(12-07-2011 08:09 PM)NBPirate Wrote:  

(12-07-2011 07:46 PM)ECUPirated Wrote:  

(12-07-2011 07:17 PM)NBPirate Wrote:  Big East is really riding this dissolving of the AQ to the brink. Now, forget the athletic prowess of the schools youre adding. Just think about the market. This isnt very forward thinking. Conferences are made for decades. TV markets arent the future. Soon all sporting events will be broadcast online exclusively via memberships. This will reduce institutional value of a school to its actual following and or package subscription. Me thinks this way of thinking back fires in the long term.

Pay Per View College Football. Might as well get off the couch at that point and actually go to the game.

the time is coming. that is when a school like ECU will be ultra valuable because we have tangible fan interest, not speculative growth numbers and formulas about "potential"