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[QUOTE="Townie72, post: 284346, member: 780"]
Per your question in para 2:
 
I believe that Rutgers is fundamentally undesirable as a B1G member (or the ACC) and as time passes in the New CUSA, they'll become even more undesirable.
 
1 - Rutgers isn't really a State U - Rutgers has never been the State University of NJ in the sense that OSU is the State University of OH or U. of Wisconsin is the State University of  WI. It just isn't. You have to understand the history to get this.
 
2 - Financial Problems - Rutgers athletics are in shaky financial condition as is the NJ State government. (The rule is don't invite in a partner who is on the edge of bankruptcy)
 
3 - Cultural Fit - Rutgers (pronounced "Rut-giz") is not a cultural fit for the Midwest. No way do midwesterners want to lose control of "their" conference and be absorbed into the East Coast megalopolis..
 
4 - Their Athletic Reputation - The stink of years of athletic futility sticks to them like the oily water sticks to those clumps of land in the "Meadowlands". When large proportions of the TV sports audience think of Rutgers they think of "lousy athletics"
 
5 - The Myth of a Rutgers TV Market - Although there are a lot of TV sets in Northern NJ, when they are turned on to college football its almost invariably to whatever the "big game of the week is". If the NJ people don't believe its the biggest or the best they won't watch it. There is no significant "local identity".
 
6. Watch Who You Sue - Rutgers joined the law suit against the ACC and BC. Universities never sue one another ... but this time they did. Would you want a partner who had shown a willingness to go to court?
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