| HolyHandgernade |
09-04-2011 10:42 PM |
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Originally Posted by Mosbonian
(Post 7878699)
Super Conferences are going to happen...no real if to it. My mistake in the post was putting it that way.
If you believe they aren't , please feel free to sit in your dream world.
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http://www.nytimes.com/2011/09/05/sp...n-outlook.html
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For now, the potential movement does not appear likely to set off the immediate land grab that many feared. Jim Delany, the commissioner of the Big Ten, said Saturday that he did not expect his league to make a reactive move. The Atlantic Coast Conference has been very quiet. It is trying to keep its league together and not lose a team to the SEC if the SEC expands to 14.
A high-ranking college official did say Sunday that the Big East had reached out to multiple Big 12 universities and indicated, much as it did during the Texas-Pac-12 expansion talks last year, that the league would be interested in taking the universities if the Big 12 fell apart. The official said the Big East was not rooting for the demise of the Big 12, but opened up lines of communication in case it dissolved.
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Also, along the non sports line of why the B1G probably won't expand is the issue of the CIC, Committee For Institutional Cooperation, comprised of B1G schools and the University of Chicago. They receive about 12% of the total Federal research funds awarded annually (18% of the National Science Foundation; and 15.7% of the USDA). That comes to approximately 6 BILLION dollars annually. If they expand, they have to split the pie more.
Sometimes, you just don't expand just to expand.
So you see, its not just "my dream world" we're talking about here. Now, the SEC might want you, but maybe they want Virginia Tech or UNC. Who knows? But, if you think everyone is going to start expanding just because the PAC does you might be in for a surprise.
If that invite indeed doesn't come, are you coming to the Big East with us? |
