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College Football Rumors – BYU, Houston Most Popular Expansion Targets for Big 12
ESPN conducted a survey among Big 12 coaches about the upcoming conference realignment and expansion, with the BYU Cougars and Houston Cougars getting the most votes.
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College Football Realignment – Big 12 Courted by Colorado State, Houston, Memphis & UCF
It seem inevitable now that the Big 12 (which has ten teams) won’t expand back to 12 teams in the near future. Memphis, Houston, UCF and Colorado State seem to be the schools most aggressively pursuing an invitation.
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NBA Rumors – Milwaukee Bucks Not Going to Relocate; New Arena Funding Approved
Empty threats to relocate the Milwaukee Bucks to Las Vegas proved, as expected, meaningless. The Wisconsin state senate passed the new arena funding plan which means that no one is going anywhere, and that owners once again get massive financing from the public to build a new stadium.
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NBA Rumors – Minnesota Timberwolves Should Move East; Expansion in Vancouver, Montreal & Seattle?
Expansion is a way of life for the big North American sports leagues, including the NBA. While it’s not going to happen right away, the feeling of change and expanding is in the air. Suggesting to shift the Memphis Grizzlies, New Orleans Pelicans and the Minnesota Timberwolves East, while teams in Vancouver, Seattle and Montreal might be a thing of the future.
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NBA Expansion – Seattle and Louisville are Next?
While expansion isn’t the first thing on the mind of NBA executives, we’re going to see it sooner rather than later, with bringing teams to Seattle and later Louisville being on top of that specific agenda.
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NFL Playoffs – Closer to Expanding the Field
Change comes slowly in the NFL, but it’s usually easy to spot from miles away. With the league guided by making money for its owners while trumping anything else, expanding the playoffs for financial reasons seems quite normal, and it looks like in the annual spring meeting we’ll see the postseason format changed from 12 teams to 14 teams, starting no later than the 2015 season.