Yesterday the American Athletic Conference released its strategic plan to sit at the big boy table and be considered part of the Power 6. With 60-70 million being distributed to each Power 5 Conference from the College Football Playoffs, the AAC wants a piece of the pie(AAC was given 20 million from the CFP). Some of the strategic plan includes:

-Adding womens Lacrosse
-Get ESPN Gameday to attend conference games
-Add Southern Mississippi during the next round of expansion
-get 70-80% avg attendance for basketball and football games
-achieving a 90% graduation rate for student athletes
-renegotiate better TV and Media Rights deals.

They state that the 2014 UCONN Mens Basketball Championship and the multiple UCONN Womens Basketball Championships should be key in getting them a seat at the big boys table. Last I heard was that UCONN was exploring the opportunity to leave the AAC and return to the big east for basketball.

Its a good move to have goals for your conference and to write down and document your strategy. I wonder if CUSA has a documented strategy......

ng.....so how do you think that works out long term (like multiple aliases)

I can't wait to see if you show in a few weeks with that chesire grin and double chin a workin'....

(05-02-2017 12:14 PM)Nuggets Ghostbuster Wrote:  Yesterday the American Athletic Conference released its strategic plan to sit at the big boy table and be considered part of the Power 6. With 60-70 million being distributed to each Power 5 Conference from the College Football Playoffs, the AAC wants a piece of the pie(AAC was given 20 million from the CFP). Some of the strategic plan includes:

-Adding womens Lacrosse
-Get ESPN Gameday to attend conference games
-Add Southern Mississippi during the next round of expansion
-get 70-80% avg attendance for basketball and football games
-achieving a 90% graduation rate for student athletes
-renegotiate better TV and Media Rights deals.

They state that the 2014 UCONN Mens Basketball Championship and the multiple UCONN Womens Basketball Championships should be key in getting them a seat at the big boys table. Last I heard was that UCONN was exploring the opportunity to leave the AAC and return to the big east for basketball.

Its a good move to have goals for your conference and to write down and document your strategy. I wonder if CUSA has a documented strategy......

Link?

(05-02-2017 02:38 PM)Black Diamond Reb Wrote:  

(05-02-2017 12:14 PM)Nuggets Ghostbuster Wrote:  Yesterday the American Athletic Conference released its strategic plan to sit at the big boy table and be considered part of the Power 6. With 60-70 million being distributed to each Power 5 Conference from the College Football Playoffs, the AAC wants a piece of the pie(AAC was given 20 million from the CFP). Some of the strategic plan includes:

-Adding womens Lacrosse
-Get ESPN Gameday to attend conference games
-Add Southern Mississippi during the next round of expansion
-get 70-80% avg attendance for basketball and football games
-achieving a 90% graduation rate for student athletes
-renegotiate better TV and Media Rights deals.

They state that the 2014 UCONN Mens Basketball Championship and the multiple UCONN Womens Basketball Championships should be key in getting them a seat at the big boys table. Last I heard was that UCONN was exploring the opportunity to leave the AAC and return to the big east for basketball.

Its a good move to have goals for your conference and to write down and document your strategy. I wonder if CUSA has a documented strategy......

Link?

Here's a link to a Yahoo sports article but some of the above are nowhere to be found:

https://sports.yahoo.com/news/power-conf...ncaaf.html

There is no mention of expansion in the AAC's strategic plan and Aresco said that was by design. The conference recently added Wichita State, giving it 12 members for both football and basketball.

''If expansion happens down the road, it happens, but it's not something we're planning on. It's not something we're focused on,'' he said.

heres the link, but OP was joking about the USM thing


http://sidearm.sites.s3.amazonaws.com/th...df?id=1374

CUSA needs higher event attendances and a better TV deal.

There. I'll just send a bill to every school for each one's share of my expert guidance.

(05-02-2017 04:07 PM)Reggie Favre Wrote:  heres the link, but OP was joking about the USM thing


http://sidearm.sites.s3.amazonaws.com/th...df?id=1374

you don't say.....thank you sherlock.....

