West Virginia joining the Big 12? What a joke! Another move has been made that contains substantial gains for a University with no regard to practicality and reason. Where has practicality gone? All the conference moves over the past few months can be attributed to simply the want of monetary gains. If you are going to move conferences you should fit for more than just money. Few moves have actually made sense from a geographical prospective (the way conferences were first formed). The first move that has actually made sense has been the move from Nebraska from the Big 12 into the Big 10. It makes sense geographically and athletically. Nebraska is in the heart of the Midwest, and their move to the Big 10 fits with the profiles of the other mostly Midwestern schools around the conference. In addition to this, their athletic profile allows them to immediately compete in football and baseball, with some growing pains indoors this winter on the court. Recently TCU withdrew their commitment to the Big East (which was stupid in the first place), to opt for a spot in the Big 12, which, like Nebraska’s move, makes sense geographically and athletically. TCU will compete on the gridiron and on the ball diamond right away, with basketball taking a hit the first couple of years. West Virginia to the Big 12? Pitt and Syracuse to the ACC? These moves are strictly for monetary gains! Although ACC basketball will fine tune its line-up of national powers, the Big East (which was the hands down best basketball conference) gets snubbed of three of its better basketball teams in the name of football. The Big East Basketball Tournament, one of the most exciting and animated events to watch in the middle of winter, will be stripped of its luster in the name of a Syracuse Duke football game on the ACC network. The greed of these schools has become more important than practical fittings for match ups of teams within a region.
Notre Dame I hope you are watching. With the current progression of conference shifting Notre Dame sadly will become a Boise State. Although their historical scheduling is still intact many of their games against the service academies have become non-competitive. Notre Dame will win a lot of football games in the coming years, but will be snubbed out of the BCS because of the schedule strength of these new “Super Conferences.” I know Notre Dame love its NBC contract, but since you can’t beat em you have to join them, or you will become the one of the best football programs of all time to NEVER play for a National Championship again. In saying this, the Big Ten would be a nice play for you to reside; along with Louisville. Notre Dame as a Legend, Louisville as a Leader. What a great geographical and athletic fit for both teams. Throw in the Big Ten Network, and what do you have? The best of all three worlds, region, athletics, and last and least, money. So let us stop the madness, and go back to a time when it was fun to watch our favorite sports teams from the state next door go at it, without regards to the money being received via “the network.” Be practical, and do away with meaningless shifting for monetary compensation.
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