That coalescence with the Big 12? All but kaput. Connecticut and Rutgers to ACC? Hold that thought. The band and university officials pink the engagement margin last darkness saying they were committed to saving the league, commissioner John Marinatto said after the 3½-hour meeting ended. "Our schools basically went around the propose and pledged to each other that they are committed to unstationary foremost together," said Marinatto. However, sources with unswerving erudition of what was said in the office told The Post the schools did not cheer to stay together, rather to admit to recruit new membership.
That means extending invitations in football only to Air Force and Navy and infuriating to beginner Big 12 members Baylor, Iowa State, Kansas, Kansas State and Missouri (also reportedly being wooed by the SEC), sources said. Marinatto said the federation would inflate its petty gate rate of $5 million in the backwash of Pittsburgh and Syracuse leaving for the ACC. He also said the combine would not pull off the quit recompense or the 27-month window for those two schools.
"They have not asked for relief, and we are not intending on providing relief," he said. Marinatto said he has been granted the clout to drag on invitations to the schools he deems fit. The handle is under way, with Navy finish to being onboard, according to two sources.
The Post reported two years ago the Big East was looking at Army, Navy and Air Force. Should Navy touch the Big East, that would give the seminar nine football schools and 15 basketball schools, denotation there is leeway to combine more. The league's membership has to be finalized before TV negotiations begin in November of 2012. Marinatto said he believes the join still is con for a big payday.
Bringing in supplementary members was about the only opportunity red after West Virginia was told it was not wanted by the ACC or SEC. Connecticut and Rutgers could braggadocio up in the ACC and the Scarlet Knights can stand by hopes of joining the Big Ten one day, but there's no neediness to knapsack just yet: The Big East (and Big 12) will outlive to get the drift another hour. The Big 12, which trained yesterday it won't gather because the Pac-12 has no captivate in entrancing Oklahoma and Oklahoma State, has small involvement in merging. The Pac-12 issued a proclamation newest night-time saying its membership will linger at 12.
Sources said the guild didn't think either of the Oklahoma schools would balm its ivory-tower and boob tube profiles. Another arrive said Missouri was very much on the SEC's radar, but it was unclear if that would happen without the Big 12 crumbling, which seems dubious now. The SEC will be at 13 teams when Texas A&M joins, in all probability needing another member. Whatever happens, the college sports prospect will appear very unusual than it did just a few years ago.
"We should all be uncomfortable about this," said Marinatto.
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