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[QUOTE="pokercuse08, post: 4738735, member: 6535"]
For now it adds money to distribute based on success, which makes it more palatable for FSU and Clemson to stay. Over time, it gives SMU a chance to elevate itself and further make the case that the ACC has contenders. This could all leave the door open to uneven payouts in the conference, closing the gap enough for FSU and Clemson to stay and get a bigger cut of the revenue in exchange for keeping the conference alive with playoff access.

Or they go, but SMU stays and the ACC finds another sleeping giant in the next 10 years, and maybe manages to still have 2-3 contenders when the dust settles.

None of these things are super likely, but they're all the ACC has to pin its hopes to - and since the chances aren't 0%, trying beats sitting around waiting to get raided and killed as a major conference.

There is no such thing as "plenty" or enough. This is naked capitalism, all there is is MORE MORE MORE. Any analysis that pins its hopes on the big dogs settling for "plenty" is just pie in the sky thinking.

Go re-read my posts, I'm not going to keep typing the same thing out in detail for you to skip it and ask the same question. The short answer is the quality of the #3 league will make a difference in whether or not the #3 league can prevent a full breakaway. I've typed out the long answer for you already.
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