(04-24-2018 10:56 AM)DawgNBama Wrote: (04-23-2018 05:47 PM)TerryD Wrote: David, none of that is likely going to happen. At best, it is a very slim possibility after 2036.
Your proposal is pretty much message board fanboy fantasy.
Delany has tried and failed since the early Nineties to get ND into the Big Ten for all sports.
Leaving Notre Dame out of the discussion, what makes you think UNC, et.al (leaving out ND from DavidSt’s group) is message board fantasy TerryD?? I have to agree with DavidSt on UNC and some of the other schools he listed. Unlike ND, UNC can’t just get donations anytime they want to.
Well, there was no GOR in the 2010-14 time frame. There was no deal on an ACC Network.
There was nothing to prevent North Carolina, Duke, Virginia, etc... from joining the Big Ten, except....they didn't.
Even then, the Big Ten made lots more money than the ACC. Rumors were rife that the ACC was there to be picked apart.
There were lots of rumors that schools like UNC might make a move to the Big Ten.
Then...only Maryland made a change. Everyone else in the ACC bound themselves together with the GOR to go along with the exit fee.
Now, there is a GOR until 2036. Why would people think that North Carolina, for instance, has any interest in trying to break the GOR, abandon the conference they are in/started, get embroiled in litigation, etc...?
Why didn't they stand on the ground (no GOR, easy to move) and join the Big Ten, instead of choosing to climb a tree (GOR, exit fee) to do so?