Only Myles could spin the current conference alignments as "academic".  It's 
all because of one of two things -- 
(a)  Getting into a BCS conference
(b)  Getting an NCAA basketball bid.

The odds of (b) improve dramatically if you also have (a).  It always has 
been, and always will be, about the Benjamins.

Joe LaCour
CCT '77 & '78
1st bank of:  Liberty '09 (summa cum laude)
Salem St. '10 -- also on track for scl.
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Joe Makowiec" <[log in to unmask]>
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Sent: Saturday, May 16, 2009 7:41 AM
Subject: 'Only A Game' story on dropping sports


> I'm currently listening to 'Only a Game' on my local NPR station.  There 
> are a couple of stories of interest:
> - UVM is dropping baseball.  Kirk McCaskill, a UVM baseball alum who is 
> interviewed for the story, also played hockey for the Cats
> - Immediately following is an interview with Myles Brand, who goes into a 
> couple of interesting points, like the fact that conferences used to be 
> geographic but are now based on mutual interest, like academics.  (I don't 
> think he specifically cited the All Cash Conference...)
>
> And Charlie Pierce talks about Delaware approving sports gambling, and the 
> NCAA objecting...
>
> http://www.onlyagame.org/2009/05/saturday-may-16-2009/
>
> Joe
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