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[QUOTE="TruDomGopher, post: 1270956, member: 4159"]
Not only do I think UConn full membership is the right move for both UConn and the B1G, I think too many are worrying too much about football.  (And as a corollary, probably not fully grasping the academic/AAU metric importance.)

It's not that football isn't important, but understand this:  Rutgers.

Sports and teams rise and fall and rise again--the academics and the research are the underlying constant.

The Harlem Globetrotters [I]need[/I] the Washington Nationals or there's not even a game.  Once upon a time, Minnesota got to be the Globetrotters, then they got to be the Nationals, hopefully they get to be the Globetrotters again some day.  Seriously, somebody has to lose, too.  The new B1G paradigm:  You win some, you lose some, you get rich.

The UConn basketball brand, the geographic location, and the B1G Network needs--that's the heart of the matter--[I][U]if[/U][/I] the academic metrics are lined up.  Focusing on football, hockey, etc., while not irrelevant, is missing the point.
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