Report: Big East, Catholic 7 talking 2014 split

About $2 million per school per year. UConn and Cincinnati will look to join one of the big five. The conference formerly know as the Big East will desolve. The "Catholic 7" will get the name and more money.

WARNING: Don't sign with Fox or NBC until you read the fine print. They make more $$ on sitcoms and reality shows and they won't give sports the exposure that ESPN does.

Whats Creighton going to do?

QUOTE(#1):

Originally posted 09:53 AM ET  02.10 by DearbornSparty

... The conference formerly know as the Big East will dissolve...

Yep.

They turned down ESPN's 9-year deal worth $1.17 billion in 2011 which would have earned full members $13.8 million a year and non-football members $2.4 million a year.

The current deal is worth $3.1 million annually for each full member and $1.5 million for non-football members.

Full members in other conferences get ~$15-22 mil per year.

The Big East as a football conference is dead man walking.

NBC does realize that Notre Dame will no loner play hoops in the Big East, right?

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The Big East's "Catholic 7" have had their share of success on the basketball court over the years, but there is one area where these schools have fallen short of excellence - in fostering their Catholic identity.

Indeed, all seven schools are UNRANKED in the latest edition of the "Newman Guide to Choosing a Catholic College."

The rankings can be viewed at the link (just scroll down until you get to the rankings):

http://allhands-ondeck.blogspot.com/2012/11/cadinal-newman-society-publish es-2012.html

The rankings make for interesting reading.

QUOTE(#3):

Originally posted 10:08 AM ET  02.10 by VanByTheRiver

Whats Creighton going to do?

Creighton's going to do the same thing that Xavier, Butler, Dayton, and St. Louis are going to do. They're all going to sit tight until this mess sorts itself out. The better question is "What is Notre Dame going to do?" They would have fit in perfectly with the "All Catholic, no football" conference mandate. Instead, they've signed on to be the red-headed step-child of the ACC. They have to be kicking themselves for signing that deal.

The Catholic schools deserve the "Big East" name.

QUOTE(#4):

Originally posted 10:18 AM ET  02.10 by Dr. B-f-G

Yep.They turned down ESPN's 9-year deal worth $1.17 billion in 2011 which would have earned full members $13.8 million a year and non-football members $2.4 million a year.The current deal is worth $3.1 million annually for each full member and $1.5 million for non-football members.Full members in other conferences get ~$15-22 mil per year.The Big East as a football conference is dead man walking.

What a collosal blunder.