Big East could vote to dissolve

Lawyers. There go the exit $$$.

the bottom line is the big east will have the same cache as the big south, big west or atlantic 10 in a few years.  nothing is being done to change this.

thank god new york is a pro town with plenty of action to choose.

the bottom line is the big east will have the same cache as the big south, big west or atlantic 10 in a few years.  nothing is being done to change this.

thank god new york is a pro town with plenty of action to choose.

 The big south? Hey we could always invite radford

Quote from: newsman13 on January 04, 2013, 03:40:57 PM

are you giving me head??? these are labor lawyers.  what can they do to build a major basketball conference?

every day gets worse

They're not just labor lawyers News. 
All the big firms get a piece of sports/entertainment.. but it's fair to say Proskauer is a leader in the field.    Look it up, at some point they've represented all the major sports organizations; NBA, MLB, NFL, NHL
A lot of it has been labor stuff, that's true.. simply because collective bargaining agreements with the players' unions are pretty high profile stuff.   
But they've also represented the PAC12 in their recent deal w/ fox, brought Beckham to MLS,  did the financing agreement on the new Met Life stadium, represented Woody Johnson when he bought the Jets... it goes on and on.   
David Stern, Gary Bettman, and the Yankees' Randy Levine all started as associates at Proskauer.   

What's newsworthy to me, is not that the catholic 7 hired Big Law, but that they didn't go with Covington.   I read a few weeks ago that Paul Tagliabue was running things behind the scenes when the 7 schools decided to break away.  That would make a lot of sense because in addition to being a former NFL commissioner, he's also the chairman of trustees at his alma mater.. Georgetown. 
And, he's a partner at Covington a huge DC firm with plenty of pro sports experience of their own.  Two years ago, Marinatto hired Tagliabue and Covington to consult on something like "strategic planning"; the plan they came up with was to make the BE a national football conference?   How'd that work out?

So, it's reasonable to theorize that hiring Proskauer is an indication that the other 6 schools have decided to change course, and decisions for the new league are NOT being driven by Georgetown and Tags.   It would appear NYC is the source of decision making power for the new league, and not DC (or Providence for that matter).  I don't know that for fact of course, but you could defiantly read it that way based on this decision.

Has to be a good firm. Someone who is familiar with the boards and a big st johns fan used to work for them

I see this is good news. They are a powerhouse

That sounds like a lot more money than anyone else projected.  No wonder these other teams are looking to join. 

And now San Diego St says goodbye to the Big East before they ever really said hello.  And they don't even have to pay an exit fee:

http://www.cbssports.com/collegefootball/blog/eye-on-college-football/21563498/report-big-east-and-san-diego-state-preparing-to-announce-separation

http://articles.philly.com/2013-01-20/sports/36447923_1_basketball-power-rankings-big-east-xavier-and-butler

notice the moose reference about halfway down

Funny how the most excitin game of the weekend was between Butler and Gonzaga.

Funny how the most excitin game of the weekend was between Butler and Gonzaga.

Can't wait to see that Providence/DePaul St Johns/Seton Hall doubleheader next year.

Quote from: Choz4Life on January 21, 2013, 12:43:25 PM

Funny how the most excitin game of the weekend was between Butler and Gonzaga.

Can't wait to see that Providence/DePaul St Johns/Seton Hall doubleheader next year.

We don't need the self-loathing.  Let the outsiders be the ones to bash us. 

Quote from: Marco Baldi on January 21, 2013, 01:34:55 PM

Quote from: Choz4Life on January 21, 2013, 12:43:25 PM

Funny how the most excitin game of the weekend was between Butler and Gonzaga.

Can't wait to see that Providence/DePaul St Johns/Seton Hall doubleheader next year.

We don't need the self-loathing.  Let the outsiders be the ones to bash us.

 Baldi is an outsider... silly Carmine.

Nah I actually live in NY. Lifetime fan here

Funny how the most excitin game of the weekend was between Butler and Gonzaga.

Conference needs to find a way to get Gonzaga in although playing other sports will be expensive for travel.   

And now San Diego St says goodbye to the Big East before they ever really said hello.  And they don't even have to pay an exit fee:

http://www.cbssports.com/collegefootball/blog/eye-on-college-football/21563498/report-big-east-and-san-diego-state-preparing-to-announce-separation

Kind of like a match.com date

Nah I actually live in NY. Lifetime fan here

Considering how long it took to get power to the rockaways you might as well be another country

Quote from: Marco Baldi on January 21, 2013, 02:15:55 PM

Nah I actually live in NY. Lifetime fan here

Considering how long it took to get power to the rockaways you might as well be another country

You ain't kidding. Maybe I should root for New Orleans

Quote from: mjmaherjr on January 21, 2013, 02:48:16 PM

Quote from: Marco Baldi on January 21, 2013, 02:15:55 PM

Nah I actually live in NY. Lifetime fan here

Considering how long it took to get power to the rockaways you might as well be another country

You ain't kidding. Maybe I should root for New Orleans

lol you guys are practically cousins with them.

I've been actually been debating this weekend whether to try and convince my fiancee to go there for the last few days of Mardi Gras or go back again for jazzfest end of april or beginning of may.

 Jazzfest...

Funny how the most excitin game of the weekend was between Butler and Gonzaga.

I think people make the mistake of looking at some of these teams now vs where they potentially can be.  I think SJU's trajectory is straight to perennial too 25 team.  Jay Wright will not have Nova down for long either and guys like JT3 will always have good teams.  Couple that with Xavier, Butler and others and this can and IMO will be an exciting league.  New rivalries will be built.  It's not the SJU of 10 years ago.