(05-02-2017 02:38 PM)Black Diamond Reb Wrote:  

(05-02-2017 12:14 PM)Nuggets Ghostbuster Wrote:  Yesterday the American Athletic Conference released its strategic plan to sit at the big boy table and be considered part of the Power 6. With 60-70 million being distributed to each Power 5 Conference from the College Football Playoffs, the AAC wants a piece of the pie(AAC was given 20 million from the CFP). Some of the strategic plan includes:

-Adding womens Lacrosse
-Get ESPN Gameday to attend conference games
-Add Southern Mississippi during the next round of expansion
-get 70-80% avg attendance for basketball and football games
-achieving a 90% graduation rate for student athletes
-renegotiate better TV and Media Rights deals.

They state that the 2014 UCONN Mens Basketball Championship and the multiple UCONN Womens Basketball Championships should be key in getting them a seat at the big boys table. Last I heard was that UCONN was exploring the opportunity to leave the AAC and return to the big east for basketball.

Its a good move to have goals for your conference and to write down and document your strategy. I wonder if CUSA has a documented strategy......

Link?

Reb,

I pulled the info from a couple of sources including USA Today, Sports Day in Dallas and SBNation. Links below.

https://www.usatoday.com/story/sports/nc...101166998/

https://sportsday.dallasnews.com/college...ers-saying

http://www.sbnation.com/college-basketba...ool-denies

(05-02-2017 04:30 PM)Nuggets Ghostbuster Wrote:  

(05-02-2017 02:38 PM)Black Diamond Reb Wrote:  

(05-02-2017 12:14 PM)Nuggets Ghostbuster Wrote:  Yesterday the American Athletic Conference released its strategic plan to sit at the big boy table and be considered part of the Power 6. With 60-70 million being distributed to each Power 5 Conference from the College Football Playoffs, the AAC wants a piece of the pie(AAC was given 20 million from the CFP). Some of the strategic plan includes:

-Adding womens Lacrosse
-Get ESPN Gameday to attend conference games
-Add Southern Mississippi during the next round of expansion
-get 70-80% avg attendance for basketball and football games
-achieving a 90% graduation rate for student athletes
-renegotiate better TV and Media Rights deals.

They state that the 2014 UCONN Mens Basketball Championship and the multiple UCONN Womens Basketball Championships should be key in getting them a seat at the big boys table. Last I heard was that UCONN was exploring the opportunity to leave the AAC and return to the big east for basketball.

Its a good move to have goals for your conference and to write down and document your strategy. I wonder if CUSA has a documented strategy......

Link?

Reb,

I pulled the info from a couple of sources including USA Today, Sports Day in Dallas and SBNation. Links below.

https://www.usatoday.com/story/sports/nc...101166998/

https://sportsday.dallasnews.com/college...ers-saying

http://www.sbnation.com/college-basketba...ool-denies

And perhaps a little from Uranus.

Aresco is full of more sh-- than a constipated elephant. There is zero effing chance of an entire conference ever being invited--and at this point with the NCAA's "autonomy" structure, that's the only way in--into the "power" group. The whole point is to be the exclusive holders of said power. It's not going to be willingly handed over. Ever. Ever-ever.

Also, I've said it before and I probably will 1,000 more times: if the AAC wants out of the G5, nothing is stopping them. They're free to remove themselves from the collective Access Bowl bid & their share of the G5 playoff payment.

(05-02-2017 07:22 PM)HarborPointe Wrote:  Aresco is full of more sh-- than a constipated elephant. There is zero effing chance of an entire conference ever being invited--and at this point with the NCAA's "autonomy" structure, that's the only way in--into the "power" group. The whole point is to be the exclusive holders of said power. It's not going to be willingly handed over. Ever. Ever-ever.

Also, I've said it before and I probably will 1,000 more times: if the AAC wants out of the G5, nothing is stopping them. They're free to remove themselves from the collective Access Bowl bid & their share of the G5 playoff payment.

I see Aresco getting his way as soon as Oklahoma bolts for the SEC or the PAC 12. The Big 12 will dissolve and the remaining pieces like KSU, Kansas, TCU, etc...will merge with the AAC and have the seat at the big table. Oklahoma leaving is not an "if" but a "when". That's the trigger for the next realignment to begin.

(05-02-2017 08:33 PM)Nuggets Ghostbuster Wrote:  

(05-02-2017 07:22 PM)HarborPointe Wrote:  Aresco is full of more sh-- than a constipated elephant. There is zero effing chance of an entire conference ever being invited--and at this point with the NCAA's "autonomy" structure, that's the only way in--into the "power" group. The whole point is to be the exclusive holders of said power. It's not going to be willingly handed over. Ever. Ever-ever.

