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Message: [QUOTE="huskymedic, post: 4353598, member: 549"] You are seemingly attempting to argue that “markets don’t matter” if they aren’t college sports markets and “Rutgers was not really about New York.” The articles you link say otherwise: “The major reason for those two additions that are often cited are the markets in which the programs exist. Rutgers is the closest Power Five program to New York City, while Maryland is just outside Washington, D.C. and close to Baltimore.” “…I (Delaney) would say the driving force was demographics but when you look at it you can’t help but think think this is good for Penn State as well” Was a “Penn State bridge” a factor? Sure, but it was a convenient by-product - not the primary reason for the expansion - markets and big $$ were. [/QUOTE]