(04-10-2013 07:25 AM)baruna falls Wrote:  Adding ULL would not make LTech happy and for good reason. LTECH's entry into COnf USA was in my opinion one of the better moves Conf USA has made in the recent realignment sweepstakes. Having ULL in the conference is probably not something the LA Tech admins had in mind when they joined. Having a strong La Tech team is in the best interest of Conf USA. Why would you want one of your potential BCS buster teams to have to have to compete directly with ULL for recruits? If Conf USA has a desire to continue to be a conference of respect, it has to think stratigically about it's teams and what it wants to achieve as a conference. I think the conference is much better off not having teams directly recruiting for the same players all of the time. Recruits are the life blood of a program. Where is the wisdom in diluting your recruiting base? ULL is a fine school, but the Conference cannot have it both ways. You either work on building and supporting your teams to create a strong competitive core, or you create a league that has numbers but little cohesive identity. I don't think you can have both.

You just need to worry about Tulane. Thats gonna look real nice in a few years when they play in a 25K seast stadium and have 3K there. At that point they will not be able to say there was 18K there.

In other words ECWho fans have no FN say in this..