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(11-20-2012 11:01 AM)UAB?IAB Wrote:  If Louisville, Cincy, USF, Houston, Memphis, UCF, and SMU came to UAB, USM, ECU, Tulsa, and Marshall and said "Hey, we're forming a new all sports league and leaving the "Big East" name with the basketball schools, and we want you to join, don't you think we would leave C-USA to join that league?

Yes, we would!

1. Why would 9 leave C-USA to form a new conference with 3? Especially if the big east collapses before the other four ever play in the conference.

2. A new conference won't have any name equity which would put it a disadvantage when it comes to other established "group of 5" conferences.

3. All conferences outside of the Big 5 are on equal footing in terms of access but a an established C-USA, with the additions, would have more leverage in media negotiations than a new conference.

4. Louisville is still a possibility for the Big 12, so establishing a conference with them would be shakey at best.

5. Two division as mentioned would be easy to establish within the C-USA footprint.

1. So those schools can avoid being in a conference with FIU, UTSA, UNT, etc.

2. All of those schools have more name equity than what would be left in C-USA. The schools matter more than the conference name.

3. The winner of that league would be in better position than the winner of any other league except maybe the MWC in most years.

4. If so, we can be choosy about who we offer to replace Louisville. I'd like to see them come back to Bartow again, even for a season or two.

5. A new all-sports conference would be easy to establish because all these schools were once or currently are in C-USA.