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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]The discussion above focused on the academic stature of these schools is beside the point.  It's all about the Football media market.  The ACC has added the Bay Area and Dallas media markets, which should boost their TV contracts.  I think that's the point.  Increased revenue from football will help preserve all the olympic (non-rev) sports.  It comes at a cost for the athletes that have to travel.  Note however, that not all sports compete against every conference opponents as it is.  Look at PITT's soccer schedule; they play about half their games out of conference as it is.  There will be more travel (particularly for the teams out West) [b]but every ACC team is not flying to CA to play CAL and Stanford in every sport.[/b] [/quote]

Yes, they pretty much will be. Any sport that a school participates in will be flying out to CA at least once a year to play the two teams. And think about all of the trips the Cal and Stanford teams will be making east, probably 4-5 per year per team.  Brutal.[/quote]

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