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It all comes down to money in the end. The ACC can make more money with a 12 teams a conference championship game in football. Not to mention they get their hands on the lucrative Miami and Boston markets.
I don't have a problem with Miami joining the ACC. However I really don't think Syracuse and BC fit the league. The ACC has always been a more southern league, VT, WVU, or Pitt would be a better fit than either Syracuse or BC. But once again it all comes down to money.
It's kind of a messy business, the Big East will basically fall the wayside unless they can convince some quality schools to come in. Sadly though, this is how it has to be. The ACC and the Big East are two of the only big conferences without a championship game and like I and others have said, that championship game means money. When it comes down to it, the ACC is a more ambitious and powerful league so it will survive.
Also, Leander, the Big East won't keep its BCS bid when the current contracts run out if they lose these three teams without adding some other big names.
The good news from all this is that the ACC could become the best conference in both basketball and football hands down within the next five years. Good time to be an ACC fan but sad to see the old tradition go.
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