Katz: C7 looking to add Richmond?

[SixTwentySix]

He's actually right, there are legal differences between an all private conference and one with public schools. I believe one is the Freedom of Information Act. An all private league basically is just that, private, and not subject to legally having to disclose information such as spending. Once you add a single public school the entire conference becomes subject to this.

I haven't researched this, so take what I'm saying with a grain of salt. If anyone has any further information on this please feel free to correct me. I know Ivy League follows some of these same guidelines though for being all private. I'm sure you can find the information somewhere online.

The real question is, are these differences significant enough to matter? And even if they are do the C7, who have always been part of public conference Big East anyway, sacrifice a public team for a few legal benefits?

I have another question regarding this topic. Marquette's dental school is or has been publicly funded by the State of Wisconsin. The dental complex follows guidelines the rest of the university does not because of it. Does that prevent the conference from getting any of these benefits for being private?

That's actually a really good question and I have no clue, haha. My educated guess would be that the dental school has no effect... but it's not really even educated.