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[QUOTE="HtownOrange, post: 5365611, member: 622"]
I  agree with your first sentence, Temple was the lone exception because they actually put forth no effort to comply with the NCAA and Conference standards.  It is hard to conceive that any existing team is ousted without such egregious violations.

I am not sure that the "Squeeze" (to condense your proposition) will be employed as I think conferences realize that they need bottom feeders just as the pro-sport leagues need bottom feeders.  College sports have the "luxury" of having other conferences for now.  However, if the P2 ever happens it is not likely that the lesser conferences continue to play the P2 as the disparities will be too great to safely play each other.  This remains to be seen.

I agree with your closing paragraph.  To add to the mess, the theory originated when SU and Pitt were vetted and available.  Had the B1G moved first, the NYC story never matures as Syracuse with PSU and ND pretty much secures NYC on its own, and because the cable market was what it was back then the whole of NY State including NYC was in play, not just NYC.  Rutgers has no influence in NYC and less upstate, but I think some thought they may have ben able to carry the state of NY with PSU for cable rates, obviously, if this is correct it failed miserably.  Rutgers was never the first, second, or third choice, probably lower as ND was the real first choice, and BC may have been as attractive if NYC could not be included with Rutgers.  WVU and Temple were non-starters.  Rutgers always seemed to be a knee-jerk reaction to appease PSU, an act of desperation.
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