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Syracuse and Pitt apply for ACC membership
From the Sporting News:
Pittsburgh and Syracuse have filed formal applications to join the ACC, according to ESPN.com's Heather Dinich. Dinich cited a 'high-ranking ACC official' who said the league has been approached by at least 10 universities about possible membership.
If Pitt and Syracuse, a founding member of the Big East, leave, it could be too much for the Big East to overcome. The conference will add TCU as its ninth football-playing member next week, but that would still leave it?for the moment?as the smallest BCS league.
If Syracuse and Pittsburgh move to the ACC, it will mark the second time in less than a decade that the ACC will have raided the Big East. The ACC poached Miami and Virginia Tech in time for the 2004 football season, with Boston College joining a year later.
Re: Syracuse and Pitt apply for ACC membership
ESPN said last night that the ACC voted to accept them and is announcing it today.
The Big East won't be the smallest for long if some Big 12 schools move over.
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I think we are just seeing the start of realignment.
With all that is happening in the Big 12 I have a feeling the Big East will end up with a few teams from the Big 12.
I am not going to speculated when it will be done or where everyone will be, but college athletics will be a much different landscape than it is this year.
DH and I had dinner with some friends/former colleagues of his the other night when this news hit. They are not happy. The people we had dinner with are coaches at non-football schools in non-revenue sports (tennis and volleyball). For the basketball only schools, the revenue that they receive is going to be a LOT less - it was already tight because basketball was the primary source of revenue, but at least there was some sharing from the football schools. This means there will be LESS revenue for the basketball only schools.
It sucks because it means that good programs at basketball only schools (Villanova, Marquette, St. John's, Georgetown) are going to shave their budget even more. Both coaches were bemoaning the fact that they have less equipment because there is less money and it's been cut across the board. Travel expenses are going to be tighter, so that means travel to less choice tourneys and invitationals.
There is some concern is that there is going to be a major break into the football schools and the non-football schools (and we're talking football at the BCS level, not the FCS level), separating programs into "haves" and "have nots" and these schools will eventually segregate into their own self-governing body separate (if not subordinate) to the NCAA. Meaning that small programs with GREAT basketball (like Gonzaga or Butler) will suffer for it because they won't have the funds to compete with a large school like Michigan or Florida - because they won't have the facilities, the funding, etc.
Anyway, I'm getting way ahead of myself.... there are MANY that are very concerned about this. I know there have been those that think that a "Super Conference" of football schools is a good thing, but there are many involved in athletics - especially in non-revenue sports at smaller schools - that are really very worried about what will happen to their programs and sports in general.
I'm going to be following this story closely as I'm an alum of one of those non-football schools.
The Big East commissioner is now saying they won't allow them to leave until 2014 because of the 27-month notice requirement.
http://espn.go.com/blog/bigeast/post/_/id/23771/pitt-syracuse-to-stay-until-2014
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The Big East commissioner isn't exactly the most business savvy.... the 27-month notice helps, but the exit fee is only $5 million, which any big donor(s) can donate to.
Also curlydog.... looked at your blog.... is a Ring Out Ahoya in order?
With an MU Rah Rah!
The Big East would be officially screwed if the Catholic universities also leave and form their own conference. It's being rumored. That would remove Georgetown, Marquette, Notre Dame, St. John's, Providence, Villanova, DePaul, and Seton Hall. SIX of those 8 teams made the tournament last year.
That accounts for over half of the 11 bids the Big East won. 'Cuse and Pitt were 2 of the others.
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