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Message: [QUOTE="TerryD, post: 667429, member: 1615"] Well, it did help ND in 2003. It kept the BE alive for ND's other sports and kept football independent. The ACC was not offering a partial deal in 2003. But, in this thread, ND is getting blamed for: 1) Trying to keep the conference together, and 2) Not trying to keep the conference together ...at the same time? Question: Why didn't the football playing schools of the Big East just use the "get out of jail free card" before 2010? Why didn't they split from the BE basketball schools and ND without an exit fee, keep their credits and start their own all sports conference? How did ND keep them from using this option from 2004 until 2010? Why didn't those schools band together, get their own TV deal and agree on which schools to expand this new all sports conference with? I have never seen any real answers to those questions anywhere. [/QUOTE]