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Coyotes will probably end up in Omaha just because it's Gary Bettman & The NHL

http://www.theglobea...article4525357/

Jamison, who could not be reached for comment, has been trying to buy the Coyotes for more than a year. It's understood that one stumbling block has been his inability to find financial backers, which could be resolved with Ice Edge.

As I said before never doubt the sock puppets getting involved

The latest...looks like Jamison finally secured funding.

http://espn.go.com/nhl/story/_/id/8338670/source-says-phoenix-coyotes-suitor-greg-jamison-secures-financing

So he did bring the hooker and sock puppet in on the deal

I really don't see the Big Sky or the CAA moving up at all.

Jamison's partners could be a sock puppet and a crack addicted hooker and Bettman would still try to pass it through.

Look at the disaster the Maloofs are making out of Sacramento? OITGDNBA?

Born stooges. Gavin, George and Joe Maloof.

Hopefully it's just one more season of a league owned Coyotes and then the club is sold and moved to Quebec City for the 2013-14 season. Two seasons at Colisee Pepsi and then move into the new barn.

The NHL has always had a bad habit over expanding weather it be the 1960's, 70's or 90's. If they had done it gradually with fewer teams the league would be better off.

-In the 1960's they did for the TV deal with CBS and to fend off the WHL becoming major league

-In the 1970's the did it to fend off the WHA

-In the 90's they did it because it was a money grab and it was John Ziegler's vision to have a 30-team league. Bettman just continued that vision. All expansion is a money grab anyway.

Unless I misunderstood and you meant that the Jets are his limit. In which case, yes, he would be a turd.

That's what I meant. Sorry for the misunderstanding. I was kind of joking as well.

I guess one franchise moving to Canada is all that turd Gary Bettman can handle.

I just want to put my hands around Bettman's throat and not let go. Ever.

The perfect NHL (24 teams):

Eastern Conference

Atlantic Division

New Jersey Devils

New York Islanders

New York Rangers

Philadelphia Flyers

Pittsburgh Penguins

Washington Capitals

Northeast Division

Boston Bruins

Buffalo Sabres

Montreal Canadiens

Ottawa Senators

Quebec Nordiques

Toronto Maple Leafs

Western Conference

Central Division

Chicago Blackhawks

Dallas Stars

Detroit Red Wings

Minnesota Wild

St. Louis Blues

Winnipeg Jets

Pacific Division

Calgary Flames

Colorado Avalanche

Edmonton Oilers

Los Angeles Kings

San Jose Sharks

Vancouver Canucks

-Moved Phoenix to Quebec City

-Got rid of Anaheim, Carolina, Columbus, Florida, Nashville and Tampa Bay (all apologies in advance )

What to do now Florida State?

Where to turn to now Clemson?

“We did (discuss expansion),” Neinas said while answering the opening question. “And the athletic directors confirmed their position that they’re comfortable with 10 members.”

The word of the day kids is: Lying.

Come you should see right through these guys. You're the biggest cynic on here. You've admitted as much.

Wasn't it Bettman who steered Gluckstern and Burke (who purchased the original Jets from Barry Shenkarow) away from Minnesota and into Phoenix instead?

Bettman wanted to save Minnesota for expansion.

Apparently Utah wants to end it's rivalry series with BYU.

Football Realignment: Death of Rivalries and Tradition

Hypothetical question:

If the A's move to San Jose, where would the San Jose Giants move to keep the current California League divisional dynamics?

Oakland! Couldn't resist

A couple of cities come to mind: Santa Rosa or Salinas

Then perhaps the Big East basketball schools break away and add some A10 schools.

The 7 Division I basketball only Big East Schools could add Dayton, Xavier & St. Louis from the A-10.

Then you have perfect symmetry

5 East Coast schools: Georgetown, Providence, Seton Hall, St. John's, Villanova

5 Midwest Schools: Dayton, DePaul, Marquette, St. Louis, Xavier

LOL at the idea that the superconferences will be predicated on anything other than $$$$$$$.

Of course it's about money but Boise State still won't be in the Pac-12 or Big 12

Are Virginia Tech and Virginia joined at the hip?

What happens to BYU?

FBS Elite will consist of the Big 10, Big 12, SEC & Pac-12

The 4 conference championship game (8 teams) winners will advance into the 4-team FBS Elite playoff.

It's highly unlikely the the Big 12 Champ and SEC Champ will ever meet each other in this new bowl game because they will most likely be in the new 4-team BCS playoff the majority of the time. So it's another runner-up bowl game.

Old Dominion makes it official

Old Dominion to join Conference USA

ESPN.com news services

Old Dominion is leaving the Colonial Athletic Association and joining Conference USA.

