HarmonOliphantOberlanderDevine
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RE: Where do you see this conference and/or your school in 10 years?
(02-14-2015 01:10 PM)Curumim Wrote: (02-14-2015 12:02 PM)HarmonOliphantOberlanderDevine Wrote: (02-13-2015 06:20 PM)Kruciff Wrote: (02-13-2015 02:00 PM)YNot Wrote: Over the next four seasons, the American will go toe-to-toe with Boise St. for the G5 Access Bowl bid. The American will get it twice and Boise St. will get it twice. Each year, the Selection Committee waffles on who is ranked higher with each release of the CFP rankings and inexplicably propels one over the other in the final rankings.
American basketball grabs 4 or 5 NCAA tourney bids each season, with consistent Sweet 16 representation by UConn, Cincinnati, Memphis, Tulsa, and/or SMU, and surprising Final Four runs by both Temple and Houston in the 2017 tournament.
As Aresco enters TV deal extension negotiations following the 2018 season, he courts Boise St. and San Diego State again. As talks heat up, BYU and Colorado St. are also part of the expansion discussion and talks elevate to full-membership expansion.
In desperation, MWC commissioner Craig Thompson pleads with Aresco for a deal that includes strong MWC-American regular season scheduling and bowl affiliations and an American-MWC championship game - essentially for the G5 Access Bowl bid. Reports are made that it is a done deal.
UConn and Cincinnati publicly threaten to defect to the Big East with the intention to enter into a scheduling affiliation with the MAC as a temporary program-sustaining option. Also, reports surface that Thompson was adamant that a new jointly-owned "Mountain America" channel was crucial to the deal and that all major decisions should be run through a joint headquarters in either Laramie or Logan. (After talks fizzle, Thompson labels the proposed new TV channel as a "no brainer" and retorts that Aresco could "take his pick" of the proposed joint headquarters location).
Ultimately, the announcement is made that the American adds a 6-team western division and a scheduling affiliation with Army. The new western division includes Boise St., BYU, Colorado St., San Diego St., UNLV, and Air Force. The Commander-in-Chief Trophy is essentially brought in-house and, along with the new western division, nets a 7-year TV deal with ESPN and CBS worth $18 million per school per year, starting with the 2020 football season. (Navy gets $15 mil per year as a football only member and Army gets $10 mil as part of the scheduling arrangement).
The deal guarantees a weekly American "game of the week broadcast" on ABC or CBS (alternating) as well as weekly Saturday broadcasts on both ESPN and ESPN2, and ESPN broadcasts on Thursday and Friday nights. It also provides for TWO weekly men's basketball games in January through March each year on ABC and CBS broadcast stations (alternating), the American tournament championship game on ABC or CBS (again, alternating), and over 120 men's basketball games on ESPN and ESPN2 throughout the season.
The deregulation of conference championships, that commenced in 2017, allows the American to establish a football conference championship tournament that includes the winners of the Eastern, Central, Western, and Armed Forces divisions, with the semi-final round hosted at the higher ranked teams' home fields. The football championship game venue rotates around the country. Although the CFP selection criteria are not revised, the G5 Access Bowl bid becomes known colloquially as the "American's NY6 berth."
In 2025, the American signs a deal with the Fiesta Bowl to send its annual champion to the game (a la the renewed relationships with Rose, Sugar, and Orange Bowls). To support its move, the Fiesta Bowl cites the fact that 9 out of the previous 10 bowl seasons it had hosted a team that is now a member of the American conference with tremendous attendance and TV ratings. Thus, the American is officially signed as part of the NY6 bowl system. In renewing it's rights to broadcast the new 8-team CFP, a clause is added that allows the Peach and Cotton Bowls to host the American champion, with the conference's permission.
This would be amazing.
I think the per team payout is very high and probably not feasible but all things considered there's really no reason the rest can't coalesce in 10 years.
I've been a huge proponent of the pod system semifinals. With a truely American conference consisting of:
WEST
- Air Force
- Boise State
- BYU
- Colorado State
- UNLV
- San Diego State
CENTRAL
- Cincinnati
- Memphis
- Houston
- SMU
- Tulsa
- Tulane
EAST
- Army
- UCF
- UConn
- ECU
- Navy
- Temple
- South Florida
Only issue is we now have 19 members. We should add 1 more and split to 4 divisions of 5
If I understand this correctly, you'd have 5 intradivision games + 4 interdivision (2 from each other division) a 4 team semifinal (3 division champions + At Large?) playing for what is essentially a guaranteed NYE6 bowl?
I could die happy with this arrangement.
But then you couldn't enjoy it!
I see Army ruling college football in 10 years.
13-0
No, I don't think Navy will be going 13-0 next year.
