[MJS Blog] MU: League rumors not true

[Benny B]

Richmond fans getting pissy at Marquette for some reason.

http://richmond.rivals.com/showmsg.asp?SID=1099&fid=1577&style=2&tid=162560135&Page=4

Duquense at least brings the Pittsburgh market.  What the heck does Marquette bring to a TV package?

You mean other than the title "defending NCAA Tournament Champion"?

$3M+/year in tournament money.  Or in other words, it puts more money into the conference than it takes from the TV deal. 

[LAMUfan]

Duquense does not bring the Pittsburgh market, that's more like saying Loyola Chicago brings the Chicago market.  Stupid on multiple levels

[MU82]

Not worth getting into a pissing match with stupidity.

[LAZER]

Not worth getting into a pissing match with stupidity.

You're right, but holy hell is that an easy argument to win.

[We R Final Four]

Richmond fans getting pissy at Marquette for some reason.

http://richmond.rivals.com/showmsg.asp?SID=1099&fid=1577&style=2&tid=162560135&Page=4

Yeah, they seeem quite reasonable.

It is great to hear that everyone gets thte joke that is ........Mike Hunt.

[RJax55]

You're right, but holy hell is that an easy argument to win.

I was kind of hoping that Dayton would be left out the conference, just to see their fan's reactions. But after reading that, I'm switching to Richmond.

[tower912]

Richmond fans getting pissy at Marquette for some reason.

http://richmond.rivals.com/showmsg.asp?SID=1099&fid=1577&style=2&tid=162560135&Page=4

They are ticked at a jsonline reporter that has annoyed us all, and they are ticked at our AD, who they feel is lobbying through the media.  They are curious what MU brings to the table, but not nearly as curious as we are about what Richmond brings to the table.   So they have a lot in common with us. 

[Jet915]

Who are these Providence guys? I'd be real annoyed to have Richmond or Dayton in instead of Creighton.

This is exactly what the poster said on the Providence board.  Again, can't vouch if this guy is making stuff up or not but others on the Providence board have said similar things.  He is referring to the Feinstein article.

This article is totally bogus. Any part that has merit is common knowledge at this point anyway.

I did not say Richmond is not on any list anywhere - I said Richmond is not on THE list and I stand by that. Siena is not on the list.

There is no 6 east and 6 west agreement especially for BB. Detroit is not on the list.

Creighton is well thought of and St.L is "on the bubble".

There is no Catholic "rule".

Butler and X are in and they asked in immediately.

Dayton is lobbying every BB 7 President to get in.

It is not true that the listed Presidents have no interest in who is in the league. Father Shanley is involved with BE negotiations etc. on a daily basis along with the Nova President.

AD's want 10 teams and Fox wants 12 The number is not really decided yet and there is no TV contract (just a verbal offer) and tere cannot be one until there is a league to negotiate with. MT is a consultant to PC so there is no grudge there at least with PC and he is semi retired in FLA and probably does not want to return to be Commisioner but has promised (on the record) to do whatever he can to help PC basketball - n ot necessarily the league.

MT was quoted extensively after he "retired" that Bb schools should dump FB ASAP before any of this happened - like 1 1/2 years ago.

As I said mostly BS. I suppose all you have to do is say you got it from an unnamed inside source and then you can print anything.

The big issue right now is how the $80M in the bank gets divided. Once that is settled - or goes to court - the rest of the dominos will fall quickly. Big East name is up in the air because Aresco is trying to hold the $80M hostage.

The $2.5M per year for FB and BB is for 2014/2015. There needs to be a bridge BB TV contract for 2013/2014 in any event - this impacts BB 7 if 2014 is the exit date - which it probably is.

ND went to the ACC because they needed to hook up with one of the leagues that now have major bowl tie ins. BE no longer has major bowl tie in and the "at large" route is shaky. ND gets the major (Orange) bowl over even the ACC playoff winner if they meet certain requirements. FSU and some other major ACC FB schools are VERY unhappy about that.

[79Warrior]

Not worth getting into a pissing match with stupidity.

Really. Like anyone cares what Richmond thinks.

[keefe]

Really. Like anyone cares what Richmond thinks.

Who is Richmond? Mitch Richmond?