From: xyzzy.dude@gmail.com   
      
   JGibson  wrote:   
   > On Friday, September 1, 2023 at 12:30:59 PM UTC-4, xyzzy wrote:   
   >   
   >>   
   >> suddenly obsessed with preparing for an exodus of its most valued members   
   >> that by its own actions went from hypothetical to inevitable, has added   
   >> three schools that bring nothing to the table in football or men’s   
   >> basketball and are irrelevant in their own markets. Instead of booting   
   >> Boston College from the league — that would have been the smart move! —   
   the   
   >> ACC tripled down.   
   >> So afraid of being left behind, 12 members of the ACC did the one thing   
   >> that would assure they will be.   
   >   
   > If you view this based on what is rumored to have happened with the   
   > Pac-12, it makes sense from those members' standpoint.  Apparently, the   
   > Pac-12 died after rejecting the merger with the Big 12, which was   
   > seemingly led by the Pac-12's marquee value school in USC.  Then, USC   
   > left anyway.  With Clemson and FSU already threatening to leave before   
   > even considering the additions of Cal and Stanford, the non-Clemson, FSU,   
   > and UNC schools probably figure those schools are out anyway.  I'm not   
   > sure the "exodus of its most valued members" is as hypothetical as this   
   > paragraph seems to suggest.   
      
   That’s an excellent point.   
      
   --   
   “I usually skip over your posts because of your disguistng, contrarian,   
   liberal personality.” — Altie   
      
   --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05   
    * Origin: you cannot sedate... all the things you hate (1:229/2)