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Message: [QUOTE="kyleslamb, post: 56303, member: 895"] ...but yet on three separate occasions in the past 10 years Notre Dame tried to become full members of the Big Ten in all the Olympic sports including again a few years ago. If they were truly worried about regionaliziation, they would have simply been satisfied with staying in the Big East instead of exploring the option of the Big Ten. I promise that Notre Dame may have that concern, but it's not the overriding factor in their decision-making. The "regional program" argument won't mean squat in the superconference structure. With four 16-team conferences, there won't really be much in the way of "regional" programs. Further, the Big Ten with Notre Dame, Texas, Rutgers and Maryland (or Connecticut), for instance, would cover nearly 38% of the entire country in television households. It's hard to call that a regional conference. [/QUOTE]