ESPNs Rittenberg and Bennett proposals for B1G alignment

[homes]

This is where this thought process is flawed, less meaningful? Possibly. Less profitable? No. Here is the correct thought process on this matter:

1)$$$$
2)$$$$
3)$$$$
4)$$$$
5)$$$$

Agree. But from someone who remembers the Big 10 when there were actually 10 teams in the conference, "meaningful" is an emotional term, not a financial one. The conference is no longer about rivalries and the like, it's about the dollars in the door. If a rivalry happens to fit into the economic model, then it will survive, otherwise, they'll make one up for you and call it a day. Good god, Purdue has been deigned Iowa's "protected rival" - that alone demonstrates the conference officials don't care about real rivalries. Things change, and if you don't change, you'll get run over. I get what they're doing, or at least what they're trying to do - I'm not a big fan of it, but I get it. Off my soapbox. Carry on.

 

[IowaFan81]

both of them already had Wisky in the west

No kidding, Rittenberg ha Purdue in the West with Michigan and MSU in the East, I switched MSU and Purdue. Bennett has Michigan St. in the West and Michigan in the East, I flipped them. Thus why I said I think Michigan and OSU will be kept in separate divisions and said who cares, Wisky and Illannoy are both in Iowa's division.