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In response to "Looks like Stanford, Cal and SMU to the ACC is official. All sports beginning with the 24-25 school year. -- nm" by Strongbad, Champ Champ Champ

This is all so ridiculous and bad for the student athletes. Traveling across the country is going to put a lot of strain on them and they're going to

Posted by Krusty (aka Krustylu) Sep 1 '23, 05:41

end up missing a lot of classes.

All of this movement is terrible for the students and sports. I really wish someone would step up and fix this mess because it's completely out of hand now.

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Stanford and SMU I am not worried about being able to afford it. Reportedly Cal has lots of debt and this won't help that. -- nm - Strongbad, Champ Champ Champ Sep 1, 05:57 7
- It's not the money. It's the time that will be spent traveling across the country. These are students that will end up missing a lot of classes - Krusty Sep 1, 06:01 6
  - Travel here appears tame compared to College Basketball travel. Many more games. -- nm - budice Sep 1, 06:07 2
    - That's why the conferences being local is best. Maryland last year had 2 trips that weren't conference related that were outside the mid-atlantic. - Will Hunting Sep 1, 06:50
    - Right and I'm not talking just about football. I mean all sports. Volleyball players and tennis players. They all have to make these ridiculous long - Krusty Sep 1, 06:09
  - Agree. The flip side of that is they'd see a huge drop in competition and recruiting for those other sports if they hadn't joined. -- nm - Strongbad, Champ Champ Champ Sep 1, 06:07 2
    - There needs/needed to be actual rules about conference size and distance between schools. Allowing them to do whatever they want has brought us to - Krusty Sep 1, 06:14 1
      - We were watching the Utah / Florida game last night and I did not hear a single positive thing about *any* part of the new setup - Will Hunting Sep 1, 06:52
Can Congress step in here and make things right or is this out of their control and we're stuck with this awful realignment? - Krusty Sep 1, 05:48 2
- also honestly terrible for the environment. but I don't think congress or FTC have any jurisdiction. it's basically the result of free markets. -- nm - 🏳️‍🌈 judge jones 🏳️‍🌈 Sep 1, 05:49 1
  - I thought about that as well. So many more long flights. -- nm - Krusty Sep 1, 05:58

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