... I am still shocked when I realize that people who demand radical  change often have no idea that the radical change necessitates that much of what they have now, including much that they like most, must be sacrificed. You cannot have your cake and eat it too. Change means you cannot keep things; change usually has unintended consequences that are not wanted.

Continuing talk about Big Ten expansion is the reason I come back to this issue now. I keep reading pieces by Big Ten fans, and even sports journalists who ought to know better, that suggest they assume that the Big Ten can expand to 16 with hardly a ripple coming between any old rivalries.

An ACC example might help drive home my point. The first ...

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