Lots of news lately about possible conference realignments in the NCAA. I see the first official move was made today with Colorado agreeing to join the Pac-10. The Pac-10 is also looking at several other Big 12 schools. The Big Ten is looking at adding members with Nebraska and Notre Dame being mentioned.
So how will this affect college swimming? My gut tells me it's neutral or negative. I think football is the driving force in these realignments and it will just marginalize the non-revenue sports even more than they already are.
Any thoughts?
P.S. by the way, the Pac-10's possible realignment to a 16 team conference by adding six Big 12 teams will only increase the number of men's swim teams to seven in the conference (Texas and TAMU being the new ones). So the conference would go from 5/10 teams fielding men's teams to 7/16.
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adding UT and TX A&M to the SEC is a logical fit and would make that conf even more dominant over the rest of the major D1 conferences. TT and Baylor can't survive without the other Texas teams so they will be leaving if the big two do.
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Adding the little ut, Texas A&M, OU and possible Baylor the SEC has been rumored around here. Florida and Alabama would hate having that little ut and OU in the conference.
Right now, Bama and UF are the top football schools, with very little competition for UF in the east. Bama does have some tough opponents in the west. If little ut and A&M were added, both would have major opponents right away.
DUKE, unc, Vanderbilt, could start a nerd conference. Slogan "our pocket protectors are better than yours"
adding UT and TX A&M to the SEC is a logical fit and would make that conf even more dominant over the rest of the major D1 conferences. TT and Baylor can't survive without the other Texas teams so they will be leaving if the big two do.
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Adding the little ut, Texas A&M, OU and possible Baylor the SEC has been rumored around here. Florida and Alabama would hate having that little ut and OU in the conference.
Right now, Bama and UF are the top football schools, with very little competition for UF in the east. Bama does have some tough opponents in the west. If little ut and A&M were added, both would have major opponents right away.
DUKE, unc, Vanderbilt, could start a nerd conference. Slogan "our pocket protectors are better than yours"
