Decourcey is wrong. If they dissolve the league the GOR is over.
Why are so many of these talking heads running interference for the league?
Payoffs?
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That model is not going to be enough to close the gap for the better teams. This is a bandaid.
clt knows a team in a large media market. no GOR, and would be a great geographic fit for the SEC. they also have a world class airport. and the SEC could take a shot at the acc by getting a team in their hq city
clt mocks the acc! they started this by adding boston college and ruining rivalries around the usa
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The more I think about this, the more likely it seems (if the ACC actually breaks up).
Leaves BC, Duke, GT, NCSU, Syracuse, and Wake twisting in the wind. Imagine they would try to backfill from the AAC, plus maybe UConn (would they leave the BE again?). UMass would beg to be let in too. As would us and ECU, amongst others.
I think NCSU makes more sense as a B12 team than Miami, but then so does Miami (or VT) over UCF. Guess Miami would get the nod over NCSU due to the FLA market, and to give divisional teams a road game in FLA every season (alternate between Miami and UCF).
These large conferences are a total mess. The bigger they get the more they look like scheduling alliances between smaller pre-existing conferences.
Josh Pate (247 / CBS Sports) https://twitter.com/LateKickJosh is being interviewed on WFNZ this morning and they asked him if the musical chairs are about to start again.
His response was that the news from Amelia Island meetings is optimistic that the ACC will agree to unequal revenue sharing, which will settle things FOR NOW. He said even the folks from that group that are trying to spin things positively are having to add that final phrase to their answer.
Itās a bandaid. Itās not going to last. (āā¦ When Indiana is cashing a check 2x the size FSU / Clemson are, simply because of the little sticker on their helmetā)
Probably the best news for us is that it may buy us some time to get our stadium built and make our revenue sports relevant.
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I said it back when the AAC was expandingā¦THIS is what Mike Hill was hired for. To help use his connections to navigate and position us in the best re-alignment scenerio possible.
He can suck ass at hiring MBB coaches for all I care if he can continue to get us seats at the next table even if based on potential and favors. So farā¦Sanchez sucks but Mike got us in the AACā¦so Iāll take that trade off based on where we could have ended up if Judy were still here.
If the next round of musical chairs fires up againā¦need Mike to show out again on Conference placement because last I checkedā¦Sanchez is still here. Need another big move to offset that continued dumpster fire.
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Just think how fun it would have been to still be rocking the old c49ers logo in CUSA with Sam Houston State and Kennesaw State as coach Lambert takes on his 10th season as head coach. What could have beenā¦
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Man, just popping in on this thread. Exhausting and I didnāt come close to catching up. Not sure how yall keep up with all this. Especially since weāve sucked no matter what conference weāve been in for the most part.
We step up in conference and win Sunbelt to Metro to CUSA 1.0. When. We step down in league we lose. CUSA 1.0 to A10 to CUSA 3.0.
We will put this theory to the test this move. I donāt feel good about this happening with basketball at least.
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A-10 was a lateral move. AAC pretty much so too except money and TV is going to be much better.
BTW, speaking competition-wise.
A10 was def not lateral. Trading out a Lville and Memphis and Sincy for Temple and Xavier was not the same.
I know you keep saying AAC is lateral move but we are replacing programs that do not invest in basketball with programs that do. So regardless of the metrics this will be a tougher league because these schools actually care and invest.
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I agree. A10 was a step down for us. We were not compatible. They were a boring league for us. We were anything but boring in the original CUSA.
The AAC in its current form is a step up and a change of scenery for the better. EZU, Memphis and Navy I hope will develop into mutually beneficial rivalries on multiple levels.
There is a lot of bullshit being spun out of their meetings. Typical.
Anything they are doing now is as binding and meaningful as the āscheduling allianceā.
All Iām seeing is the GoR is a huge roadblock. They need that 8th school.
Just looking at the numbers - both when we entered the A-10 and now the AAC. Specific programs are one thing and I get that, but just basic general numbers were a wash between C-USA and the A-10 in menās hoops at the time.
As for AAC, those MBB numbers have been trending down the past few years.
Anyway, Iāll be there supporting Niners as always, no matter the conference.
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