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[QUOTE="WoadBlue, post: 5614779, member: 1145"]
There are precious few basketball-only people anymore (at least they know better now than to express their faith). Even Indiana fans, with the worst football winning % of any school in the P4, now see the football light, because of the right hire as football HC.

What we still have at a number of schools and in conference offices (especially ACC but also Big 12 and even BT) is basketball-first people who accept that football is MUCH bigger and also want their basketball program to be tops in that sport and have it be the most popular sport among their fans, even if that means shuffling some major bucks to basketball and away from football. But they also want their school in a well paid football-first conference. UK is  in the best shape that way because of all the SEC football wealth and power. And look at what BT basketball-first schools like IU and Illinois are accomplishing in football with BT money and prestige.

The problem for such basketball-first boosters and fans and school AD or league offices people is that the ACC TV deals must always remain way below those of BT and SEC, because we have so many fewer football fans. Hence, my calls to get shed of the ACC dead weight in that regard and replace with schools that fit the profile for what best makes for CFB wealth and power. That not being done will mean that as TV revenue disparity keeps growing that the most valuable ACC members will take an offer to leave.
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