Terps possibly moving to Big Ten ? what ?

[demopublican]

I just scored a ticket to the Duke game. Who knows when or if they will be back.

[The Eternal White Belt]

I'm guessing they'll be back next season. Maybe not though.

[The Eternal White Belt]

Email from the pres....

>November 19, 2012
>
>Dear University of Maryland community:
>
>Today is a watershed moment for the University of Maryland.
>
>I am pleased to announce that the Board of Regents of the University
>System of Maryland has endorsed strongly our application to join the Big
>Ten conference, starting in academic year 2014-15. The Council of
>Presidents of the Big Ten then approved our admission.
>
>Membership in the Big Ten is in the strategic interest of the University
>of Maryland. It will ensure the financial vitality of Maryland Athletics
>for decades to come. It will enable us to reinstate some teams that were
>recently terminated due to budget deficits. We will have the capability
>to support better our student-athletes -- in the classroom and on the
>field -- and compete successfully at the highest levels.
>
>Intercollegiate athletics is an integral part of our University. It must
>be aligned with our academic values and priorities. We will earmark some
>of the new resources to support our University-wide educational missions
>and help make college more affordable for our students. This represents
>nothing less than a new financial paradigm for intercollegiate athletics
>at the University of Maryland.
>
>We wanted to join this athletic conference because we also wanted to join
>its associated academic consortium. The Big Ten institutions comprise the
>Committee on Institutional Cooperation. The extensive opportunities in
>the CIC for collaborations with our peer AAU and flagship universities in
>education, research, and innovation will boost the University of
>Maryland's ascendancy in academic excellence.
>
>Since leaving the Southern Conference in 1953, where we were a member
>since its inception 30 years earlier, we have been a proud founding
>member of the ACC. Our long history has led to spirited sports rivalries
>and left indelible memories. More recently, the ACC has expanded into the
>Midwest. But our early ACC traditions will remain forever a treasured
>part of the Terrapin story.
>
>I understand that many devoted Terp fans may be stunned and disappointed
>at this news. I recognize and regret the sadness they may feel at our
>leaving the ACC. It is the passing of an era. To them, I ask only this:
> please understand that I am doing what I believe is best for the
>University of Maryland and all of its stakeholders -- students, faculty,
>staff, alumni, donors, and sports fans. I made this decision after due
>diligence and confidential consultation with some of our key
>constituencies.
>
>As president, my responsibility is to advance the good of the entire
>University -- our academic excellence and financial well-being as well as
>the future of Maryland Athletics. We are a premier land-grant and
>research university, situated in a vibrant metropolitan region next to
>our nation's capital. Our roots are in the mid-Atlantic, but our
>institutional reach and impact today is also national and international.
>Membership in the Big Ten and the CIC offers opportunities that match our
>strategic purposes. We cannot let pass these opportunities.
>
>The 21st century landscape of intercollegiate athletics is being
>transformed by demographics, technology, and the economic realities of
>big-time sports. These forces are upending traditional boundaries.
>Change is difficult, but we are in front of these changes. As we begin a
>new chapter in our history, let us go forward together and create our
>future. We are all Terps. We are, proudly, the University of Maryland.
>
>Thank you for your continuing support of the University of Maryland.
>
>Sincerely,
>
>Wallace D. Loh
>President
>University of Maryland
>
>
> ********************
>
> This note was authorized for distribution to
> University of Maryland Community by:
> Office of the President
>
>

[slapshot]

I think the Big Ten-ACC Challenge is due to end in a few years, but that would be interesting to see Maryland playing for the BT.

If Maryland-Duke is a rivalry (?), then one would think the AD's would get together to preserve this annual event?

How about a rematch between IU and Maryland for the national championship of 2002? IU is back, and Maryland is coming back.

[demopublican]

I'm guessing they'll be back next season. Maybe not though.

Oh, OK. One more season

[The Eternal White Belt]

You still may have tickets to the last MD-Duke home game though. The ACC may say "F U" to Maryland and not schedule one next year.

[kudzu]

Ok, it's official: I hate this.

UMD couldn't solve its fiscal crisis with intelligence, so they turned to prostitution.

My already waning interest in the Terps is now non-existent.

In fact, I'll probably root against them.

Now if you'll all excuse me I think I'll go urinate on my 30 year old UMD memorabilia.

[TonyD79]

True. But as per my comparison, I don't think Dooks facilities are a whole lot better?



