The UVa-VT connection makes it difficult to leave.

Hey, I'd love to be in the SEC. But when the 2003 deal happened to bring VT to the ACC, the two schools became close partners. VT won't do anything to harm UVa's existing conference. So IMO, we aren't going anywhere unless UVa gives us their blessing.

I wish it weren't so, but that's the realpolitik of the situation.

We can't just get up and leave our current conference like a Mizzou or Maryland.

The only way I see VT leaving and UVa staying is if ND joins and the ACC doesn't want a mega conference and offers license to schools that are desirable to other conferences like Tech and NC State (where the ACC already has a stronghold in the state) to explore their options if they desire to leave.

[Post edited by Maroon Baboon at 06/05/2017 10:34AM]

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Posted: 06/05/2017 at 10:34AM

WVU fans travel for baseball too. -- HOO86 06/03/2017 8:23PM

If the ACC invites WVU, then what are VT's reasons for staying in the ACC? -- lawhokie 06/04/2017 9:46PM

I don't buy the initial premise -- that WVU invite would "force" VT to..... -- HWA 06/05/2017 12:03PM

The UVa-VT connection makes it difficult to leave. -- Maroon Baboon 06/05/2017 10:34AM

I think WVU is one of the better realistic additions to the -- 133193Hokie 06/05/2017 10:06AM

Please explain what "deliver on the academic side" even means? -- chuckd4vt 06/05/2017 07:53AM

I'm not sure the ACC has brought better academics, research dollars, etc. -- lawhokie 06/06/2017 9:07PM

Geography. I would like the ACC, if they paid VT decently. -- chuckd4vt 06/05/2017 01:24AM

Re: WVU fans travel for baseball too. -- Millpoint 06/04/2017 3:50PM

Had a good amount at the Tech game this spring too ** -- Hamburger 06/04/2017 12:29AM

People from WV move to CLT, W-S, and a few cities in VA. -- reestuart 06/03/2017 11:50PM

I'm fine with adding WVU. -- Maroon Baboon 06/03/2017 10:15PM

I'm more interested in bringing back the "Front Yard Brawl" ** -- Calamitous 06/04/2017 5:16PM

That's more redneck than the back yard brawl. -- Old Line Hokie 06/04/2017 6:09PM

Same here.... -- HboroughHokie 06/04/2017 10:21AM

BC -- Millpoint 06/04/2017 4:46PM

Re: Same here. -- Millpoint 06/04/2017 2:58PM

SEC should have taken WVU and VT when Mia/BC/Syr were announced by ACC -- Maroon Baboon 06/04/2017 2:56PM

Re: SEC should have taken WVU and VT when Mia/BC/Syr were announced by ACC -- Millpoint 06/04/2017 3:37PM

Assuming the SEC was looking to expand right around the same -- VTHokie2000 06/05/2017 11:35AM

Re: WVU fans travel for baseball too. -- SAMMYNOLE 06/03/2017 9:02PM

The UVa-VT connection makes it difficult to leave.

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