http://espn.go.com/espn/story/_/id/7149965/espn-middle-college-realignment
wo weeks ago, Boston College Athletic Director Gene DeFilippo, a member of the ACC's expansion committee, told the Boston Globe, "TV -- ESPN -- is the one who told us what to do."
As the big college athletic conferences trade members the way middle school girls trade friends, many fans, bloggers and other journalists have questioned whether ESPN's influence over this process is appropriate.