define('DISALLOW_FILE_EDIT', true); define('DISALLOW_FILE_MODS', true); athletic department revenues – Rush The Court http://rushthecourt.net The Independent Voice of College Basketball Thu, 15 Aug 2013 22:06:34 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.1.9 http://rushthecourt.net http://rushthecourt.net/wp-content/mbp-favicon/RTC.jpg Rush The Court The Big Ten Can’t Cure Maryland’s Financial Woes Right Away http://rushthecourt.net/2013/08/15/the-big-ten-cant-cure-marylands-financial-woes-right-away/ http://rushthecourt.net/2013/08/15/the-big-ten-cant-cure-marylands-financial-woes-right-away/#respond Thu, 15 Aug 2013 19:35:23 +0000 http://rushthecourt.net/?p=98136

Chris Johnson is an RTC Columnist. He can be reached @ChrisDJohnsonn. 

There were two reactions when Maryland announced its move to the Big Ten last fall. First, indignant Big Ten fans cried foul and lamented the erosion of its historic Midwestern football tradition and groused about how the Terrapins could never, ever, ever be a good fit in their conference. They aren’t one of us. The other reaction, this one from a smaller strain of the national sports populace, was a grudging acceptance of why Maryland was making its move in the first place. In fact, university President Wallace Loh came right out and said [...]]]> http://rushthecourt.net/2013/08/15/the-big-ten-cant-cure-marylands-financial-woes-right-away/feed/ 0