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Message: [QUOTE="IthacaMatt, post: 202574, member: 405"] Who is getting the windfall ? The hoops schools. Who holds the majority of the conference votes on football expansion ? The hoops schools. This isn't money that the hoops schools budgeted and expected to have to rely on to meet expenses. It's a WINDFALL. Nobody planned on these 3 schools leaving. So, does the Big East INVEST the money, in order to tie up the best performing football team out there, in order to preserve or enhance their future earnings ? Of course not. Short-sighted. Period. All you need for confirmation is the fact that the Big East is receiving $20M from WVU, plus $10M more from SU and Pitt, and they won't pay roughly 1/3 to 1/2 of that amount to get Boise into their conference as a replacement for WVU. They NEED a replacement, remember, and they just got $30M (!!) and they won't pay ANYTHING to help Boise come to the Big East. I don't call it speculation. I call it fact. [/QUOTE]