Also, I've said it before and I probably will 1,000 more times: if the AAC wants out of the G5, nothing is stopping them. They're free to remove themselves from the collective Access Bowl bid & their share of the G5 playoff payment.

I see Aresco getting his way as soon as Oklahoma bolts for the SEC or the PAC 12. The Big 12 will dissolve and the remaining pieces like KSU, Kansas, TCU, etc...will merge with the AAC and have the seat at the big table. Oklahoma leaving is not an "if" but a "when". That's the trigger for the next realignment to begin.

there is no doubt things are going to be much different by '20 once the p5 tv contracts begin to expire....

I would liken the fallout to those who think their shite doesn't stink to a 8+ in 'quake terms with those that get left in the cracks....look out moo-moo and ol' pissy....

I'm gonna laugh and enjoy the ride while hoping we can find the money and sense to align ourselves with the best possible residual(s) when it happens....

(05-02-2017 08:45 PM)stinkfist Wrote:  

(05-02-2017 08:33 PM)Nuggets Ghostbuster Wrote:  

(05-02-2017 07:22 PM)HarborPointe Wrote:  Aresco is full of more sh-- than a constipated elephant. There is zero effing chance of an entire conference ever being invited--and at this point with the NCAA's "autonomy" structure, that's the only way in--into the "power" group. The whole point is to be the exclusive holders of said power. It's not going to be willingly handed over. Ever. Ever-ever.

Also, I've said it before and I probably will 1,000 more times: if the AAC wants out of the G5, nothing is stopping them. They're free to remove themselves from the collective Access Bowl bid & their share of the G5 playoff payment.

I see Aresco getting his way as soon as Oklahoma bolts for the SEC or the PAC 12. The Big 12 will dissolve and the remaining pieces like KSU, Kansas, TCU, etc...will merge with the AAC and have the seat at the big table. Oklahoma leaving is not an "if" but a "when". That's the trigger for the next realignment to begin.

there is no doubt things are going to be much different by '20 once the p5 tv contracts begin to expire....

I would liken the fallout to those who think their shite doesn't stink to a 8+ in 'quake terms with those that get left in the cracks....look out moo-moo and ol' pissy....

I'm gonna laugh and enjoy the ride while hoping we can find the money and sense to align ourselves with the best possible residual(s) when it happens....

USM will never be a part of any decent, respected league of teams in the future. Money doesn't allow us to be in the mix and that will never change. NEVER. Only goals going forward....win CUSA titles and schedule Power 5 non conference games. That's all we can do.

(05-02-2017 08:53 PM)Nuggets Ghostbuster Wrote:  

(05-02-2017 08:45 PM)stinkfist Wrote:  

(05-02-2017 08:33 PM)Nuggets Ghostbuster Wrote:  

(05-02-2017 07:22 PM)HarborPointe Wrote:  Aresco is full of more sh-- than a constipated elephant. There is zero effing chance of an entire conference ever being invited--and at this point with the NCAA's "autonomy" structure, that's the only way in--into the "power" group. The whole point is to be the exclusive holders of said power. It's not going to be willingly handed over. Ever. Ever-ever.

Also, I've said it before and I probably will 1,000 more times: if the AAC wants out of the G5, nothing is stopping them. They're free to remove themselves from the collective Access Bowl bid & their share of the G5 playoff payment.

I see Aresco getting his way as soon as Oklahoma bolts for the SEC or the PAC 12. The Big 12 will dissolve and the remaining pieces like KSU, Kansas, TCU, etc...will merge with the AAC and have the seat at the big table. Oklahoma leaving is not an "if" but a "when". That's the trigger for the next realignment to begin.

there is no doubt things are going to be much different by '20 once the p5 tv contracts begin to expire....

I would liken the fallout to those who think their shite doesn't stink to a 8+ in 'quake terms with those that get left in the cracks....look out moo-moo and ol' pissy....

I'm gonna laugh and enjoy the ride while hoping we can find the money and sense to align ourselves with the best possible residual(s) when it happens....

