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[QUOTE="Btstimpy, post: 638411, member: 2043"]
I understand all this, and we've discussed it here before on this board.  But I think that BC and the ACC should get over that lawsuit.  Virginia Tech and Pitt were part of that lawsuit, and they are in.   Yes Richard Blumenthal liked TV cameras too much about it.  I can see some of Connecticut's point with it.  They had just spent $90 million on their stadium and was just upgrading to FBS level.  They were seeing the ACC making the result of that work for naught.  It didn't turn out that way, but that's how they saw it at the time.  Blumenthal is gone, Lew Perkins is gone,  Jim Calhoun is headed out the door, and UConn has a new President.   I hope that the ACC removes the blackball over that lawsuit.
 
Your second point is a more valid one.   Since UConn has only been playing FBS level football for a decade, they don't have much football tradition.   But they have done well for as little time that they have been playing.  Basketball speaks for itself.   I say let the numbers tell the story regarding whether their DMA can drive enough additional revenue to the ACC Network to warrant admission.  Let this be the input to make the decision, not the emotion of the 2002 lawsuit.  The ACC is somewhat to blame for what went on in 2002.  Swofford is much better today regarding expansion moves.  In 2002 it was a circus. It took too long.  The ACC was indecisive.   The very public visits to Syracuse, BC, and Miami were a spectacle.  I say put all that crap behind us now.  Do what's best moving forward, and if Connecticut can help that the ACC should look at  Connecticut.
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