Marinatto: Notre Dame chairs the Big East expansion committee

If we start with the premise that there is no such thing as altruism in conference realignment, then it ia easy to see why ND is the chair.

What do we keep hearing? Notre Dame values its independence more than anything. Ergo, ND needs the Big East more than any other member. The BE is the only viable conference that would allow such a parasitic relationship.

Sometimes issues aren't that complex.

As I said a few weeks ago, ND will try to give a sweetheart deal to AF to bribe them into accepting the BE offer.

Maybe a bit of stretch but asking ND to chair the expansion committee is akin to asking Israel to develop a plan for peace in the Middle East.

I'm sure Israel can come up with a plan but ultimately, whose best interests would it serve?

It has been about as long since Villanova and Georgetown won banners as it had been from those two to San Francisco and LaSalle won them...San Franciso back to back. For all the blather about Georgetown and Villanova, one got lucky and the other had the player of the decade, but the decade was the 1980s. They both have exactly 1 Final four each since their championships, same as George Mason, Virginia Commonwealth, UMass and fewer than Butler.

Israel has had many plans for its survival and its best interest for all the parties involved. Problem is the other side wants it destroyed much like ACC wants the Big East destroyed. Best leave your political views the appropriate board. Shalom

LOL, not taking that bait, here or any other board.

I am not really convinced that Notre Dame has all that many good options for its programs if the Big East spins out of control. No major conference will give them the no-strings deal the Big East does, I am guessing. Both the Big 12 and the ACC are going to want regular football games, and if you have to agree to play 3 or 4 "conference games" every year, at what point does it make more sense to just join? So in one way, maybe it does make sense for them to try and stablize the Big East going forward.

An old thread, but like memories pressed between the pages of my mind, so nice to relive.

First thing that strikes me, most everyone's opinion was wrong. Except the chap who suggested that the school that chairs the Big East Expansion Committee is the team most likely to leave.

Which then begs the question, does anyone know if a replacement chair on the expansion committee has been selected (Aresco is on record as saying a 14th is still needed)?

Susan Herbst applied for the position

Wasn't BC in a similar position? ND had no leverage with the BE. They should not have been a voting member let alone head any committee.

"I think Notre Dame is as committed, if not more committed, in this conference than any other member because they view it as a very positive place," Marinatto said on a teleconference to discuss conference realignment issues."

I was looking through the bylaws and I have some bad news. It turns out that Notre Dame will still be the chair of the expansion committee after they've left the conference. How did they get that rule passed?!

Still have the bowl tie-ins too.

And ND doesn't want to schedule UConn in men's bb, http://m.espn.go.com/general/blogs/blogpost?blogname=katz_andy&id=8395095, but wants to schedule UConn in wbb http://articles.southbendtribune.co...eimer-irish-athletic-director-natalie-novosel.

Hi Mr. Cake, may I have you and eat you, too?

Just in case anyone doesn't think that Notre Dame has been scheming to leave the Big East, and yet still wanted to chair the BE expansion committee:

" McGraw said she started discussing conference affiliations with men's basketball coach Mike Brey and Irish athletic director Jack Swarbrick about two years ago when the collegiate athletics landscape began to shift."

Thanks for dredging up this thread. Any of the Notre Dame Apologists care to chime in ?

Also, I guess Marinatto never actually made bad decisions, he just had bad circumstances and conditions to deal with, right?

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