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RE: Buyout existing conference member?
(04-18-2013 11:20 PM)Lolly Popp Wrote:  
(04-18-2013 09:07 PM)nzmorange Wrote:  Football only members are like golf only members in your world?

If you honestly think that, I'm pretty sure that you are the only person in America to have that view.

Please don't argue for the sake of arguing. The point is that it's easy for a conference to kick out a single sport member but almost impossible to kick out a full member. UConn was lined up to replace Temple in the Big East and all it took was a simple vote to boot the Owls. If hypothetically Syracuse had fallen out of favor with the league, however, it would have been just about impossible to boot the Orange unless a scandal on the level of SMU or PSU had taken place, and even those two programs did not get kicked out of their leagues, despite a ton of critics demanding it.

There is zero evidence to substantiate any of that. Temple fell out because their revenue and their expenses were laughably low. Rutgers was next on the chopping block, and the only thing that saved them was that they were marginally better than Temple and the BIG EAST only had the stomach to bounce one team at that time. However, look at RU's athletic budget (especially football) after that point in time. I think that it's more than chance that RU started dipping heavily into student fees to get their athletic dept. back in line (more os than any school in the nation, I believe). Spending like the did and using money that they didn't really have is a bold move for a school that doesn't have a very real fear of getting bumped down into the mid-majors. I wasn't arguing for the sake of arguing. You compared football to swimming and golf. That is a ridiculous comparison.

'01-'02 BIG EAST FOOTBALL REVENUE
WVU - 11.8 mill (6th)
RU - 4.7 mill (7th)
Temple - 3.7 mill (8th)

See that drop off? That's why RU and Temple were on the chopping block and that extra million saved RU. RU's basketball program isn't what kept them in the conference. If anything, it's a liability.

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04-18-2013 11:49 PM
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