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Revisiting the grand money grab...conference realignment, shoe deals, and ticket sales.

As if Alabama needed any more money, they got it.  What does this mean for Florida State?  It means that Florida State, and everyone else for that matter, is going to become but a tiny little image in Alabama's rear view mirror.  Capturing a media deal like the Alabama's is what will mean the difference between good and great... or great and elite, for that matter.  

Now, before we delve into some of the many financial issues facing Florida State athletics, I will preface everything below by saying this: Florida State will be ok.  Why is that?  Because, even without the type of money that Alabama or Florida has, Florida State just won a national championship.  And they did so while making it look easy The reason it looked so easy is because Florida State sits within one of the most fertile recruiting territories. So, while Florida State may not always have the money, they should always have the caliber of players needed to compete at an elite level, year in, year out.  

Conference Realignment: Some things never change

By Duke

It's amazing how some things just never actually change.  For example, I recently came across an article from December 10, 1993.  What was the subject?  Conference realignment.  Back then, it was Kansas to Big 10 rumors.  What was said, however, just seems eerily similar to what we hear today.  

The Big 10 continues to stress that nothing is serious, at least as far as contacting other schools is concerned.

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Delany also denied a claim that the league is contacting television networks to see what a 14-team conference with Kansas, Missouri and Rutgers would be worth as a package.

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The Big 10, though, is talking about expansion. Delany acknowledges the league is looking at all the possibilities in the ever- changing map of college sports.

In fact, that probably is the source of the speculation. The Big 10 remains the 2,000-pound gorilla in this game-a gorilla everyone wants to dance with-and the other conferences know the league can pick off attractive schools just for the asking.