Camisa's foray into free agency was more widely covered than A-Rod's first trip to the dog and pony show.
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Because no one's made a rule against it. I guess the NCAA could if the member schools ever decided to vote for it, but every school that loses a coach under contract is a school that's about to swipe someone else's coach, so I guess they figure it evens out.
For what it's worth, most big coaching contracts have buyout provisions on both sides.
As stupid as the Big East has become, I'm excited about some of these schools coming to Nippert next year. Purdue, Boise State, UCF, UCONN, Louisville. Doesn't change the fact that UC needs to get out as quick as it can, but that's not a bad home slate.
http://www.sbnation.com/2012/12/11/3...tball-schedule
Code:The road trip distance for each team's four conference games:
San Diego State: 8,327 miles
Boise State: 7,024
Houston: 6,071
Temple: 5,264
Rutgers: 4,410
UCF: 4,196
Cincinnati: 4,117
UConn: 3,943
Louisville: 3,746
Memphis: 3,650
USF: 3,454
SMU: 3,155
At this point it probably be better if they did. Then all parties involved can sit down and rethink what the goals are. The Big East has been grasping at straws since the 2nd raid (Pitt/Syracuse) to try and keep that sinking ship afloat. I personally would sit down and try to find a palpable 2 conference "best of" scenarios. Maybe try and come up with a football only conference to try and maximize tv dollars while everyone else stays home for the non revenue sports?
The travel will just be ungodly if they try and stretch from Connecticut to San Diego St and Florida to Boise.
Yes, it seems likely that Maryland and Rutgers will resolve their lawsuits by agreeing to pay close to the full amount if they're allowed to leave in 2013. Then Louisville will move to the ACC using whatever terms Rutgers negotiated. The basketball schools have committed to make a decision prior to the 2013 season and the addition of the new schools. From what I've read they don't have much to lose by splitting given that the new media deal is looking pretty bad.
Ultimately, this depends on Maryland's lawsuit. If they're willing to work something out with the ACC to get into the big ten early then realignment will occur in 2013. Given that its in both parties best interest to get this settled I think it will happen.
Six years? No. My point is that it's the system that's broken. Sure, the individuals are handling this unethically (for lack of a better word). But history has shown that people can't be trusted when it comes to money, so if you want to see change, some regulations will need to be enacted.
The only way these contracts have any teeth is if there is a commensurately high buy out.