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Message: [QUOTE="Phillymoose, post: 4296780, member: 254"] And that's just it - and why the 'prisoner's dilemma' metaphor is a really good one. You don't want to be sitting pretty. If any of the schools you aggregate are too pretty, then your whole conference is vulnerable. The SEC and B1G have their pencil necks assessing schools based on the bottom line they deliver to the media payouts. That's it. They are not going to expand just for the sake of expansion - and I don't think they give a poop (any longer) about reputation, history, academics or any of that. Just cold hard $$ - and it is qualitatively different than ACC expansion was back in the day. ND is obviously a winning piece, but I'd say every other school not currently in those conferences (or heading there soon) is a question mark. There are no 'no brainers' left - and it really comes down to the formulas the SEC and B1G use in their assessment. This is also not to say their assessments are similar - they are likely wholly different, in terms of what they value. So, does the ACC really go through all the trouble of creating the ACC/PCC bi-coastal conglomerate, negotiate a solid media deal, only to have the B1G see that UW, in fact, actually has the value they are looking for? They will just be poached down the road, and you are back to instability and fear. IMO - there really isn't much the ACC can do, or should do, right now. Accept that any school offered will jump. Don't cry about it or point fingers because everyone wants on to the same life raft. I personally think that there is room for a 2nd tier conference that prides itself on old school traditions, regional rivalries and academic standards- and it can attract a certain type of student athlete - especially when there continue to be crossover games against the mega-factories on the schedule. No use howling at the moon for something most of us don't even want, and was never in the cards anyway. [/QUOTE]

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