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[QUOTE="IthacaMatt, post: 415074, member: 405"]
The Big East's exclusive negotiating window with ESPN passed last week.
 
This week, 2 more Big East old guard members appear to be out the door, leaving an already-weakened TV property worth very little.
 
Fox's purchase of a portion of the YES Network, coupled with its investment in the Big 10 Network, makes the Big 10's acquisition of Rutgers far more sensible.  Same corporate ownership.
 
NBC buying the English Premeier League's broadcast rights from Fox shows that they are serious about growing their sports network.  Fox's moves in return show they are just as serious about defending the sports footprint.
 
Maryland going to the Big 10 - usually, when something gets this far along, it happens.  But since Maryland is a state school, with state officials involved in its finance, their move to the Big 10 may not be the slam dunk that its administration thinks it is.  Remember Virginia in 2003, anyone?
 
The nuclear option that was mentioned (Big 10 going all in to add 4 teams - Rutgers, UConn, Maryland and U Va), would really really really hurt us from a geographic footprint perspective in the ACC.  Don't get me wrong, I'm much happier to have a seat in the boat, but if the ACC loses our bridge to the Carolinas, then that makes us real outliers in terms of travel costs, future rivalries, etc.  We would still have BC and Pitt, but our next closest school would be about 800 miles away.  Not good.
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