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[QUOTE="Townie72, post: 1836037, member: 780"]
Aha! I see.

The problem is that you don't understand what "relegation" means or how it works in the only athletic arena in which it is used.

All you seem to be suggesting is a change in scheduling practice that effectively makes the ACC two or three seperate conferences.

What you are recommending --- dividing the ACC into three separate sub-conferences and then scheduling within them ---  isn't what happens in England and lacks the fundamental basis on which it will work.

Relegation involves the promoting and demoting of teams between the Premiere League and the Championship League. Leaving the Premiere League is like falling off a cliff.

The differences in revenue and attention  gained between the two leagues is stark. Premiere League TV revenues are distributed evenly among the 20 teams. A team relegated from the Premiere League to the Championship League does not get a share of the Premiere League TV money. The Championship league is similar to AAA baseball in the US, except there are no formal ties between major and minor league teams.
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