Conferences in college sports are, in my opinion, an absolute mess. It was previously announced that both Syracuse and Pitt would be leaving the Big East and joining the ACC for next season. While this was very exciting to me because Duke will now be playing in Pittsburgh once every basketball season, it all seems absurd to me. Just recently, it was announced that if Notre Dame chose to leave the Big East, the ACC would accept them for the summer.
The entire concept of conferences needs re-evaluated in college sports. A team's conference should be based on its location so there isn't all of this switching around. Of course they can travel to play other teams for non-conference play, but conferences should be based solely on location. In Pennsylvania, how are Pitt and Penn State in different conferences when they are located this close in location? Changing the conference system would also save schools a great deal of money on travel and accommodations for the teams.
With all these recent moves and negotiations I don't see the system changing anytime soon, but it is something that should be changed.
--Jayme
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