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Message: [QUOTE="thebigeast44, post: 28582, member: 885"] And with this, our better days are likely behind us. I have the same feelings as Jake, Bees and others who have posted their displeasure. While IthacaBarrel talks about survival, I'm not interested in surviving, I'm interested in thriving. Tell me how we are going to thrive in the ACC compared to our history in the Big East. I don't see it. Moving games out of the Dome - are you kidding me$#@! We're the Syracuse Orangemen not the NYC Orange! We lose our home court advantage for some very difficult games and gain what?! Another game(s) for NYC alumni to attend? I know alums are a key group that any President needs to keep happy but there are other ways to have SU play in the Big Apple without giving up home games. If Cantor really wants to live in NYC, apply for a job down there and get the hell out of Syracuse. To Bees point that the potential division set-ups will likely result in not facing the Duke and North Carolinas very often means we'll be joining a basketball conference that is much less attractive than the current or original Big East. How all of this affects recruiting is up in the air right now - it certainly does not help us in any battles we have with Duke or North Carolina. I'd imagine it will be a net negative as the impact of moving games decreases overall attendance at home. We have been asked to give up more and more during Cantor's and Gross's time here. Neither appear to be very strong negotiators. When will it end and how might we view their era in 10+ years? That remains to be seen. I hope I'm wrong and the next 10+ years are great ones for SU hoops. I do think we'll have a better 10 years in football (not saying much of course) and the rest of our sports programs should be OK. Regardless, I'll still be cheering on my Orangemen, just not as often at big games in the Dome :( Edit - JB and Gross now say that Cantor did not mean ANY home ACC games would move out of the Dome - let's hope they are right and Cantor comes out and officially retracts her comments soon. Or better yet, replace Cantor with JB and we'll have someone who really is looking out for the best interests of Syracuse :) [/QUOTE]

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