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Message: [QUOTE="sutomcat, post: 28116, member: 27"] I am surprised at the lack of comments on the interview Chancellor Cantor had with the PS that was published today (see video link above). In it, Chancellor Cantor talks for the first time about plans to play home conference basketball games in NYC. PS: Are there plans to have a home basketball game in New York City now? NC: "...we absolutely have plans to do that." Regarding a conversation she had with Swofford that led to SU being invited to the ACC... "I wanted to make sure that (the ACC was) interested in playing competitions in the New York City area, because that's very important to us". "We see ourselves as New York's college team." Cantor also talks about looking forward to getting 60,000 CNY fans in the Dome for Duke or UNC (for basketball). The plans are apparently to split the home games against these opponents between NYC and Syracuse. I am not sure... 1) Syracuse can make as much money playing games in a 20K arena as they can in an arena that holds 34K (or possibly 60K). 2) the administration has thought about the horrific effect this will have on reducing (or likely eliminating entirely) the home court advantage for Syracuse in its most important games (Duke and UNC have huge followings in NYC as well) 3) the administration has considered the effect doing this will have on season ticket sales for the loyal fans that have supported this program with almost unprecedented loyalty and enthusiasm. 4) the administation has considered how horrific it will be to watch a basketball game played at midfield of the Dome. Or again, how drastically this will reduce the home court advantage playing a game where 90% of the fans are 40 yards or more away from the court. If all this happens as described in the article, there will never be a Duke or UNC game played in the Dome that will be a decent experience for the season ticket holders. I hope this is a just a trial balloon...this might be the single worst idea ever for the Syracuse basketball program. [/QUOTE]

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