USM will never be a part of any decent, respected league of teams in the future. Money doesn't allow us to be in the mix and that will never change. NEVER. Only goals going forward....win CUSA titles and schedule Power 5 non conference games. That's all we can do.

at this point, that's easily the most likely outcome....the window is rapidly closing....I'm holding out to see how the last phase of realignment works out....regardless, it's going to be fun to see who gets left in the dust...

shockingly, I still try to stay positive after all these years of failed direction and attention....

I'll be a die-hard fan until the worms get me.....

(05-02-2017 08:33 PM)Nuggets Ghostbuster Wrote:  

(05-02-2017 07:22 PM)HarborPointe Wrote:  Aresco is full of more sh-- than a constipated elephant. There is zero effing chance of an entire conference ever being invited--and at this point with the NCAA's "autonomy" structure, that's the only way in--into the "power" group. The whole point is to be the exclusive holders of said power. It's not going to be willingly handed over. Ever. Ever-ever.

Also, I've said it before and I probably will 1,000 more times: if the AAC wants out of the G5, nothing is stopping them. They're free to remove themselves from the collective Access Bowl bid & their share of the G5 playoff payment.

I see Aresco getting his way as soon as Oklahoma bolts for the SEC or the PAC 12. The Big 12 will dissolve and the remaining pieces like KSU, Kansas, TCU, etc...will merge with the AAC and have the seat at the big table. Oklahoma leaving is not an "if" but a "when". That's the trigger for the next realignment to begin.

No, the big table will just have fewer seats. The number of power teams will likel get smaller over time. The ESPN bubble funding the P5 is lurching off the road.

(05-02-2017 09:41 PM)RockTheRock Wrote:  

(05-02-2017 08:33 PM)Nuggets Ghostbuster Wrote:  

(05-02-2017 07:22 PM)HarborPointe Wrote:  Aresco is full of more sh-- than a constipated elephant. There is zero effing chance of an entire conference ever being invited--and at this point with the NCAA's "autonomy" structure, that's the only way in--into the "power" group. The whole point is to be the exclusive holders of said power. It's not going to be willingly handed over. Ever. Ever-ever.

Also, I've said it before and I probably will 1,000 more times: if the AAC wants out of the G5, nothing is stopping them. They're free to remove themselves from the collective Access Bowl bid & their share of the G5 playoff payment.

I see Aresco getting his way as soon as Oklahoma bolts for the SEC or the PAC 12. The Big 12 will dissolve and the remaining pieces like KSU, Kansas, TCU, etc...will merge with the AAC and have the seat at the big table. Oklahoma leaving is not an "if" but a "when". That's the trigger for the next realignment to begin.

No, the big table will just have fewer seats. The number of power teams will likel get smaller over time. The ESPN bubble funding the P5 is lurching off the road.

that's what I see as the eventual outcome.....the NoFunLeague will only help make that so.....

the owners/management/scouts want a tighter selection pool....they're begging for it w/o saying such.....

once the dollars begin to dry up by '20??? watch what happens.....

HP has been consistent with this as well....I'm certain he'll chime in on points....

(05-02-2017 08:33 PM)Nuggets Ghostbuster Wrote:  I see Aresco getting his way as soon as Oklahoma bolts for the SEC or the PAC 12. The Big 12 will dissolve and the remaining pieces like KSU, Kansas, TCU, etc...will merge with the AAC and have the seat at the big table. Oklahoma leaving is not an "if" but a "when". That's the trigger for the next realignment to begin.

The "remaining pieces" will be SOL like the rest of us. That seat at the table simply dissolves along with the Big XII. The P5 membership isn't just going to be passed down to the AAC as if it's the Big XII's eldest son. They're two completely different entities, and the AAC would have no claim.

Best case for them is there are a couple years left on the current playoff contracts when the poop hits the fan, and the mid-major version of the Big XII spends a couple of years as a lame duck on its way out.

5 conferences do not fit into 4 playoff bids. The clock is ticking.

(05-02-2017 10:03 PM)HarborPointe Wrote:  

(05-02-2017 08:33 PM)Nuggets Ghostbuster Wrote:  I see Aresco getting his way as soon as Oklahoma bolts for the SEC or the PAC 12. The Big 12 will dissolve and the remaining pieces like KSU, Kansas, TCU, etc...will merge with the AAC and have the seat at the big table. Oklahoma leaving is not an "if" but a "when". That's the trigger for the next realignment to begin.