(02-14-2015 06:19 PM)billybobby777 Wrote: (02-14-2015 12:02 PM)HarmonOliphantOberlanderDevine Wrote: (02-13-2015 06:20 PM)Kruciff Wrote: (02-13-2015 02:00 PM)YNot Wrote: Over the next four seasons, the American will go toe-to-toe with Boise St. for the G5 Access Bowl bid. The American will get it twice and Boise St. will get it twice. Each year, the Selection Committee waffles on who is ranked higher with each release of the CFP rankings and inexplicably propels one over the other in the final rankings.
American basketball grabs 4 or 5 NCAA tourney bids each season, with consistent Sweet 16 representation by UConn, Cincinnati, Memphis, Tulsa, and/or SMU, and surprising Final Four runs by both Temple and Houston in the 2017 tournament.
As Aresco enters TV deal extension negotiations following the 2018 season, he courts Boise St. and San Diego State again. As talks heat up, BYU and Colorado St. are also part of the expansion discussion and talks elevate to full-membership expansion.
In desperation, MWC commissioner Craig Thompson pleads with Aresco for a deal that includes strong MWC-American regular season scheduling and bowl affiliations and an American-MWC championship game - essentially for the G5 Access Bowl bid. Reports are made that it is a done deal.
UConn and Cincinnati publicly threaten to defect to the Big East with the intention to enter into a scheduling affiliation with the MAC as a temporary program-sustaining option. Also, reports surface that Thompson was adamant that a new jointly-owned "Mountain America" channel was crucial to the deal and that all major decisions should be run through a joint headquarters in either Laramie or Logan. (After talks fizzle, Thompson labels the proposed new TV channel as a "no brainer" and retorts that Aresco could "take his pick" of the proposed joint headquarters location).
Ultimately, the announcement is made that the American adds a 6-team western division and a scheduling affiliation with Army. The new western division includes Boise St., BYU, Colorado St., San Diego St., UNLV, and Air Force. The Commander-in-Chief Trophy is essentially brought in-house and, along with the new western division, nets a 7-year TV deal with ESPN and CBS worth $18 million per school per year, starting with the 2020 football season. (Navy gets $15 mil per year as a football only member and Army gets $10 mil as part of the scheduling arrangement).
The deal guarantees a weekly American "game of the week broadcast" on ABC or CBS (alternating) as well as weekly Saturday broadcasts on both ESPN and ESPN2, and ESPN broadcasts on Thursday and Friday nights. It also provides for TWO weekly men's basketball games in January through March each year on ABC and CBS broadcast stations (alternating), the American tournament championship game on ABC or CBS (again, alternating), and over 120 men's basketball games on ESPN and ESPN2 throughout the season.
The deregulation of conference championships, that commenced in 2017, allows the American to establish a football conference championship tournament that includes the winners of the Eastern, Central, Western, and Armed Forces divisions, with the semi-final round hosted at the higher ranked teams' home fields. The football championship game venue rotates around the country. Although the CFP selection criteria are not revised, the G5 Access Bowl bid becomes known colloquially as the "American's NY6 berth."
In 2025, the American signs a deal with the Fiesta Bowl to send its annual champion to the game (a la the renewed relationships with Rose, Sugar, and Orange Bowls). To support its move, the Fiesta Bowl cites the fact that 9 out of the previous 10 bowl seasons it had hosted a team that is now a member of the American conference with tremendous attendance and TV ratings. Thus, the American is officially signed as part of the NY6 bowl system. In renewing it's rights to broadcast the new 8-team CFP, a clause is added that allows the Peach and Cotton Bowls to host the American champion, with the conference's permission.
This would be amazing.
I think the per team payout is very high and probably not feasible but all things considered there's really no reason the rest can't coalesce in 10 years.
I've been a huge proponent of the pod system semifinals. With a truely American conference consisting of:
WEST
- Air Force
- Boise State
- BYU
- Colorado State
- UNLV
- San Diego State
CENTRAL
- Cincinnati
- Memphis
- Houston
- SMU
- Tulsa
- Tulane
EAST
- Army
- UCF
- UConn
- ECU
- Navy
- Temple
- South Florida
Only issue is we now have 19 members. We should add 1 more and split to 4 divisions of 5
If I understand this correctly, you'd have 5 intradivision games + 4 interdivision (2 from each other division) a 4 team semifinal (3 division champions + At Large?) playing for what is essentially a guaranteed NYE6 bowl?
I could die happy with this arrangement.
But then you couldn't enjoy it!
I see Army ruling college football in 10 years.
After reading some of the dreams of fans on here, I'll make a dream post. Army stays Indy and (football) gets an NBC contract like Notre Dames paying 25 mil a year. Army is considered part of the Big 10 as far as bowl arrangements with all Olympic sports in the big. Army basketball is a tourney team every other year. Top 10 wrestling, hockey and baseball squads. ECU is in the SEC....what I just wrote is still more realistic than some of the predictions in this thread.
Love it, brother!
Men are allowed to dream.
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