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Message: [QUOTE="huskymedic, post: 5078312, member: 549"] [URL unfurl="true"]https://www.bostonglobe.com/2024/09/16/metro/providence-college-athletic-director-steve-napolillo/?utm_campaign=Globe_RI_Twitter[/URL] [URL='https://www.printfriendly.com/p/g/XFAvy3'][B]Shortcut <[/B][/URL] [URL='https://www.printfriendly.com/p/g/XFAvy3'] [/URL]->[B] [/B]It has been a busy summer for PC athletic director Steve Napolillo, who is currently serving as chair of the Big East Athletic Directors, and had to navigate rumors that the league’s top draw, two-time defending national champions UConn, might be lured away to the Big 12’s football money. So, is Napolillo relieved that UConn and the Big 12 have put their talks on hold? “That’s going to be a daily story,” Napolillo said last week. “The Big East is a great conference. It is with them, it was without them, and it will be without them again” if they were to leave. Napolillo said the Big East — and all leagues — are “100 percent looking over our backs” as the power football conferences attempt to recruit marquee programs like UConn. Last week, Boise State, Colorado State, Fresno State, and San Diego State announced plans to leave the Mountain West Conference for the PAC-12. Providence, which doesn’t have football, has not been approached by any other conferences, Napolillo said. “It’s really an arms race,” Napolillo said. “We’re just making sure we have our pulse on things.” <- [/QUOTE]