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I wish the AD's and school presidents in the North East would quit screwing around and just form the Big North Conference to include:
UConn, Syracuse, BC, Rutgers, Maryland, Temple, Pitt, W. Virginia, Notre Dame, Penn St, Louisville, Cincy in all sports. Army and Navy in football only(until they are ready to join in other sports and just add those sports as they become ready).
That would be the best thing for the schools mentioned as far as travel and TV money is concerned. You'd be guaranteed a HUGE basketball and football TV package and you would never have to worry about the BCS automatic qualifier. MSG & ESPN would be on their hands and knees begging for that basketball tourney. It's just common sense to create that conference. That conference makes more sense than what any of the schools are currently in. Stipulate that in order to buy the rights to broadcast that league you have to come up with the cash for the schools to buyout of the conferences they are in right now. Example: if ESPN wanted exclusive rights to braodcast football and/or basketball they would have to poney up the cash it would take for schools like Maryland, BC, Penn St, ect to leave their current conference. That gives incentive for the schools to make the jump and a network like ESPN could negotiate a sweet long term deal that satisfies all parties. Notre Dame would be in on the ground floor of what would easily be THE super conference. I just can't see how the schools mentioned could do any better than creating the Big North.
Just Do It!
UConn, Syracuse, BC, Rutgers, Maryland, Temple, Pitt, W. Virginia, Notre Dame, Penn St, Louisville, Cincy in all sports. Army and Navy in football only(until they are ready to join in other sports and just add those sports as they become ready).
That would be the best thing for the schools mentioned as far as travel and TV money is concerned. You'd be guaranteed a HUGE basketball and football TV package and you would never have to worry about the BCS automatic qualifier. MSG & ESPN would be on their hands and knees begging for that basketball tourney. It's just common sense to create that conference. That conference makes more sense than what any of the schools are currently in. Stipulate that in order to buy the rights to broadcast that league you have to come up with the cash for the schools to buyout of the conferences they are in right now. Example: if ESPN wanted exclusive rights to braodcast football and/or basketball they would have to poney up the cash it would take for schools like Maryland, BC, Penn St, ect to leave their current conference. That gives incentive for the schools to make the jump and a network like ESPN could negotiate a sweet long term deal that satisfies all parties. Notre Dame would be in on the ground floor of what would easily be THE super conference. I just can't see how the schools mentioned could do any better than creating the Big North.
Just Do It!
