MelK
06-02-2003, 06:20 PM
Monday, May 19
Commish: Miami's departure would be 'disastrous blow'
http://espn.go.com/ncaa/news/2003/0519/1556446.html
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Associated Press
PONTE VEDRA BEACH, Fla. -- If Miami leaves the Big East, it would be the "most disastrous blow to intercollegiate athletics in my lifetime," conference commissioner Mike Tranghese said Monday.
In an impassioned news conference during which he conceded his league was in crisis, Tranghese denounced the Atlantic Coast Conference's scheme to add Big East schools Miami, Boston College and Syracuse to its current nine-team membership.
He questioned the ACC's claim that a move would be financially beneficial to the Hurricanes. He challenged the integrity of Miami -- essentially calling on school president Donna Shalala to live up to an implicit agreement made when the school joined the conference 13 years ago.
"At the end of the day, President Shalala is going to have to look at the issues we've talked about, have to look at financial obligations, have to look at integrity issues," Tranghese said. "And then she's going to have to factor in the irreparable harm that's going to be caused to members of my league.
"Aside from that, and this will sound self-serving, this will be the most disastrous blow to intercollegiate athletics in my lifetime. It's wrong."
Commish: Miami's departure would be 'disastrous blow'
http://espn.go.com/ncaa/news/2003/0519/1556446.html
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Associated Press
PONTE VEDRA BEACH, Fla. -- If Miami leaves the Big East, it would be the "most disastrous blow to intercollegiate athletics in my lifetime," conference commissioner Mike Tranghese said Monday.
In an impassioned news conference during which he conceded his league was in crisis, Tranghese denounced the Atlantic Coast Conference's scheme to add Big East schools Miami, Boston College and Syracuse to its current nine-team membership.
He questioned the ACC's claim that a move would be financially beneficial to the Hurricanes. He challenged the integrity of Miami -- essentially calling on school president Donna Shalala to live up to an implicit agreement made when the school joined the conference 13 years ago.
"At the end of the day, President Shalala is going to have to look at the issues we've talked about, have to look at financial obligations, have to look at integrity issues," Tranghese said. "And then she's going to have to factor in the irreparable harm that's going to be caused to members of my league.
"Aside from that, and this will sound self-serving, this will be the most disastrous blow to intercollegiate athletics in my lifetime. It's wrong."