Recommend listening to the interview.
Easy to arm-chair commissioner on the internet. I've been critical of her, but she's clearly bright + has the right values + understands the situation we're in. It does make me wonder, however, if its time to get an outside-the-box thinker in there.
I'm curious if anything comes to actual fruition, and desperately hope these "alliances" aren't with mid-majors & below. I think that would backfire big time.
I don't see how it would work without football, but if the BE teams can get a cut of football money it would be worth it. Personally though I would rather see A-10 teams come to BE and keep the name Big East