AACguy wrote:Talk on our board is that perhaps with the settling of this matter than realignment ends for a while giving the AAC the possibility of adding a basketball only school (ie, Wichita, VCU, Dayton) to offset navy as a football only member. No matter how you look at it, this is good for the AAC although certain individual members may be unhappy.
Noonzy wrote:UConn is hoping for any invite to any FBS conference. Right now they think that the Big 12 is going to expand and they may be invited and Rutgers needs a travel partner. College football does not move the needle in the northeast. The northeast is not exactly a hot bed of football recruiting. Some of their fans would rather be in the BE for basketball and let the football join a lower football conference.
While it may sound appealing for the BE to add UConn, it does not fit the profile of the BE schools. UConn is a public institution with public funding. The BE schools cannot compete with their money.
Xudash wrote:We all know most of what is in the attached, but it still gives me great pleasure reading it, knowing that the Bearkitten fans have to be beside themselves at this point:
http://www.bizjournals.com/cincinnati/news/2016/01/14/how-uc-s-push-to-join-the-big-12-took-a-hit-from.html?ana=e_du_pub&s=article_du&ed=2016-01-14&u=nBaExrqRSIS0%2B8tOrwQRvSDJvwN&t=1452803123
It will get very interesting now with respect to seeing if they can put a sufficient amount of private funding together to move forward with their 5/3 renovation. They're stuck with media-toxic coach and terrible OOC scheduling to go along with their AAC schedule.
Tuberville was a mistake on the football side.
UC presently is in a bad place when it comes to their athletic department.
AACguy wrote:AAC breathing a sigh of relief as it appears the NCAA is going to allow 10 team conferences to have a championship football game so it appears that any Big 12 expansion just got nixed.
BEX wrote:Small conference = Bigger Payout. Send 5/6 a year to the Dance plus huge TV package divided by 10 = wonderful deal for BE. Send 2/3 in A-10 and crummy TV deal of 5 million for the whole League divided by 14 = Sucks. No wonder everyone wants to join up. Stay at 10. Be greedy.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/graphics ... caa-money/
trephin wrote:Random Questions
Did XU and BU pay $2 million as an exit fee to the A10? Did they pay completely on their own (no conference loan)? And does anyone know if the A10 or MVC changed their fees after everyone made their official departure announcements?
Notkirkcameron: the student info I read was from MVC message board posters although the desire for eastern exposure and students was mentioned in multiple articles I've read with much of that attributed to Fr Biondi's preference and one suggestion that Easterners are more likely to choose private schools than Midwesterners. I also read this article claiming that there were more SLU alumni in each of NYC, Philly and DC then in all of MVC. http://m.stltoday.com/sports/columns/jo ... touch=true
trephin wrote:Random Questions
Did XU and BU pay $2 million as an exit fee to the A10? Did they pay completely on their own (no conference loan)? And does anyone know if the A10 or MVC changed their fees after everyone made their official departure announcements?
Masterofreality wrote:trephin wrote:Random Questions
Did XU and BU pay $2 million as an exit fee to the A10? Did they pay completely on their own (no conference loan)? And does anyone know if the A10 or MVC changed their fees after everyone made their official departure announcements?
Not only did Xavier and Butler pay a $2 million exit fee, they also had to give up any NCAA credits that they earned while in the league. For Butler, it wasn't as much since they were only in 1 year, but Xavier gave up a ton. Fordham, Lossalle, Olean Welding Academy and other flotsam and jetsam of the league wound up making more money from Xavier's success than Xavier did....and they did it by just sitting there and being lousy. All you other schools should be honored and flattered that X would spend so much to associate with you.
It's a great country isn't it?
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