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    I agree in theory. Don't think it would ever work w the portal and resulting transfers.
     
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  34. VaxRule

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    Makes promotion/relegation a bigger deal imo. English football clubs have figured it out. I have no doubt we could too.

    Just need to enable the ability to send recruits on loan for 2 years.
     
  35. Tigers

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    Idk what this means but I like the with prejudice part

     
  36. Saul Shabazz

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    wonder how awkward it is when Rohan bumps into NOI wearin that fuckin bow-tie
     
  37. stangd

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    So we ACC'in again? ACC ACC ACC!!!
     
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  38. DetroitNole

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    With prejudice just means it can't be brought again.
     
  39. Saul Shabazz

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    Hope the Wolfs bring the title back home for us all!
     
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  40. xec

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    The judge basically said, “Shame on you ACC. Don’t bring garbage like that to my court.” The other part means that lawsuits filed against the ACC by member schools are not prohibited under the ACC bylaws or contracts even though they cause the ACC to spend money to fight them. Good news for FSU, Clemson and any others who file lawsuits.
     
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  41. PSU12

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    Mcmurphy in his bag with this zinger

     
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  42. Saul Shabazz

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  43. Bricktop the white

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    Acc just got absolutely crushed by Judge Cooper today.
     
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  44. TC

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  45. Saul Shabazz

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  46. ned's head

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    I've already been sold on the idea of discussing world politics with a snifter of brandy with our like-minded big 10 friends.

    Have no interest in learning about professional wrestling and domestic beer just so I can hold a conversation with sec folks.
     
  47. Saul Shabazz

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    that's the dudeofwv guy that's wrong about everything
     
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  48. steamengine

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    What’s yalls sexual predator resumé look like? Could be tough sledding.
     
  49. Blu Tang Clan

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    Jameis Winston, sir.
     
  50. ned's head

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