Thursday, August 19, 2004

Now That We Know What You Are Let's Negotiate The Price A Connecticut Superior Court judge has ruled that the Big [L]east can't impose a $5 million fine on Boston College for defecting to the Atlantic Coast Conference, and it can't force BC to remain in the conference for an extra 15 months.  The decision passed down by Wednesday will allow Boston College to join the ACC next July and pay a $1 million withdrawal fee to the Big East. According to Judge Allan van Gestel: "Whatever Boston College might have said about its state of discussions or its expressed acceptance of a $5 million, 27-month penalty, that did not impede the Big East's ability to correctly amend its Constitution." Lying two-faced weasel Gene DeFilippo, BC's athletic director was pleased with the decision: "We are gratified that, after nearly a year of adverse and misleading public statements leveled against us, a respected judge has seen through to the actual merits of the case and has ruled in favor of Boston College." Yeah Gene, you're not a $5 million dollar whore, only a $1 million one. Just another example of the farce that big-time college sports has become. File under From The Sports Desk. 10:13:53 PM