Conference Realignment Board

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I wholeheartedly endorse this move

The reason is that it cuts off conference involvement in politics, but there are other reasons.

Let's say, for instance, that Boston College promotes an ACC boycott of South Carolina due to its gun laws. Clemson in turn proposes a ban of Massachusetts due to its extreme taxes - Clemson argues that high taxes negatively affect far more people than gun laws and bathroom laws combined; then FSU doesn't like the fact that a kid has to join a union to work an ACC tourney in Pennsylvania, and we're off

If a conference can argue over a bathroom law that affects a miniscule slice of the population, then we have to expect that they will argue over real issues too. The outrage industry has a toehold in athletics now, and that is a serious growth industry.

In the end, the laws of a state are the reflection of the will of the people. For state schools at least, that receive both state and federal funding, you'd better be willing to accept the will of the hand that feeds you. For a school like UNC to accept state funds with one hand and shake its fist at North Carolinians that help pay its tuition won't work.

The idea that ACC presidents are even in this arena is idiotic. If they can make an argument that holding an event in a particular state is a bad economic decision then I buy that. However, although the bathroom law might have been one of the dumbest laws ever, I can't abide schools like UNC taking a stand against a legislature that helps pay its bills.

It would not surprise me if this proposal is a direct F-you to UNC by the NC legislature. If UNC truly wants to take a moral stand, then be ready to leave the ACC. Unfortunately for UNC, it's stock could go a lot lower if the NCAA ever wakes up...
[Post edited by lawhokie at 04/13/2017 1:23PM]

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Posted: 04/13/2017 at 1:23PM

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NC Lawmakers propose bill forcing state schools to withdraw if conference -- jmanatVT 04/12/2017 1:03PM

I wholeheartedly endorse this move -- lawhokie 04/13/2017 1:23PM

I'm all in for calling their bluff ** -- daveinop 04/13/2017 07:59AM

Mindless posturing..... -- 2hhoop3 04/13/2017 10:40AM

Actually, it hurts Duke and Wake more than the Pack. -- Maroon Baboon 04/13/2017 9:10PM

More likely the NC legislature reining in UNC -- lawhokie 04/13/2017 1:40PM

What you say about UNC vs. the will of in-state voters -- Maroon Baboon 04/14/2017 5:32PM

Not likely.... -- 2hhoop3 04/13/2017 1:54PM

If UNC ideologues truly ran the legislature, that bill could never pass ** -- lawhokie 04/13/2017 2:03PM

Excellent idea ** -- daveinop 04/13/2017 1:12PM

Will they withdraw from the NCAA also? ** -- Mr. Touchdown 04/12/2017 9:21PM

I'm ready for everyone to withdraw from the NCAA. They are as bad as FIFA. ** -- Maroon Baboon 04/13/2017 8:54PM

Time to move on from NC - time to spread things around more.... -- Mr. Touchdown 04/12/2017 9:20PM

Personally, I hope the football championship game returns and stays in -- Hokie`79 04/12/2017 11:01PM

I agree and like the PAC12 model we may have had to go to Clemson but up -- anotherdamnyankeehokie 04/13/2017 10:06PM

Play at home field of the highest ranked team. sell out every time -- daveinop 04/13/2017 08:08AM

If the ACC had some epic neutral site like the Rose Bowl or Lambeau -- Maroon Baboon 04/13/2017 10:51PM

Easier in what sense? While Charlotte appears to be -- VTHokie2000 04/12/2017 11:42PM

Hope they enjoy -- mrcaniac 04/12/2017 1:37PM

Hope they are ready to pony up some tax money to offset lost revenue -- wwhokie1 04/12/2017 1:22PM

Won't they have to pay a $100M exit fee for the two to leave? ** -- hoosnowahokie 04/12/2017 4:23PM

More like $280 million for both -- ChrisLords 04/13/2017 01:58AM

And i think Maryland voted against the provision; UNC and NCSU supported it ** -- daveinop 04/13/2017 08:03AM

One would be heading to the SEC, and... -- EDGEMAN 04/12/2017 2:22PM

Then they would have the deal with the bathroom bill... -- Mr. Touchdown 04/12/2017 9:17PM

The bathroom bill would be a moot issue for both the Big Ten -- VTHokie2000 04/12/2017 9:42PM

Good Points - also shows that NC gains nothing by pulling them out... -- Mr. Touchdown 04/13/2017 11:35AM

Yup, but I am not sure if politicians think that far down the road -- VTHokie2000 04/13/2017 12:58PM

When they screw with the ACC, they are screwing with the BBall schedule... -- Mr. Touchdown 04/13/2017 5:35PM

Honestly, I would have no problem if the ACC went that route. -- VTHokie2000 04/13/2017 10:59PM

Nah, both to the SEC. ** -- nebraskafaninwi 04/12/2017 7:07PM

P5 conferences only want one school in each new state. -- EDGEMAN 04/12/2017 8:42PM

If the SEC is already willing to add NC State, then it may not -- VTHokie2000 04/13/2017 1:45PM

It is a power move...that is all ** -- nebraskafaninwi 04/12/2017 1:33PM

It is a lack of power move = holding their breath** -- daveinop 04/13/2017 08:12AM

I wholeheartedly endorse this move

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