Maryland chancellor, once skeptical, now sold on conference musical chairs
Photo credit: Getty Images | University System of Maryland Chancellor Brit Kirwan looks on as University of Maryland President Wallace D. Loh speaks during a press conference annoucing Maryland's decision to join the Big Ten Conference. (Nov. 19, 2012)
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Long before Maryland and Rutgers declared themselves bound for the Big Ten and its larger pile of money Monday, college football as an amateur endeavor was yesterday's news. This is just the latest in the voracious, spinning-in-the-hamster-wheel scramble for richer conference affiliations.
Maryland is going for an influx of $24.6 million per year that Big Ten membership will bring, an immediate...
