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Message: [QUOTE="Townie72, post: 282007, member: 780"] You got it almost right. But PSU wan't bringing along their football program. That was a free standing thing and they weren't about to share that with anybody. So the teams that voted for PSU were voting on the desirability of PSU basketball. Absolutely no one had a clue that PSU would turn around and join the Big 10 and thereby destroy Eastern Independent Football. Denying PSU basketball to the Big East was a no-brainer. It brought nothing and was way outside the success formula put together by the TV people and Dave Gavitt. It certainly wasn't in an urban area and brought no significant TV market along with it. We already had Philadelphia covered. [/QUOTE]