IMind
Wildly Inaccurate
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What's amazing to me is that Boeheim specifically mentioned the TV deal in his multiple interviews yesterday. That the reason Pitt and Syracuse left is that the Big East didn't accept ESPN's first offer TV deal. If they had Pitt and 'Cuse would still be in the conference. That to me just sounds crazy.... Did they really panic that much? Was the reason the contract got turned down because of the basketball schools? The next offers in would have to have been higher. It seems to me that the Big East was in a great position... I just can't believe this was ultimately the reason why they left.