The "remaining pieces" will be SOL like the rest of us. That seat at the table simply dissolves along with the Big XII. The P5 membership isn't just going to be passed down to the AAC as if it's the Big XII's eldest son. They're two completely different entities, and the AAC would have no claim.

Best case for them is there are a couple years left on the current playoff contracts when the poop hits the fan, and the mid-major version of the Big XII spends a couple of years as a lame duck on its way out.

5 conferences do not fit into 4 playoff bids. The clock is ticking.

The playoff will expand to 8 within a few years because of the $$$$ it generates. Next realignment will only $$ benefit maybe 4 programs/egos and you will have one trick sport programs like Kansas asking for a home and a bone. Truth or rumor, it's why UCONN wants back into the Big East so it can save its dying basketball recruiting/credibility. Big East had 7 teams in the dance compared to 2 from the AAC. A new conference will be created with the decent leftovers along with the best from the AAC and it will get financial love and cred from ESPN because at least one of the sports in the new conference brings in eyeballs, advertisers and championships, just not as much as a current Power 5 but more than the AAC is currently getting.

(05-02-2017 10:03 PM)HarborPointe Wrote:  

(05-02-2017 08:33 PM)Nuggets Ghostbuster Wrote:  I see Aresco getting his way as soon as Oklahoma bolts for the SEC or the PAC 12. The Big 12 will dissolve and the remaining pieces like KSU, Kansas, TCU, etc...will merge with the AAC and have the seat at the big table. Oklahoma leaving is not an "if" but a "when". That's the trigger for the next realignment to begin.

The "remaining pieces" will be SOL like the rest of us. That seat at the table simply dissolves along with the Big XII. The P5 membership isn't just going to be passed down to the AAC as if it's the Big XII's eldest son. They're two completely different entities, and the AAC would have no claim.

Best case for them is there are a couple years left on the current playoff contracts when the poop hits the fan, and the mid-major version of the Big XII spends a couple of years as a lame duck on its way out.

5 conferences do not fit into 4 playoff bids. The clock is ticking.

I'd give ya another pony if I could

what's going to be the most interesting is how it plays out in the courts when the 'scrawny ones' realize their pecker size got 'bobbitted' ....lol....

this shite's gonna be better than farrah's poster on the wall during pubescence.....

(05-02-2017 10:28 PM)Nuggets Ghostbuster Wrote:  

(05-02-2017 10:03 PM)HarborPointe Wrote:  

(05-02-2017 08:33 PM)Nuggets Ghostbuster Wrote:  I see Aresco getting his way as soon as Oklahoma bolts for the SEC or the PAC 12. The Big 12 will dissolve and the remaining pieces like KSU, Kansas, TCU, etc...will merge with the AAC and have the seat at the big table. Oklahoma leaving is not an "if" but a "when". That's the trigger for the next realignment to begin.

The "remaining pieces" will be SOL like the rest of us. That seat at the table simply dissolves along with the Big XII. The P5 membership isn't just going to be passed down to the AAC as if it's the Big XII's eldest son. They're two completely different entities, and the AAC would have no claim.

Best case for them is there are a couple years left on the current playoff contracts when the poop hits the fan, and the mid-major version of the Big XII spends a couple of years as a lame duck on its way out.

5 conferences do not fit into 4 playoff bids. The clock is ticking.

The playoff will expand to 8 within a few years because of the $$$$ it generates. Next realignment will only $$ benefit maybe 4 programs/egos and you will have one trick sport programs like Kansas asking for a home and a bone. Truth or rumor, it's why UCONN wants back into the Big East so it can save its dying basketball recruiting/credibility. Big East had 7 teams in the dance compared to 2 from the AAC. A new conference will be created with the decent leftovers along with the best from the AAC and it will get financial love and cred from ESPN because at least one of the sports in the new conference brings in eyeballs, advertisers and championships, just not as much as a current Power 5 but more than the AAC is currently getting.

or 16.....and channeling the talent will make that more viable in the context of dollars....

and there is no questioning that many are now reevaluating the 'worth' of having a football program.....

why do you think many have been hammering the lack of attention to hoops...........muuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuch more cost effective to develop at this point....

losing LE to csu is about as stupid as hiring E12L.....