<p>jbduke - I can’t disagree with a thing in your post. I have not read Feinstein’s column yet. If there is a way to opt out of ACC football without losing status in the rest of our sports it should be at least seriously considered. </p>
<p>If you are pointing to a specific admissions case on the b-ball team, let’s use Sean Dockery. I believe he graduated in 4 years, which is testament to the program and his own willingness to overcome a less than prepartory high school environment, and hit a game-winning shot that was arguably the high point of the entire Duke campus this last year.
Brian Davis, another b-ball player from the National Championship team in 91-92 just became the majority owner of an NBA franchise 15 years after graduating.
Shane Battier and Elton Brand are two of the most well-spoken and intelligent players in the NBA, in addition to their on-court talent. I expect Battier to assume a top leadership position in sports or even politics before he is all done.</p>
<p>Are these students who should have been turned away because their SAT wasn’t in the middle 50 profile? </p>
<p>Football is a unique animal - as I have posted earlier, when the ACC expanded to 12 teams for football, the writing was on the wall for the ‘basketball schools’ that founded the conference and made it’s name, and that’s why Duke, UNC, and Wake fought it. I agree that the ACC loves the prestige of having Duke as member, just as the Big 10 and Pac 10 would never let Northwestern or Stanford get away. </p>
<p>Besides, without us, who would they have to hate? Maryland fans would have to learn to spell more than a four letter word.<br>
It would be like the UN without the US…alright maybe France :)</p>