BearSD said:
sycasey said:
mostang said:
Haha, well that's another view!
I wonder if this is sustainable in the long run (similarly, I also wonder if the former Pac schools in the Big 10/12 will find this sustainable for their other sports). But hey, if it must happen then it must happen.
There is a possible (maybe likely) middle ground, which is participating in enough ACC sports to meet the NCAA minimum number of sports in the conference, and making arrangements to play other sports elsewhere. I read that Miami had an arrangement like that back when they first joined the Big East. At the time, the closest basketball-playing Big East member to Miami was Pittsburgh.
BYU also had a deal where they operated as an independent in football but had all their other sports in the WCC.
Personally, i believe as the football conferences get bigger, there is going to be a split between the conference the school plays football in, and the conference all the school's other sports play in.
That just makes too much sense to not happen. Let football chase the money, have all the other sports be logistically pragmatic and regional.