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[QUOTE="Lou_C, post: 1079923, member: 3201"]
See I think, when something needs to be done to save the conference or protect the investors, the better approach is to...

- Get the investors to pony up from $13m to $17M
- Add Notre Dame commitment games to the schedule
- Get the investors to pony up another $1-2M for ND
- Work out a deal for the Orange Bowl, while not on par with the Rose or Sugar, is a hell of a lot better than anyone thought they'd pull off, to keep the financial impact minimal
- Make sure you've got a full share of the playoff system, and a full seat at the table, with no financial impact based on past (poor) performance
- Go back to 8 conference games to keep the football schools healthy
- Take a bonafide football (and basketball) school with a great athletic department, rather than a basketball school that's been playing FBS football for a decade, academics be damned
- Get a promise from ESPN to strongly consider a network, or additional compensation if no network
- Get the partners to pony up another $1-2M if teams will sign a GOR
- Get the schools to now willingly sign onto a GOR

That's how you save a conference, make sure it's worth saving.  That's what stabilized the ACC, not a massive exit fee.
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