(06-29-2020 08:20 PM)XLance Wrote:  I think we have already seen the beginning of "new" realignment when ESPN took over the SEC lock, stock and barrel.
ESPN now controls the media rights for 28 schools outright, from Boston down to Florida and west into Texas and represents most of the college football loving public.
Adding four more would give ESPN 1/2 of all of the P schools plus 5/8 of Notre Dame's football until 2037.
Does it matter that those schools are ACC or SEC? Probably not to ESPN. Who is to say that the mouse might put not put all of them together in a big box and shake them out in into 2, 3, or even four distinct regional "divisions" for television broadcast purposes.

The next phase of "new" realignment is deciding which four are to join ESPN and which 6 are going to fortify the other team.

I see your points.

No, ESPN doesn't give a damn. Individual schools do, though. You're only as good as the company you keep when tied to a conference. What's the value of North Carolina in conference "A" compared to conference "B"? That's where the issues are becoming more and more relevant as the world crumbles.

It sucks, I agree with that it completely sucks. It's just a matter of time until the strong survive and the rest regress.

ESPN/FOX/CBS etc... pay conferences, not individual schools, except for Notre Dame and Texas, obviously. Where is your schools most value going to come from, XLance? Is it the ACC or somewhere else? I hope the ACC stays whole and the way they currently are. Is your school looking at it the same way I am?