(07-03-2019 06:38 AM)JRsec Wrote:  

(07-03-2019 04:45 AM)XLance Wrote:  

(07-01-2019 11:30 PM)DawgNBama Wrote:  

(07-01-2019 09:55 PM)lion1983 Wrote:  Vandy would never leave the SEC for any other conference. And I'm not sure that they can be kicked out, even if they could, it's not all about athletic programs, the academics makes the SEC better.

I'm sure a lot of people said the same thing about Maryland never leaving the ACC, but they did. Never say never. The SEC would never kick out Vanderbilt though. That's just not how the SEC operates. The SEC has NEVER kicked out any member. Three members have left the SEC though: Georgia Tech, Tulane, and Sewanee or the University of the South, as it's also known.

It would be rare for any conference to"kick out" a member.
The ACC didn't kick out Maryland or South Carolina (although the chickens were unsuccessful in their attempts to rejoin).
The defunct website MR.SEC spent a lot of time explaining why Vanderbilt was not a "fit" in any fashion for the SEC and actively advocated their removal.
Vanderbilt, with a move to the ACC, would give ESPN dual marketing opportunities in Florida, Georgia, South Carolina, Kentucky and Tennessee (ACC/SEC) without interference with the "core" of either conference.

So would moving Virginia Tech or N.C. State to the SEC.

Without some fundamental change in the nature of college football, it's pretty hard to see Vandy leaving the SEC. But if you are trying to increase the number of states where both the ACC and SEC are represented, all you would have to do is swap Vandy and NC State. That would also increase the number of SEC-ACC rivalry games from four to six. But I guess I will be long dead before that happens.