The move will be effective July 1, 2013, school president John R. Broderick said in a release Thursday. The Monarchs, who restarted their football program only three seasons ago, will play at the Bowl Subdivision level after one more year in the Championship Subdivision.

ODU becomes the second school to leave the CAA this week. VCU announced Tuesday that it is heading to the Atlantic 10 in July 2012, and the league faces the likelihood of having UNC Wilmington and Towson banned from postseason play in men's basketball next season for not meeting the NCAA's Academic Progress Rate. Those penalties will be announced late next month.

"We saw this as a game changer for us relative to football reclassification and also a way to enhance the majority of all of our 16 intercollegiate athletic programs," ODU athletic director Wood Selig told ESPN.com's Andy Katz. "Sometimes conference moves are all about assisting one sport, perhaps two, this was a move that greatly enhanced our national visibility and opportunities across the majority of our programs relative to competing at the highest level possible."

CAA commissioner Tom Yeager said Thursday that the Monarchs will have to pay a $250,000 exit fee and forfeiture of $400,000 in revenue distribution this year. However, Monarchs boosters have already pledged $3 million in private support to help meet the school's expenses, which will include added football scholarships, Broderick said.

The move also will be made without an increase in student fees, he said, which was among the factors he viewed as critical while the school studied the impact the change would make.

"While the university was not actively seeking a change, recent events necessitated an earlier consideration of our future, and in particular, for our football program," Broderick said in the release. "C-USA's invitation provided the right opportunity at the right time to reclassify our football program and broaden the national footprint of our athletic program."

Details of ODU's move are not yet finalized, Broderick said, including finding homes for its sports that are not offered by C-USA.

Based on CAA bylaws, ODU will not be allowed to compete in any championship sport next season. The same bylaw applies to Georgia State, which is leaving for the Sun Belt in 2013-14. That bylaw was the reason VCU pushed up its exit to July 1.

ODU men's basketball coach Blaine Taylor told ESPN.com that he was hopeful "cooler heads would prevail" and the league would allow the Monarchs to compete for the conference tournament title.

"I would hope they would revisit that," Taylor said. "We've been in this league a long time."

Echoing Taylor's desire to push the CAA to overturn its bylaw banning a departing member from playing in the conference tournament, Selig said: "There are several in the league, even some who are not looking to move, who believe the rule is too restrictive and punitive for student athletes. We will work with those similar in thought."

Taylor said that the Monarchs could be ready to go to C-USA immediately, but the football program, which is being bumped up a level, isn't.

Taylor said he believes the CAA will be fine without VCU and ODU. George Mason decided to stay instead of pursuing possible membership in the Atlantic 10. A source close to the process told ESPN.com that the athletic department wanted to make the jump but the president did not.

"Basketball-only schools are a rare breed now," Taylor said. "They are like the white buffalo."

Taylor believes the ODU basketball program will be the first to show whether it can compete for a title in C-USA. The conference will look considerably different in 2013 with the departures of Memphis, Southern Methodist, Houston and Central Florida to the Big East, and the additions of ODU, Charlotte, Texas-San Antonio, North Texas, Florida International and Louisiana Tech to join existing members Rice, UTEP, East Carolina, Southern Miss, Tulane, Tulsa, Marshall and Alabama-Birmingham.

The CAA, which is expected to pursue Charleston and Davidson out of the Southern Conference and possibly Boston University and/or Stony Brook out of the America East, will be left with Drexel, George Mason, Delaware, Northeastern, James Madison, UNC Wilmington, William and Mary, Hofstra and Towson in 2013.

Towson and Wilmington are ineligible for the 2013 postseason due to low APR scores, but Towson is appealing the penalty. If Georgia State and ODU both are barred for leaving, per bylaws, then the conference tournament will have only seven teams eligible in 2013.

NBA in 2017-2018

EASTERN CONFERENCE

Atlantic

Boston

Brooklyn

New York

Philadelphia

Toronto

Central

Chicago

Cleveland

Detroit

Indiana

Minnesota

Southeast

Atlanta

Charlotte

Miami

Orlando

Washington

WESTERN CONFERENCE

Midwest

Denver

Kansas City

Oklahoma City

Phoenix

Utah

Southwest

Dallas

Houston

New Orleans

Memphis

San Antonio

Pacific

L.A. Clippers

L.A. Lakers

Portland

San Francisco

Seattle

Franchise shifts:

Milwaukee to Kansas City

Sacramento to Seattle

Golden State (Oakland) to San Francisco

It just boils down to:

NHL team in Hamilton = No

2nd NHL team in Toronto = No

NHL team in Quebec City: Probably

I can see FSU moving to the Big 12 but Clemson will chicken out and stay in the ACC.