[Farm93]

All sports? Men's volleyball? Could be tough, since none of the ACC schools have varsity men's volleyball teams.

Also... Stanford's basketball and baseball teams are going to love the new travel schedule...

The Pac-12 doesn't/didn't have men's volleyball either.   That sport was and will be in the MPSF.   I actually suspect most of the sports teams that are currently in the MPSF will stay in the MPSF.   True for Cal, USC and UCLA too.

Oddly, I think men's basketball players will love going to the ACC venues.   I think most recruits would rather go to UNC, Duke and Virginia in the winter than Pullman, Corvallis or Eugene.    And the TV exposure for their personal NIL ambitions would likely benefit too. 

Women's basketball needs real competitors to remain viable.  For Stanford women's basketball the ACC is much better than any conference currently centered in the western or mountain time zones.

For baseball UNC, Duke and Virginia would seem to be much better than Ann Arbor, Bloomington and West Lafayette and all of those field turf venues.  Baseball already travels in their lengthy preseason to all kinds of places in the USA, I don't see why a half dozen weekend trips to the ACC is that different.  Once there they stay for 3 days, so it is not that bad.

Field Hockey and lacrosse have experienced tough travel to lower tier D1 schools on the East coast for years, so they will definitely be better off with the ACC. 

I think when most of us think about travel we think about business travel.   There you jet to the East coast and immediate attend meetings or conferences that start at 8AM EST the next morning.  That's not always ideal.   That's not how this sports travel would work.   They likely could maintain their internal clock as their event would start no earlier than 1PM and the ACC network would likely hope the Cali schools play as late as possible even when in The South to get whatever viewership is possible from the western time zone.

I could imagine UCLA, USC, Oregon and Washington could have a recruiting edge for those worried about travel if they were in a Pac-8.   Now though they challenging winter travel, for athletics, to the BigTen, so it should be fine.

The alternative to the ACC is playing as an independent in a lot of sports, and would therefore mean lots of different venues every season.   Having a group of known and predictable opponents will be easier for logistics and athletes than trying to cobble a schedule to different lower or mid-major D1 schools each season.  And FWIW - most of those lower D1 schools are also in the central and eastern time zones often with even less desirable airport options.

ACC is not the dream, but it is the best lemonade our AD would be able to make with the basket of lemons USC gave us.

[Farm93]

All sports? Men's volleyball? Could be tough, since none of the ACC schools have varsity men's volleyball teams.

Also... Stanford's basketball and baseball teams are going to love the new travel schedule...

The Pac-12 doesn't/didn't have men's volleyball either.   That sport was and will be in the MPSF.   I actually suspect most of the sports teams that are currently in the MPSF will stay in the MPSF.   True for Cal, USC and UCLA too.

Oddly, I think men's basketball players will love going to the ACC venues.   I think most recruits would rather go to UNC, Duke and Virginia in the winter than Pullman, Corvallis or Eugene.    And the TV exposure for their personal NIL ambitions would likely benefit too. 

Women's basketball needs real competitors to remain viable.  For Stanford women's basketball the ACC is much better than any conference currently centered in the western or mountain time zones.

For baseball UNC, Duke and Virginia would seem to be much better than Ann Arbor, Bloomington and West Lafayette and all of those field turf venues.  Baseball already travels in their lengthy preseason to all kinds of places in the USA, I don't see why a half dozen weekend trips to the ACC is that different.  Once there they stay for 3 days, so it is not that bad.

Field Hockey and lacrosse have experienced tough travel to lower tier D1 schools on the East coast for years, so they will definitely be better off with the ACC. 

I think when most of us think about travel we think about business travel.   There you jet to the East coast and immediate attend meetings or conferences that start at 8AM EST the next morning.  That's not always ideal.   That's not how this sports travel would work.   They likely could maintain their internal clock as their event would start no earlier than 1PM and the ACC network would likely hope the Cali schools play as late as possible even when in The South to get whatever viewership is possible from the western time zone.

I could imagine UCLA, USC, Oregon and Washington could have a recruiting edge for those worried about travel if they were in a Pac-8.   Now though they challenging winter travel, for athletics, to the BigTen, so it should be fine.

The alternative to the ACC is playing as an independent in a lot of sports, and would therefore mean lots of different venues every season.   Having a group of known and predictable opponents will be easier for logistics and athletes than trying to cobble a schedule to different lower or mid-major D1 schools each season.  And FWIW - most of those lower D1 schools are also in the central and eastern time zones often with even less desirable airport options.

ACC is not the dream, but it is the best lemonade our AD would be able to make with the basket of lemons USC gave us.