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[QUOTE="Townie72, post: 41778, member: 780"]
We'll for sure see who thinks an invitation from another Conference is going to happen.

If the increased exit fees are not approved and the BB schools won't allow new members because they don't want to get stuck with them, the FB schools are up the creek without a paddle.

Three of the FB schools have to vote "Yes" for the fee to be raised.

Rutgers may be in the worse financial shape of all of them and therefore very risk adverse.

Do they vote "Yes" and then have to pay a King's ransom to get out using money they don't have? They might not be able to afford accepting an ACC invitation even if one should come thanks to their past lavish lifestyle and a stadium expansion.

Do they vote "No" and risk ending up in a 6-team FB conference because the BB schools won't allow any new members?

As a NJ native --- born and raised 18 miles south of the campus -- I can assure you that RU football is a program nobody asked for. It was the brainchild of a few people including recently-fired RU AD Bob Mulcahy. The whole thing has always been a gamble based on "build it and they will come" ... with taxpayer dollars in the pot.

If RU were to announce they were going back to the Patriot League tomorrow, 99% of NJ residents wouldn't care.
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