See previous post on NU men/woman's sposts. No problem to add men's lax at NU. 8 men's programs and 11 woman's programs.

I am pretty familiar with PSU's bid for hockey. Hockey is a hugly expensive sport. I believe they got a $80mil gift just to build the arena.

Duke is different. Their arena is a draw. It is traditional. Northwestern's is just small and old. And usually empty. Duke CHOOSES to keep their place because of its uniqueness.

Title IX is not about teams. It is about scholarships. I was assuming they are in compliance but probably close to balance and they would have to adjust. Maybe they are not in balance. Don't know.

Yes, the building for hockey at Penn State was 100% paid for by the owner of the Buffalo Sabres, a Penn State grad. He also endowed scholarships.

[kudzu]

Title IX is not about teams. It is about scholarships.

Two strikes, Tony.

Title IX is about feminism and political correctness.

[slapshot]

Title IX is not about teams. It is about scholarships. I was assuming they are in compliance but probably close to balance and they would have to adjust. Maybe they are not in balance. Don't know.

Already discussed in a prior post.

Yes, the building for hockey at Penn State was 100% paid for by the owner of the Buffalo Sabres, a Penn State grad. He also endowed scholarships.

Adding hockey is quite different than adding lax. Huge cost differential.

My money would be on Northwestern. We'll see. But pretty sure it won't be Illinois.

[slapshot]

Intersting take from a BT source (for football) -

"From what I understand, both Maryland and Rutgers would join the Leaders Division along with Indiana, Purdue, Ohio State, Penn State and Wisconsin. Illinois, currently in the Leaders, would move to the Legends."

If I was designing based on trying to minimize travel distance for the Terps, I think I would shift Wisconsin to the Legends, and bring in Michigan.

There's talk of doing the same for basketball, but we'll see?

[kudzu]

Intersting take from a BT source (for football) -

"From what I understand, both Maryland and Rutgers would join the Leaders Division along with Indiana, Purdue, Ohio State, Penn State and Wisconsin. Illinois, currently in the Leaders, would move to the Legends."

If I was designing based on trying to minimize travel distance for the Terps, I think I would shift Wisconsin to the Legends, and bring in Michigan.

There's talk of doing the same for basketball, but we'll see?

They need a seperate "sellout" division for MD.

[slapshot]

They need a seperate "sellout" division for MD.

If you get OSU, Michigan, PSU and/ or Nebraska in town...won't be a problem, even if not one Terp fans shows. Big alumni base that travels well.

[kudzu]

If you get OSU, Michigan, PSU and/ or Nebraska in town...won't be a problem, even if not one Terp fans shows. Big alumni base that travels well.

OSU and Nebraska alumni are too stupid to read a map accurately enough to find College Park.

PSU alums are still spending their discretionary money to the Sandusky Defense Fund.

[atomic]

Kevin Anderson is a piece of crap.

No ACC loyalty and no MD loyalty.

ACC is a southern conference. Maryland is a nothern city. It is like when they put the Capitals in the south. I still don't see any of those teams as the Capitals rivals. Who is the Terps rival in football? I see Penn State being back on the schedule every year and the hatred of their team already exists here.

Great move by the terps.

[kudzu]

Maryland is a nothern city.

Seriously ?

Credibility lost.

[Brohan]

OSU and Nebraska alumni are too stupid to read a map accurately enough to find College Park.

PSU alums are still spending their discretionary money to the Sandusky Defense Fund.

Bitter Terp fan, are you going to riot on Rte 1? Smack a horse? Burn a couch? Tell everyone, hey you suck? Be glad the Big 10 will take MD.

[Brohan]

ACC is a southern conference. Maryland is a nothern city. It is like when they put the Capitals in the south. I still don't see any of those teams as the Capitals rivals. Who is the Terps rival in football? I see Penn State being back on the schedule every year and the hatred of their team already exists here.

Great move by the terps.

The ACC is a mediocre, floundering conference. Later!

[kudzu]

Bitter Terp fan, are you going to riot on Rte 1? Smack a horse? Burn a couch? Tell everyone, hey you suck? Doubt the ACC will miss the classless element of MD...people like you.

Be glad the Big 10 will take MD.

Only a mattter of time until you showed up, eh ?

The Terps have sucked in recent memory.

The question is: why would the Big 10 even want them ?

I know - - - another whipping boy ?

[demopublican]

The ACC is a mediocre, floundering conference. Later!

Tell us all about your Division I athletic career.