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OPINION: Maryland Terrapins Athletics, An Ever-Expanding Tragedy

Choosing to move University of Maryland, College Park athletics to the Big 10 Conference was a shameful act that warrants formal investigation by state officials.

Anyone who knows me well will probably be surprised that the topic for my musings this week happens to be a sports-related item: namely the move by the University of Maryland, College Park to the Big 10 Conference. Given that I am not really a die-hard sports fan—I'm more interested in the social gatherings associated with sporting events—something must be really out of order for me to actually speak up. Up until the past couple of years, I was a strong supporter of Terrapin sports teams. As a 1995 graduate of the university, I have many fond memories of going to football games (and watching the Terps lose, mostly at that time) and basketball games. For some time after I graduated, while working for my alma mater, I continued to go to all …

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1:34 pm on Wednesday, November 28, 2012

With Louisville makes you wonder why they went to the ACC and not the B1G? They are better in BB and Football than us and they are much closer than we are.   more ›

SPEAK OUT: Is Maryland’s Move to the Big Ten a Good Thing?

Will you miss seeing the Terps in the ACC?

The University of Maryland’s Board of Regents on Monday approved a move to the Big Ten Conference, ending nearly 60 years of affiliation with the Atlantic Coast Conference, multiple sources reported.  Rutgers is expected to announce Tuesday that it will join the Terps in the Big Ten, the New York Daily News reported.  Maryland’s move is the latest in a flurry of conference realignment that has drastically altered the landscape of college athletics in recent years, often disrupting traditional regional rivalries as schools chase increasingly lucrative television contracts. Maryland’s move, which could carry a $50 million exit penalty from the ACC, is considered to be a financial strategy that will bring the school a share of the Big Ten’s …

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