Re: Conference realignment thread v. 2016
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xusandy wrote:Back to conference re-alignment, and as I've posted several times here in the past:
(1) UConn is just plain NOT a good fit with our current league (they are public, not private, with the financial disclosure issues that entails, plus they are football driven instead of bball driven, plus they are NOT a "values-oriented" institution as we define that term. That's 3 strikes, and you're out and you get no invitation ever ever ever ever to re-join the BEAST, despite your gloried bball history. (BTW, I do hope UConn is able to schedule their former league-mates forever -- they have a history of great match-ups against St. John's and Syracuse in particular, and FWIW, I'd also like to see them eventually get into a P5 conference (Hail Mary) and end our speculations about them forever!)
(2) St. Louis is the single best fit for BEAST expansion out there (they have a big media market, they "bridge the gap" to Creighton geographically, they're a "values-oriented" institution, and they bring a good athletics program in sports other than men's basketball -- eg. men's soccer.) 4 balls and you're on base -- Nobody else currently even comes close! The "weak sisters" in the ACC, SEC, or Big 10 (except maybe for Boston College -- and they'd have to give up football first to be viable (not likely!)) aren't good candidates either. What about A-10 teams like Dayton or Richmond? How about Detroit Mercy or Duquesne or Canisius or another Boston school for their media markets? Or Gonzaga or St. Marys, or maybe even both of them and an entire western division? All long shots, very long shots.
My bottom Line: we should neither need nor even want to expand at all in the foreseeable future. But if Fox or ESPN throws a TON of money at us to expand, well then .....
Yeah thats this biggest misconception people have in regards to expansion. Them being public is not a detriment. Financial disclosure is a detriment for what reason exactly? So people can find out how much they make from the TV contract? Whats the actual issue there? Freedom of Information Act to find out what about the league? What have those exposed in conferences like the B1G, Pac, ACC, SEC or XII?
ALso WTF does "values driven" even mean? We are NOT values driven schools. We are not. We are just like every other school out there. We are about making money. We have corruption, we have scandals and we have deplorable people in positions of power at each and every one of our schools I guarantee you that.
For example, take a look at my alma mater and a huge story that got very little air time. If you think this is an anomaly than you need to dig a little deeper.
http://nymag.com/news/features/cecilia- ... ns-2013-3/