(12-10-2014 03:53 PM)arkstfan Wrote:  If I were commissioner of CUSA...

I'd do a straw poll of the presidents and if the result is likely negative on the matter of keeping them before the January meeting, I'd ask the presidents to hold off voting until the meeting at the basketball tournament. I would announce that is a serious decision that require thoughtful consideration and time for UAB to be to provide answers to the questions that the membership may have about the program's plans going forward.

Then once we get the tournament out of the way, I'd call for the vote.

That buys me three more months to work on the TV deal and three more months to have TV look at potential models (13, 14, 16) and three more months to see if the Big XII expansion jabber has any legs.

Get the tournament in Birmingham out of the way

I like the move of waiting until after the CUSA tournament in Birmingham but with the CUSA TV deal ending June 2016 you would want to select a school almost immediately after as a replacement to get them on board for 2016-17.

B12 isn't making a move, and if it did the chances of impacting CUSA is only 50-50.