If there were any doubts that the Big East was going to collapse and/or cease to exist before today those should be just about completely erased with the news that WVU is headed to the Big 12. John Marinatto flexes his nuts, raises the conference exit fee to $10 mil, and... promptly loses another premiere member of the conference to the crumbling Big 12. Nice work, John. He really might be the worst commissioner in all of sports. A day late and a dollar short once again. I mean say what you want about Bettman and the NHL or Stern and the NBA, but Marinatto watched the dominoes fall around him since he took over the league and sat on his hands. Could see the writing on the wall from outer fuckin space.
At this point, why the hell would CUSA and the MWC want to merge with the Big East? The Big East's AQ bid is as good as gone, and will adding Rutgers, USF, Cinci, Uconn, or Louisville add any value whatsoever to that conference? Not a chance. Plus the idea of a 25 team conference is laughable and entirely unfeasible.
Anyone whining about how college athletics is now all about the money, and complaining that college administrators don't care enough about the education of its athletes can shut up. It's been like this for 20 years.
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