Some possible good news for the BE

[B1GEast]

Sounds like they have a plan

http://www.nypost.com/p/sports/college/basketball/big_east_not_going_down_without_5LFVe2CfRZvVcbDvRcsbxN?utm_m​​edium=rss&utm_content=Basketball

The Post has learned 12 of the league’s university presidents met last Sunday at Georgetown, where the Boston Consulting Group presented them with a strategic look at how the league can not only survive, but thrive.

 

[CL82]

But Bailey knows his league is the last “free-agent” TV conference on the market. Sports is the Apple stock of television because most sports fans do not DVR games to watch during down time. They watch it live — commercials and all.

With Big East’s programs such as high-level football, men’s and women’s basketball, baseball and lacrosse, the conference has a humongous inventory of high quality programing.
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We'll know soon enough which of the #clapharder or the #whineharder clans were correct.

 

[metsfan2323]

This really is the conference's biggest issue that must be resolved somehow. This is priority number one for the new commish.

"Well what about that elephant in the room with the trunk of the ACC, the ears of the Big Ten and the wandering eyes of the Big 12? No TV executive in his right mind would make a lucrative commitment to the Big East if there isn’t level of comfort more teams won’t follow Pittsburgh, Syracuse and West Virginia out the door".​

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[UConnDan97]

We'll know soon enough which of the #clapharder or the #whineharder clans were correct.