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Message: [QUOTE="ctchamps, post: 4657522, member: 37"] Not only is this biased it's juvenile. Also stupid considering the women's bb forum is primarily behind the move and that forum is well known to consist of individuals who are predominantly over 65 years old. I'll be 73 in two months. Weighing everything my opinion is UConn has to approve going to the B12. I'll take a portion of that salary. Unlike the majority of yahoos arguing from an emotional, personal point of view my opinion is that neither choice is a slam dunk choice. There are compelling reasons to remain and compelling reasons to go. From the football, baseball and women's bb perspective things as they currently stand necessitate a move to the B12. From a men's bb perspective it's more complicated. It requires risk either way. The risk being no one can predict what the future will be with certainty. One absolute loss is losing the Madison Square Garden BE tournament. That more than anything other than a successful bb program (good coaching argument) helps with recruiting in the northeast. Given Hurley's contacts it could be a significant hit. It certainly will have a hit on the sentiment of a significant segment of our fan base. Rivalries might be based on success but the best rivalries are when that successful rivalry is geographically close. Creighton is perceived by some to be our current rival because they had our number and were as good if not better than us. But that rivalry pales in comparison to the BC rivalry we had before they crapped out and then the Syracuse rivalry as we began vying with them for league prominence followed by the Pitt rivalry when they leaped ahead of Syracuse. There is no way of knowing if St. John's, Nova or Georgetown are on a path of being able to compete with us. It's obvious they are investing with that outcome. Either or all of those rivalries will be far greater and more important than any B12 rivalry that can develop other than against Kansas. And even a Kansas rivalry can be argued as a less valuable bb rivalry than either Georgetown, Nova or St. Johns. I weigh this risk against the monetary and geopolitical advantage afforded to UConn with our joining the B12. The money is a no brainer. Aligning with other state schools offers some potential advantage in joining the college football club when, not if, it decides to break away from the NCAA. [/QUOTE]

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