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Message: [QUOTE="SWC75, post: 8636, member: 289"] You're in the media. The whole problem is that confercnes used to be based on natural geogrpahical rivalries. Now they are based on uniting markets, (which is why the Big 12 would rather have Pittsburgh than TCU- they feel they already have Texas covered and they want to bring in a eastern team.) This is because the networks are really making the decisions in the TV packages they offer the conferences. So tell us what the netwroks want. What do they want college football to look like? What do they want the Big East to be? Persoanlly, I think making decisons in this manner is a mistake- college sports don't play in the big markets. They've survived by representing the smaller markets that the pros don't bother with. The popularity of the Big East isn't based on how many people in New York City are watching the games on TV. it's based on how many people in places like Syracuse are watching. [/QUOTE]