HC Declining Big East - Case Study

I just quickly skimmed it, but found several major errors about Patriot League history. Doesn't look like their research was very comprehensive.

Academic gobbledygook on how we screwed up the Big East decision...which we are still paying for 40 years later.

Has, or is, Elon going through a similar experience??

I was just there. Applications are up. There is tremendous energy on campus. They have a speaker program for people in the community (chiefly seniors) and great community relations. They had to enlarge the local airport because of the numher of private jets that come for the start of the school year and for parents and school sports events. Should that such were true in Worcester.

2009 quote from Mike Vaccaro: "“It [creating the Big East] was such an outside-the-box idea that not everyone wanted in right away: Holy Cross actually declined the invite, a fact over which its alumni have been torturing themselves for 30 years."

Never bought that argument.  I have noted before the academic accomplishments of the group that put HC hoops back on the national map in the 5 years prior to the formation of the Big East.   Extremely impressive group.  

Fair enough, but I think it's a little 70's vs the 80's

I look at Georgetown as the poster child for bringing in the non-student athletes.   Potter, Vicens, and Perry had all graduated HC before Georgetown brought in the kid who literally needed his own personal curriculum  and zero classes with other students.  HC got back on the map with legitimate student athletes before ESPN changed the rules by adding more exposure and more money.  A lot more schools were using legitimate student athletes in 70's, so HC was on a level playing field back then.