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[QUOTE="anomander, post: 787729, member: 2766"]
I really didn't think this needed to be explained, but apparently it does.

it depends what you care about. if all you care about is Syracuse University like me then a better ACC is better for Syracuse.  Would you rather benefit Syracuse in the long or get your rocks off on laughing at Duke because they lost to The Citadel, or VT for a few seconds of joy.  Never mind neither school gives the slightest  about you.  Anyways why would you want Duke to get beat by The Citadel in non conference play?  Seeding is done by SOS, RPI, and conference RPI.  How does The Citadel beating Duke improve that?  Plus you want to beat Duke when they are at their best, not some so so middle of the road school.  The Citadel winnings helps Syracuse in no way.

As for football it's the same general concept.  look at how the overall success of the SEC has even helped the lower tier SEC teams.  Kids want to go to schools to play against the best.  College Gameday will be at FSU next weekend giving more hype to the conference because Miami came back and beat WF today.  I know I am sure you were rooting for WF, but College Gameday wouldnt be going there if they didn't win.  Sure you probably don't care about that, but the overall attention for the conference helps.  It's free advertisement.  Kids want to play in the best conferences.  Nobody cares about equality you need power teams.  Look at exapnsion and how the ACC was almost wiped out because they didn't have strong football.

It's really not that hard to understand
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