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RE: Abandoning The Big East has been a disaster for Schools
(02-01-2021 06:31 PM)BearcatJerry Wrote: Yeah...well, all those schools are sitting in a "Power" conference, cashing the checks and guaranteed survival and relevance. And we're sitting in the AAC, having to choose between which major sport we're going to fund and which ones we're going to sacrifice.
I think Pitt, Syracuse, VaTech and all the rest did the right thing and that any resentment towards them is just jealousy. If UC had been approached by the ACC, I'd be screaming if they didn't take the ticket.
If "abandoning the Big East" was a "disaster," then what was "staying in and trying to hold the conference together"?
Pitt was the glue that held the conference together. If they had stayed, no one would have left.
That's the difference.
Pitt would be more relevant today if the Big East had stayed together. And they'd probably make about the same money from the conference.
They'd probably be making more money overall after you consider ticket sales. Consider: Pitt's average attendance was 4,116 in basketball and 41,696 in football in 2018. That's not a typo.
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Abandoning The Big East has been a disaster for Schools
