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Originally posted by clockworkgreen
I've realized most people who think they know anything about VT, don't know anything about VT....
You will soon.
Go Hokies.
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From a football perspective I have a lot of respect for the Hokies. I certainly think that the level of play on the football field will improve in the ACC when VT joins, I just don't think the financials will make sense if Miami doesn't join (and maybe even then, since we'll be 1 team away from having a real championship game in football.) VT has no basketball to speak of and it isn't as strong of a football program as Miami, so I don't see it strengthening the TV deal that much (small market, etc.)
Basically this is great for VT financially, and in a lot of other ways (witness the sudden change of heart with the lawsuit!)... and it dilutes the revenues for all the other teams in the ACC, as they'll never get THAT much more TV revenue for a 10 team leage without Miami. It will also reduce the quality of the basketball significantly, not just because VT doesn't bring much of a program, but the round-robin format for having a REAL conference regular season champion may be broken up.
I think Mr. Swofford should have a freshened up resume ready after this fiasco.