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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]These conference “realignments” are driven by a greed for money. Pure and simple. Since the greed is rooted exclusively in football and TV contracts, non-football sports are really getting screwed. Look at the B1G. It now spans from coast to coast, and we know that USC and UCLA aren’t the last additions. Teams are now going to have to travel thousands of miles each year for…baseball games, lacrosse games, swim meets, etc. There’s no value gained here.

I’d rather see football break away and keep more traditional conferences intact that make far more geographical sense for other sports.[/quote]

And yet colleges couldn’t fund any of those non-revenue sports without that greed so like most things in life it’s a trade off.[/quote]

NP. They did before. Why do schools all of a sudden need $50 million or a $100 million?

I agree with the PP. The athletes are the ones losing out at the end of the day. Football players (whether they're ultimately paid or not) are exploited even more. Basketball players are as well. All other sports programs have to put up with ridiculous schedules and travel. It's made even worse by the fact that only a small percentage of these athletes will ever play on a professional level.[/quote]

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