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[QUOTE="PhatOrange, post: 542653, member: 229"]
Nothing would surprise me after seeing Colorado and A&M leave the Big 12 and then Maryland leave the ACC.  But if it's not [U]only[/U] about money then I don't see why UVA or UNC or even GT would want to leave their southern roots and southern conference.
 
If UNC has all the tobacco road power then leaving that doesn't make much sense.  They go from top Conference dog to getting in line behind Ohio State, Michigan and Wisconsin.  Same with UVA.
 
These schools are already in a superior academic conference and they wield a lot of power.  And neither school is broke.  So it doesn't make a lot of sense for them to leave.  
 
I'd have to believe the smart people running those institutions wouldn't want to leave their alumni bases and figure for long term projections the ACC money will eventually catch up once the conference reinvents itself with tv deals and network creations.  The Big 10 TV money might not be there in 20 years as people move to online TV and have more choices/options.
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