WNDU: Boeheim blames Notre Dame for Big East's problems

[TopFrog]

WNDU: Boeheim blames Notre Dame for Big East's problems

Reporter: Angelo Di Carlo

... On Tuesday, Syracuse basketball coach Jim Boeheim said Notre Dame recently voted against a billion dollar deal for the Big East for football with ESPN even though Notre Dame doesn't play football in the conference. Boeheim said had the deal been approved, Syracuse and Pitt likely would have stayed in the conference.

Boeheim questioned why Notre Dame President Father John Jenkins was on the committee to vote on the Big East football deal.

“Yeah. I don’t know why that is," Boeheim told Mike Waters of the Syracuse Post-Standard. "Why would he have a say on the football contract when they don’t participate in it? If they really wanted to keep the Big East together they would have come in in football, then we wouldn’t be talking about this."

Whether or not the Big East will actually stay together as it currently exits remains to be seen. UConn and Rutgers seem like prime targets for the ACC and would likely not turn down an invitation. West Virginia attempted to leave over the last few days but was denied by multiple conferences. ...

 

[Frogs1983]

WNDU: Boeheim blames Notre Dame for Big East's problems

Reporter: Angelo Di Carlo

... On Tuesday, Syracuse basketball coach Jim Boeheim said Notre Dame recently voted against a billion dollar deal for the Big East for football with ESPN even though Notre Dame doesn't play football in the conference. Boeheim said had the deal been approved, Syracuse and Pitt likely would have stayed in the conference.

Boeheim questioned why Notre Dame President Father John Jenkins was on the committee to vote on the Big East football deal.

"Yeah. I don't know why that is," Boeheim told Mike Waters of the Syracuse Post-Standard. "Why would he have a say on the football contract when they don't participate in it? If they really wanted to keep the Big East together they would have come in in football, then we wouldn't be talking about this."

Whether or not the Big East will actually stay together as it currently exits remains to be seen. UConn and Rutgers seem like prime targets for the ACC and would likely not turn down an invitation. West Virginia attempted to leave over the last few days but was denied by multiple conferences. ...

I agree with him.Why is Notre Dame having a say in Big East football contract negotiations?Big East is always going to have stability issues IMO as long as Basketball is it's first priority.

 

[TopFrog]

So ND cast a vote against ESPN, presumably as a favor to its NBC partner, and now is considering leaving for the ACC, ruining the conference and costing the teams millions in revenue?

 

[2314@work]

So ND cast a vote against ESPN, presumably as a favor to its NBC partner, and now is considering leaving for the ACC, ruining the conference and costing the teams millions in revenue?

We need to lawyer up :angry:

 

[FeistyFrog]

So the contract approval had to be unanimous?

 

[Horned Frog Country]

This is why the football schools need to split from ND and other ASAP. It is absolutely absurd that they get a vote on anything relating to football! It is understandable why the Big East has lost 5 members to the ACC because of crap like this.

 

[txfrog87]

Please let it be that Notre Dame plans to join the BE in football and is protecting NBC because of that. Nah......

 

[PurplePutt]

That's easy to fix. Call for another vote and tell ND they can't vote unless they join for football. Tell Pitt and Syr they get a vote if they will stay. If ND balks or threatens, tell them to get the hell out.

A billion dollars is a boat load of money? I wonder what it would have worked out to per school?