Originally Posted by
Steven43
Sage, not meaning any disrespect, but I very pointedly said I would like Duke to leave the ACC only in football. I’m totally fine with every other sport staying in the ACC.
Actually, I thought I was addressing your pessimism about Duke football and questioning some of the alternatives to ACC play.
A main point is that the ACC requires members to participate in football. Moreover, a down-graded football program, outside of the ACC, would have virtually no revenue and still have sizable expenses.
Sage Grouse
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'When I got on the bus for my first road game at Duke, I saw that every player was carrying textbooks or laptops. I coached in the SEC for 25 years, and I had never seen that before, not even once.' - David Cutcliffe to Duke alumni in Washington, DC, June 2013