CaribouJim
09-12-2012, 02:48 PM
S.I. article:
"Less than 10 years ago, the ACC and the Big East were essentially equals. Swofford and the ACC's leadership saw the sands shifting. They understood the need to have at least 12 members and to have a football championship game. They understood geography would no longer define conferences. Television markets would. The Big East's leaders did not realize this until far too late. The Big East's brain trust still didn't get it after Swofford pillaged that league in 2003 to take Miami, Virginia Tech and Boston College. The cautious, deliberate thinkers in Providence didn't figure it out until September 2011, when Swofford grabbed Pittsburgh and Syracuse in another midnight raid. Now, by taking Notre Dame's non-football sports away from the Big East, Swofford has essentially plunged a knife into its heart."
Read more: http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/2012/writers/andy_staples/09/12/notre-dame-acc-john-swofford/index.html#ixzz26HaPzYEC
"Less than 10 years ago, the ACC and the Big East were essentially equals. Swofford and the ACC's leadership saw the sands shifting. They understood the need to have at least 12 members and to have a football championship game. They understood geography would no longer define conferences. Television markets would. The Big East's leaders did not realize this until far too late. The Big East's brain trust still didn't get it after Swofford pillaged that league in 2003 to take Miami, Virginia Tech and Boston College. The cautious, deliberate thinkers in Providence didn't figure it out until September 2011, when Swofford grabbed Pittsburgh and Syracuse in another midnight raid. Now, by taking Notre Dame's non-football sports away from the Big East, Swofford has essentially plunged a knife into its heart."
Read more: http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/2012/writers/andy_staples/09/12/notre-dame-acc-john-swofford/index.html#ixzz26HaPzYEC