Big East commish on TV $: “When you see reports on TV and revenue, just ignore it. … Haven’t talked to any networks yet about valuations”

With the resources that GU would likely throw at football they could quickly set a new benchmark for worst 1-A program

I don’t pity UConn. They’ve been turning a blind eye to Calhoun’s academic antics for years. It was bound to cost them sometime.

Complete garbage…#NCAA is a farce

I’m only worried about what raft Georgetown is going to have to ride to the shore.

Bump football up to D-I and start sucking off the ACC brass would be my escape route.

The hell? I never thought about it, but dang.

agreed one’s better off not thinking of pac-12 football.

By “not a big deal,” what do you mean?

Poorly worded. I meant a big deal as far as conference composition, defection, etc. I would guess that the ratio of football revenue to basketball revenue has increased significantly as well, though I could be wrong.

I love the Big East but I’m only worried about what raft Georgetown is going to have to ride to the shore.

The freaking Pac 12 has a media day in New York.

The hell? I never thought about it, but dang.

Football was not really a big deal in that time period.

By “not a big deal,” what do you mean? Of course it wasn’t what it is in 2012, but in 1994 with schools leaving the CFA and negotiating their own rights, the handwriting was on the wall. This put money directly into schools coffers, while most of the largest payday in basketball, the NCAA Tournament, went to the NCAA.

Sucks to be the Big East. I would’ve figured NBCSN or CBS College Sports would’ve thought about overpaying just to get rights away from ESPN…Guess the Big East is so lowly it’s not even worth overbidding to edge in to the competition’s marketplace even though you desperately need that in….

Instead of having its media day in New York. The Big East has its media day in Newport, Rhode Island.

i see that as an upgrade.

Wouldn’t Penn State have just left in 2004 or at some point since like any other decent football school?

I guess we’ll never know. Would PSU’s inclusion have resulted in Miami, BC, VT hanging around? Who knows?

Huge mistake and lack of vision.

Wouldn’t Penn State have just left in 2004 or at some point since like any other decent football school?

I have no reason for taking such great pleasure in the collapse of the Big East, but I do.

Where’s you God Shammgod now?

Made a mistake coming out early.

It’s amazing how much influence one tiny school with no football (and lousy basketball) has had in that conference.

Where’s you God Shammgod now?

Bringing in Miami was the beginning of the end. It was a bball league built on urban markets and natural rivalries. They should have let Syracuse leave when they were threatening to long ago, rather than appeasing their football demands

Was it, or was the Big East doomed from the start? As you noted, they’re a basketball conference with football aspirations, but ever since 1993, basketball hasn’t meant squat in relation to football.

If those northeast schools bought into Joe Paterno’s Eastern Football Conference, the Big East would have gone the way of the Atlantic 10.

Instead of having its media day in New York. The Big East has its media day in Newport, Rhode Island. The freaking Pac 12 has a media day in New York.

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