Mea Culpa on my part re: Mike Tranghese

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I ripped him a couple of months ago because of his lack of foresight regarding Penn State and letting them get away.  Someone sent me this:

http://mobile.mcall.com/p.p?a=rp&postId=865772&m=b&sessionToken=&postUserId=48

"Former Big East commissioner Mike Tranghese told the New York Times in a 2009 interview that not inviting Penn State was the Big East's "one major mistake." In fact, Tranghese recalled to the Times a post-vote meeting with founding commissioner Dave Gavitt, who died Saturday. "We will rue the day over this decision," Tranghese said he told Gavitt."

So if this is true, he definately *did* understand the short-sighted nature of excluding Penn State.

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There's a strong possibility MU is still in C-USA if that had happened.

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Denying PSU was a huge issue then but it actually means very little in retrospect. The PSU admins from the 80's all have said on record that they always wanted to be part of the B1G. Had they joined the BE, their stay would have been short lived anyways. Plus, their entry was voted down because they wanted all football teams to keep their own revenue (nice deal for them) and they wanted all basketball revenue to be split equally (also nice for them since they dont invest in the sport). In other words, they wanted to be the UT of the BE.

I think history has proven that Gavitt was a great commissioner. History will prove that Tranghese was a terrible commissioner. And the present situation has proven that Marinatto is excellent at generating a new stream of revenue.....revenue from exit fees.

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Just wondering why you think history will prove Tranghese as a terrible commish?