Louisville Courier-Journal: U of L’s big break: Big 12 rejection
Tim Sullivan, @TimSullivan714
Louisville was lucky. Rebuffed by the short-sighted, math-challenged and unapologetically unequal Big 12 Conference, U of L was able to find sporting sanctuary in the Atlantic Coast Conference.
This was like getting dumped by a dysfunctional drama queen and meeting Miss Right at her mansion in Malibu.
Poised to announce the 2019 launch of its own network and a 20-year deal with ESPN that makes league-hopping prohibitive, the ACC has achieved a level of stability that continues to elude the Big 12.  The formal announcement will be made Thursday morning in Charlotte, but the U of L gloating need not wait.
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