ge1974
03-19-2013, 09:15 PM
In his latest installment, Mark Blaudschun is not too happy with Butler belonging to three different leagues in three years.
http://ajerseyguy.com/
My response to Mark would be - if you were Butler wouldn't you accept an invite to the new league? If they declined in order to appease the less prestigious A-10 and make less money, etc would that make sense to their students, alumni, fans and players? Wouldn't that be a disservice to the school? Would they ever get another invite if they did turn this opportunity down? Who knows? Plus, other schools are leaving the A-10 such as Xavier and possibly St. Louis, Richmond, Dayton and VCU soon. Better take the opportunity while it is there.
As Billy Joel would say. "We didn't start the fire". Nope, not basketball schools. It was Commisioners John Swofford and Jim Delany who did by stealing Blaudschun's beloved BC, Va Tech and Miami; plus the Big Ten stealing Nebraska. The "beat has gone on" since then (including the old Big East) and its now every school for itself. Charles Darwinism in college sports. Personally, I wish it were different but that's the reality we live in today.
Blaudschun should be looking at root cause of this money grabbing by the super conferences more than having dislike for the actions of a small school like Butler as being "money hungry".
http://ajerseyguy.com/
My response to Mark would be - if you were Butler wouldn't you accept an invite to the new league? If they declined in order to appease the less prestigious A-10 and make less money, etc would that make sense to their students, alumni, fans and players? Wouldn't that be a disservice to the school? Would they ever get another invite if they did turn this opportunity down? Who knows? Plus, other schools are leaving the A-10 such as Xavier and possibly St. Louis, Richmond, Dayton and VCU soon. Better take the opportunity while it is there.
As Billy Joel would say. "We didn't start the fire". Nope, not basketball schools. It was Commisioners John Swofford and Jim Delany who did by stealing Blaudschun's beloved BC, Va Tech and Miami; plus the Big Ten stealing Nebraska. The "beat has gone on" since then (including the old Big East) and its now every school for itself. Charles Darwinism in college sports. Personally, I wish it were different but that's the reality we live in today.
Blaudschun should be looking at root cause of this money grabbing by the super conferences more than having dislike for the actions of a small school like Butler as being "money hungry".