Quote:"We think we have the resources to do some of the things. Maybe not all of them, but perhaps all of them, of the things that they're doing. We're concerned, too. We have the same concerns about health and welfare of student-athletes and nutrition. We have the same issues about financial aid and possibly helping out long term in terms of scholarships going beyond the four-year period to help someone achieve degrees. Time demands is a concern, academic support, recruiting. Again, we think that ultimately the cost of attendance, we've embraced the concept -- we want our student-athletes to have the full cost of attendance.

Quote:The concern, it seems, is what happens if the power five begin to push for further changes once the initial wave comes and passes: "The other thing that I would point out when it comes to the autonomy: We would be concerned about the threshold for any new autonomy items down the road. There's a list now, and it's a fairly fixed list, of items that would be subject to potential autonomy. If there are new items once the redesign process is finished, if there are going to be new items in a year or two years or three years, we would want to know what the threshold is and who's going to vote on that."

Quote:Aresco reiterated that he sees the American's relationship with BYU as a "quasi-alliance." The Cougars do not have any physical presence at the league meetings: "Nothing formal, but we call it kind of a quasi-alliance. It's a strong relationship where a number of our schools are playing BYU over the next four or five years.