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Originally Posted by kcchief19
I think the idea that the Big Ten is out to try and get into the New York market is fan-based or media-based speculation. There is no New York market for college sports. New York is a melting pot for fan bases and there is no school that you bring in that "gets" you the New York market. In addition, New York is more of a college basketball market than a football market. But as much as we love college basketball, the money in conferences comes from football.
Notre Dame is a natural fit but quite honestly doesn't have the cache it once did. Even Notre Dame's contract with NBC is now a market-rate contract, and Notre Dame would probably make money going to the Big Ten while giving up some of its treasured independence.
The Big Ten needs to decide what it wants to be. If it wants to be a "national" conference then it needs to do something like expand to 14 teams and snare Notre Dame, Texas and maybe a Syracuse. If it wants be the SEC of the Midwest, it needs to look at Notre Dame, Missouri and maybe Nebraska.
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Excellent summary of the situation.