well, the entire acc is complicit, with the apparent exceptions of duke and north carolina. i think the worse behaviour is on virginia, holding out their vote unless vt got an invitation. so, voila, vt gets an invitation, and now there are 8 votes for expansion. sally jenkins in today's post has got this whole thing correct. this is nothing but a ploy by the acc leadership promising loads, or scads, of cash to the universities, but with only 11 teams, they can't hold a conference championship (which would generate tv revenue). if miami leaves, the big east loses football money from tv, and colleges that had been trying to build their football program get screwed since the big east will lose their automatic bid into the bcs. so, now, they'll run to take a school or two from conference usa (probably louisville). nevertheless, this is still a relatively neutral outcome, as opposed to worse case scenarios (that espn spent days writing about), such as the demise of the entire a-10 and conference usa.
i don't agree with what the acc is doing, since this is a blind grab at trying to get money that won't benefit a single school. after all, revenue won't go up by much and will have to be split 11 ways as opposed to 9 ways. anyway, i haven't agreed with conference switching since arkansas left the southwest conference for the money and glory of the sec. ha, we showed them up by forming the big 12, and general athletic superiority.
