The Heck With Geography - More Possible Conference Expansion
MJ was once asked what he was going to do with a degree in Geography from unc. His reply: "Travel."
A degree in Geography would eliminate any chance of being conference commissioner.
http://www.cbssports.com/mcc/blogs/e...70202/24901290
The Big EAST is looking at TCU - TEXAS Christian University? Really?
Numerically challenged is bad enough - 10 in the Big 12, 12 in the Big 10, 12 in the PAC 10 - but TEXAS in the Big East? Come on man! That is a really big east.
If true, this is a BAD idea . . .
Perhaps understandably, when we superficially think about conference expansion, consolidation, and the like, we principally consider football and basketball (hopefully, both genders). Unfortunately, they are the “tails that wags the dog,” largely addressing the prominent “revenue side” of intercollegiate athletics, but not considering the critically important “expense side.” When Providence has to send its field hokey team to Fort Worth, or TCU has to send its swimming/diving team to Syracuse, or Rutgers’ volleyball team has to spend three or four days to travel and compete in Texas (and so forth), the costs (transportation, lodging, etc.) will be SUBSTANTIAL (as will the days-of-absence imposed on the student-athletes). I very much doubt if any valid financial analysis could justify this approach (of course, some TCU partisan might believe that Big East competition would likely improve the University’s national visibility, although I would not concur).