Now that divisions are not required for Conference Championship games in football, there's no real incentive to maintain them... that said, I'd imagine that, as part of the negotiations, there's some provision for more "rational scheduling" for us and $C, at least for men's basketball (probably driven by $C's negotiators if I'm being hon…
Now that divisions are not required for Conference Championship games in football, there's no real incentive to maintain them... that said, I'd imagine that, as part of the negotiations, there's some provision for more "rational scheduling" for us and $C, at least for men's basketball (probably driven by $C's negotiators if I'm being honest) - though that also might depend on what other shoes might drop between now and 2024 - aka Notre Dame finally says "yes" and they add 3 more to get to 20 - which could be Stanford and some combination of UNC/UVa/GaTech for the Atlanta market or, less likely, U of Nike and UDub... or Notre Dame says "no" and they hold at 16 and nothing else happens before the CFP contract comes up after the 2025 season...
Until Notre Dame settles out, I don't know we or anyone really know what the conference will actually look like by 2024...
Now that divisions are not required for Conference Championship games in football, there's no real incentive to maintain them... that said, I'd imagine that, as part of the negotiations, there's some provision for more "rational scheduling" for us and $C, at least for men's basketball (probably driven by $C's negotiators if I'm being honest) - though that also might depend on what other shoes might drop between now and 2024 - aka Notre Dame finally says "yes" and they add 3 more to get to 20 - which could be Stanford and some combination of UNC/UVa/GaTech for the Atlanta market or, less likely, U of Nike and UDub... or Notre Dame says "no" and they hold at 16 and nothing else happens before the CFP contract comes up after the 2025 season...
Until Notre Dame settles out, I don't know we or anyone really know what the conference will actually look like by 2024...