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Originally Posted by Dr. Sak
Unless they head out west to get a team or somehow pull Texas/Notre Dame, I don't think any of the schools in the Big East make sense financially. But the Big Ten NEEDS that 12th team.
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Why? So each school gets less money?
And if they got any team that forced NYC cable systems to add the B10 network, that would make sense financially. Plus, Rutgers easily meets the other criteria you list as pluses for Pitt, and Syracuse stretches to them.
I am not entirely convinced that Rutgers or Syracuse forces the network on the basic cable tier - more likely on a sports tier. The only team that forces it to the main tier is Notre Dame.
But, a school that would have some tv interest in NYC has to make more sense than Pitt.
Considering that these same reports came out about a month ago with Syracuse as the selected target, I am skeptical as to this being a done deal.