(05-15-2019 10:33 AM)Pervis_Griffith Wrote:  

(05-14-2019 11:14 PM)random asian guy Wrote:  

(05-14-2019 08:32 PM)XLance Wrote:  

(05-14-2019 09:55 AM)Hokie Mark Wrote:  

(05-14-2019 09:44 AM)bluesox Wrote:  Another option would be inviting a school for spot 16 with the same deal as ND, I’m sure cincy or UConn would accept. I also like jumping to 16 and than give BYU a football only to offset ND. In either case, you get more programming for the accn, guess it’s what espn will pay for, ie add cincy for all sports and BYU football only

I think the only team the ACC would even consider doing a "Notre Dame deal" with for #16 would be the Texas Longhorns.



https://accfootballrx.blogspot.com/2015/...nd-16.html

I also think that you are spot on with Baylor or TCU.


BTW Baylor just announced the construction of a new basketball arena.
https://www.ourdailybears.com/2018/11/1/...facilities

I don't understand why the ACC needs to have 15th and 16th full members in addition to two partial members. Would the addition of TCU/Baylor/Houston will generate more revenue per school? Also, 18 teams are just too many for a basketball league. The only reason I can think of is to attract Texas. But accepting UT as a partial member is already a big concession. Should ACC make more concessions just to have Texas as a partial member?

You are exactly right.

The ACC wouldn't have to add schools in Texas to "attract" Texas to join with a Notre Dame type deal.

With a football schedule with only 5 weeks taken by ACC teams, Texas has 7 left to schedule whoever they want to. If they want to schedule Baylor, or TCU, they can do so.

The "power" the ACC has is the flexibility to add one more partial member, and give Texas the gift of football independence, cementing (in their minds at least) football nobility status, along with Notre Dame.

I think you HURT your chances of adding Texas by also adding schools like TCU and Baylor.

Excellent points. The "gift of independence" is a valuable bargaining chip.

I posted nearly that same scenario back in 2012 under the title "The ACC's Doomsday Bomb"
https://accfootballrx.blogspot.com/2012/...-bomb.html