Are you kidding me? Oakland, Baltimore, Pittsburgh, Cincinnati, Kansas City, and Washington can't, or won't field, competitive teams. The talent pool will be diluted even more. The league should be contracting rather than expanding.
Follow the money. Expansion is another way to get more money out of the television networks and streaming services.
On a similar note, USC and UCLA join the college Big Ten conference in a couple of years. It doesn't make geographic sense, but it does make economic sense. It puts the network in the top three media markets in the country. That translates into a much fatter television contract the next time around.
I remember when the Indiana people flipped out when Penn State wanted to join. Administration reasoned that State College is impossible to reach easily. An expanded airport fixed that. How about the new travel mode, when Rutgers has to fly to Los Angeles?
Of course, it would make sense if the Big Ten can fill in some schools between the current westernmost team, Nebraska, and Los Angeles. I fully expect that to happen, and there will probably be more west coast teams jumping in.
For the record, and there are very few who agree with me, I always wanted to see Penn State in the ACC. Games against Syracuse, Pitt, Virginia, North Carolina and Boston College would be a lot of fun. With a new round of conference realignments on the way, it looks like the ACC is headed for extinction.
The roar of the crowd will be drowned out by the ring of the cash resister.
And before I go for the day, some might consider competitive eating a sport, like the July 4th hot dog eating contest. I consider it disgusting.
