WVU And The Big East Settle According To Report
by Caleb Wygal on Feb 9, 2012 9:52 PM EST
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A collective weight has been lifted from West Virginia University’s and Mountaineer fan’s shoulders.
Mike Casazza of the Charleston Daily Mail reported on Thursday evening that West Virginia University and the Big East have reached a conditional settlement to let the Mountaineers join the Big 12 on June 1, 2012. The move will allow the 27-month waiting period set forth by the Big East.
Casazza reports that his source tells him WVU will be on the hook for $11 of the $20 million that the Big East requested the University pay. The settlement puts the pending cases between the two entities to rest. The source said that the Big 12 will pick up the rest of the tab.
Previous reports said that a move would be conditional upon the Mountaineers somehow getting one of the teams that will move to the Big East in 2013 to join a year early. Today’s report says WVU no longer needs to make that happen.
The Big 12 is expected to announce their conference schedule tomorrow. The conference released a schedule to the networks last week that reportedly already had the Mountaineers on it.
This post originally appeared on WVUPros.com
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Hell yes!
We win! This is fantastic news. So long, Catholic Mafia!
"that place laid the foundation for who I am. A lot of outsiders make fun of it and say negative things about West Virginia. Fuck them" - Jerry West
by MountaineerAirman on Feb 9, 2012 10:04 PM EST via mobile reply actions
Can't wait to see the schedule.
This San Antonio Mountaineer will be road tripping to all the games in Tx, OK, and KS!!!
’’They've done studies you know... 60% of the Time, it works every Time...’’ – Brian Fantana
by ---Cole--- on Feb 10, 2012 12:06 AM EST via mobile up reply actions
FREE AT LAST, FREE AT LAST!
THANK GOD ALMIGHTY, WE’RE FREE AT LAST!
Wondering what this means for 'Cuse
I really don’t want to play Butgers twice
http://www.syracuserugby.com/
You would prefer a trip to Boise?
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@CountryRoadsWV
by Country Roads on Feb 10, 2012 8:34 AM EST up reply actions
You
now know the price to save your athletic departments soul…….you’re welcome. I honestly hope that "Cuse and pitt do the same thing.
There's been talk we would be in the ACC in 2013.
I’m sure we would like to get in during the 2012 season but it comes down to how much it’ll cost to get out and how much more we’d make in the ACC:
New ACC Contract, $/Team: $14million (could be up to 15)
Current BE Contract, $/Team: $3.7 (Side note: AHAHAHAHHAAH)
There is also a benefit to the existing ACC members because of this new tv contract that would total $24million (The old contract was ~$12million each). If they put some of that towards Pitt and Syracuse coming in, let’s say $9.7 million each, it just might work.
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Expected buy out cost:……………………$20million
Difference in contract value:……………..$10.3million
Possible ACC contribution:……………..$9.7million
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Actual cost to Syracuse and Pitt: ……….$0
Additional $ to ACC:………………………$4.6million-$18.6million
………………………………………………(Per School: $329k – $1.33million)
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Screwing the Big East -………………….Priceless
Let’s do it!
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The Big XII football schedule
for conference games is put out a few years in advance. If we, along with TCU fill
the holes left by the departing schools, us for MO and TCU for a&m, it looks like
our conference openner could be Oklahoma. The home slate of games just took
a serious upgrade.
If you take Mizzou's spot, then you should have TCU, Baylor, K-State, and my Sooners in Morgantown.
That’s a pretty solid schedule. TCU, K-State, OU, WVU, and either OSU or Texas should make up the top half of the conference.
Glad to have you guys in the gang.
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